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[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 92 points 9 months ago

some of us have to close our eyes to concentrate on something complex. you can only process so much information at once.

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 61 points 9 months ago

Right. I'm not really turning down the volume, I'm adjusting my attention focus.

[-] facelessbs@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

There was something I heard about why talking on the phone is more dangerous than talking with someone in the car. One of the reasons was that while someone is talking to you in the car they know when to stop talking when the situation causes for the drivers attention. While a phone conversation the person on the other end has no clue clue of the situation in the car.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Some passengers do, others... Well...

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

I've had accidents due to talking to one of my passengers. I've never had an accident from a phone convo in the car.

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago

Yeah, merging into busy traffic is too much visual stimulus, closing my eyes helps

[-] mathematicalMagpie@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago
[-] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Wrong wheel!

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 12 points 9 months ago

cmon

reducing stimulus in one arena allows for processing in others. turning down the audio can absolutely let you spend more energy on the visual field.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I'm sure they were joking but you're spot on.

Like, closing your eyes helps you focus on listening better (unless you're trying to read lips but anyway)

[-] quaddo@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

If you hit an icy patch on a winding road, I recommend not closing your eyes.

[-] JCreazy@midwest.social 76 points 9 months ago

It's because you are focusing more with your eyes because you're looking for something so you turn the music down to use your ears to be more aware of your surroundings. I'm not sure why people have such a hard time figuring this out.

[-] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

I just need some of the brain power back

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago

Yeah, like freeing up brain power for visual processing. The brain can only do so much at a time.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

Sometimes you got to free up computing power.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 28 points 9 months ago

Does anyone else sneeze when they go outside into bright sunlight?

[-] beckerist@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago

I do that. It's called the Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst (ACHOO) syndrome.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago

I'm not going to Google that because I want it to be true.

[-] z500@startrek.website 5 points 9 months ago
[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Son if a bitch, I can't believe it!

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago
[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

No but for realsies it is

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah, well right back ACHOO...

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago

18%-35% of people, yeah. Me too

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I fart when I drink milk.

[-] Pulsar@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

It does happens to me too. And I have one other sneeze trigger weirder than sun.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah me too.

A finger in the bum or a corkscrew in my pee hole makes me sneeze instantly.

[-] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 9 months ago

Does garlic make you sneeze too by any chance?

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

You almost got me! I started typing a serious response and then got it.

Kinda wish I was a vampire.

[-] z500@startrek.website 8 points 9 months ago

TFW a passenger turns up the radio to cover a fart

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

That's what you get for offering a ride to Homer Simpson

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 9 months ago

My dad always did this.

I actually concentrate better with some music in the background, so I turn that shit up not off.

[-] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

nah im turning it down so I can hear engines rumbling and snipe the spot but someassole is like 'what so you can see?' and Im still trying to find a space Justin! maybe you wpuld have less jokes if you got a drivers lisence mr made us late to the movie to begin with,.... with your hair.... god i hate hearing myself think.... THERSASPACE GO SPEED OF PLAID... ok music back up and car off and.... the keys are inside... fucking brain... THATSWHY,

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Did you try turning the volume down before you type?

You joke but yes, I absolutely do for focusing at work.

If I notice the music, my attention is pulled away. And switch/mute for a bit so I can laser focus on a specific result.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Maybe they should turn the screen off too, just in case.

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