• yesman@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    We learned about a study in Psych class where the researchers asked elementary school students what their favorite activity was. Drawing was the popular answer. So the researchers paid the kids $8/hr (even 6yo get better than Min wage) to draw. Then they would poll them again about their favorite activities. Guess what was on the bottom?

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      17 hours ago

      IMHO it’s even worse with ADHD, just less immediate. There are songs and artists that were major favorites of mine at one point, that I just haven’t listened to in years cause I’m so fucking tired of them after listening to them 8h a day for 3 months straight. There also not a single job I didn’t get tired of after a year or two lol

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    21 hours ago

    Not a great example, unless you have a very repetitive job. You have described work in general but music as one song only. I can listen to music I like over and over again all day, and I can also (mostly) enjoy my job all the time.

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    20 hours ago

    What does it say if you have your favorite job while listening to your favorite song and still love both?

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      20 hours ago

      Well personally, I think listening to Roxeanne whilst being plowed for a living is an irony in itself

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    That’s why I don’t know who, those YT videos “Song XY 10-hours loop”, are for. That would make me crazy.

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      19 hours ago

      Not sure if anyone listens to them fully, regularly, but I find they’re great if you want to use the song as a background track for anything, without having it start and stop again repeatedly.