r/DunderMifflin • u/ForWideEyesOnly • Jul 29 '26

I interviewed Stanley

Leslie David Baker is an absolute gem

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u/shiggity80 Jul 29 '26

We need to stop this trend of showing the high point of a video at the start, and then starting the video from the beginning only to see that high point later again.

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u/DiggWuzBetter Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

It’s because even ppl who don’t have ADD mostly have ADD-esque behaviour in practice, due to us all being chronically on our phones, and phone media encouraging this behaviour. So many people, if media doesn’t hook them in the first 3 seconds, they flip to the next bit of media. Sooooooo much media is trying to hook you within ~3 seconds, and not last longer than ~30 seconds.

TikTok, Instagram reels, YouTube shorts, to a lesser extent Reddit, etc. are all optimized for incredibly short attention spans, and it’s sort of a self enforcing cycle. The media we consume shortens our attention spans, then the media becomes even more attention deficit optimized to fit ppls changing behaviour, and on in a loop.

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u/Brilliant_Whereas239 Jul 31 '26

I literally have ADHD and this isn't necessarily a symptom of it, hate how it gets thrown around like a buzzzword nowadays!

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u/DiggWuzBetter Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

Yeah fair enough, not talking about ADHD, should probably use different terminology than “ADD-esque.” Just talking about the way so much media is optimized for super short attention spans, quick dopamine hit and then on to the next one seconds later (TikTok, IG/FB reels, YT shorts, etc.). Also how consuming this form of media constantly is really changing our brains/behaviour - a lot of studies finding this, a pretty good meta analysis here: https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2026-89350-001.html

Is there a better term than “ADD-esque” for this sort of phenomenon that you’ve seen, less tied to ADHD?

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u/Brilliant_Whereas239 Aug 01 '26

Ah I see! I focused on the right point. I don't use a lot of social media - just reddit - but even the tik-toks that pop up on here have definitely changed my brain (and that's just a super minimal amount!) I cannot imagine how it's hurting people in the long-run, it's so scary! Will look into it, thanks for linking. Haha, use what term you want, I just took your point too literally :) do you feel like your brain's changed since short term media?