What is a toxic trait you have as a screen watcher?

[Reecejackox 395]

I will look at my kindle while watching tv

[North Star 5,130]

I will take my laptop to the dinner table  

[SharpWit 2,608]

I refuse to take a bathroom break. I could be 5 minutes into a 4 hour film, realize I have to go, and I'm staying put because pausing will take me out of the experience.

[Otaku-sempai 419]

Hmmm. Talking out loud to the screen? I do try not to do that in movie theaters! 

[MidnightFire1222 2,060]

Does this include watching people play video games? I suppose for me it would be either trying not to yell at the screen, or trying not to backseat game if it's a livestream with a game I've beaten before because a lot of streamers hate that.

If it's a movie or tv show though, I talk over it when I'm watching it with someone else.

Edited September 22 by MidnightFire1222

[DebonedAngel 178]

I like to pause movies and talk about stuff the movie made me think of, if something in the movie reminds me of a topic I love, I will pause it to ramble to my sister about it for a bit before she reminds me we have an movie to finish.

 

I also kinda tend to like to have two screens going at once, A game on my steam deck while a video essay plays, discord open on my phone while I watch cartoons, stuff like that. I'm trying to get better though

 

[Dreambiscuit 9,575]

On 2024-09-22 at 3:36 PM, Otaku-sempai said:

Hmmm. Talking out loud to the screen? I do try not to do that in movie theaters! 

I talk (yell) at the screen too (and they never even listen!).

And I occasionally make noise while opening snacks during the movie, but only at home! I would NEVER do that in a movie theater!

[Sparklefan1234 169,356]

On 2024-09-29 at 12:57 AM, Dreambiscuit said:

I talk (yell) at the screen too (and they never even listen!).

Yay! Talking during TV shows and movies makes them more entertaining to me. 

I've also tried and failed *many* times to tell characters how ridiculous they're being but they never listen to me either!😢

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[Finding_Marty 720]

I just can't resist commenting if the movie I watch is bad. Some family members hated it but I just kept being stubborn and complained about some nonsense in the plot. They got used to it and now we all talk when watching a movie 

[Iforgotmybrain 5,356]

I don’t know if it’s toxic, or 100% fits this thread (sorry if it doesn’t) but I have a bad habit of rewatching things I’ve seen before when I could be watching new stuff. In my mind it’s a better use of time because I’m spending it watching something I already know I like. While a totally random show or movie could be anything (it could even be something I like!). Like right now I wanna rewatch all the MLP Halloween episodes. And rewatch Apocalypse Now. I could spend that time watching something new but… nah.