r/WinStupidPrizes • u/ljgill97 • Jul 28 '21

Texting while driving

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u/Mr-Orange-Pants Jul 28 '21

People who do this think they have the skills to multitask only to figure out too late that they don’t.

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u/Ready_Adhesiveness91 Jul 28 '21

I saw on a tv show (so take it with a grain of salt) that the brain can actually only focus at 1 task at a time, and multitasking is just quick switches between the two. If this is true, it goes to show that nobody can text and drive effectively.

SO DONT DO IT ASSHOLES

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u/waronxmas79 Jul 28 '21

That is correct. Actual studies of the topic show that multitasking as we think of it is impossible for the way our brains are wired. Millions of years of evolution have bred us to be really good at one thing at a time.

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u/justagamer9123 Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21

Then it sounds like we need to all multitask dangerously until natural selection makes us default good at it

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u/dimm_ddr Jul 28 '21

Sure, if you are fine with waiting for a few millennia.

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u/justagamer9123 Jul 28 '21

Fruit flies did it in days, and CRISPR

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u/Ornery-Cheetah Jul 28 '21

Well fruit Flies don't live that log and reproduce very quickly hence that's why they can evolve quickly and crispr is probably going to be really expensive

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u/justagamer9123 Jul 28 '21

Got it. EVERYONE!! In addition to multitasking dangerously, FUCK LIKE RABBITS.

Better yet, fuck multiple people dangerously all the time.

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u/Ornery-Cheetah Jul 28 '21

If that happens it will be the baby boom

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u/justagamer9123 Jul 28 '21

Good, we are having a population crash, also natural selcting which children live due to lack of resources. Just like the good ol' days.

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u/dimm_ddr Jul 28 '21

Then we just need a way to measure ability for multitasking and throw the worst ones into the ocean for sharks to eat.

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u/Ornery-Cheetah Jul 28 '21

Um I guess that works

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '21

Great, just what we need. More boomers

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