10/12/2019
Yes, it is.
(said as a greeting. The quote is from the ‘Pringles Wavy’ commercial posted in youtube Apr 1, 2019. To make the phrase ‘Yes, it is.’ more believable to think about, I recommend that you just imagine that there is another boy that is saying that, and that boy is younger than the boy in that commercial.)
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It is now 10:53 AM EST for me. I will explain ideas ‘Already see’, ‘Pertain’, and finally ‘Resist’. Right now, I want to explain another idea I recently invented that I call ‘Attention span’. The music video I recommend for this advice, it’s a short music video that I think I watched for the 1st time earlier today, and I think I may have watched it at least 5 times already, is called ‘Just Wanna Go’ by Rayla. According to youtube, music video ‘Just Wanna Go’ is the theme for tv show ‘Fast Layne’. Here is a short quote from wikipedia about the tv series ‘Fast Layne’:
Fast Layne is an American comedy television series created by Travis Braun that premiered on Disney Channel on February 15, 2019.
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I found music video ‘Just Wanna Go’ from www.youtube.com, publisher ‘Vevo’, category ‘Specialty Playlists’. When you click ‘Specialty Playlists’, click category ‘Pop-Teen!’. ‘Pop-Teen!’s theme is ‘Videos from the young voices of now’. Click ‘Pop-Teen!’, and Rayla’s ‘Just Wanna Go’ is listed as #123. To watch music video ‘Just Wanna Go’ for free, search in www.youtube.com for phrase ‘rayla just wanna go’, and it should be one of the 1st selections offered, with over 370 thousand views. It was published Feb 17, 2019, about 8 months ago.
Here’s a quote from the lyrics of music video ‘Just Wanna Go’:
Oh yeah I’m ready for it
You know I’m ready for it
I JUST WANNA GO
You know im ready for it
Oh yeah I’m ready for it
I JUST WANNA GO
Let’s go!
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I know this is standard demographic advice, so this is just one recommendation as to how to watch music video ‘Just Wanna Go’. 1st, keep in mind that it’s a music video for a tv series that is in the Disney Channel. So, even though I don’t have kids of my own, I imagined fathers encouraging their young daughters, let’s say 5-8 years old, to verbally articulate with other adults for something they are prepared to articulate about. For something about this one example, the music video when you watch it feels like it’s encouraging kids to articulate. For example, 29 seconds into the music video, the singer Rayla dressed up as a mechanic, pushes a tire to roll ahead of her, and that’s when the song’s lyrics say ‘Let’s go!’. I believe that tire rolling scene can obviously represent articulation encouragement.
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[It’s 11:20 AM EST for me. I’m going to order food now, and then start typing soon after that. Until then, if you choose to in relation to advice, you may watch music video ‘Just Wanna Go’ several times. I’lll be back.
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Attention span:
It is now 11:54 AM EST for me. So, here’s the reason for this idea. I believe that how we manage our use of attention span is something that we will do from childhood to adulthood. Based on my job experience, learning to manage attention span use will continue well into your adult years. And my recent understanding of attention span revealed to me that I should talk about it before I explain idea ‘Resist’ to you. So, if you think that attention span is something that is useful for you to learn about, then I recommend that you use this advice, your way, of course, in relation to advice said.
Here’s the definition of ‘attention span’ from www.dictionary.com: ‘the interval during which an individual can concentrate, as on a single object, idea, or activity’. So, here’s one thing that I think is happening, just based on imagination and speculation, in American grammar schools and high schools. I’m going to use a quote from near the end of music video ‘Picture This’ by Annie LeBlanc. To watch it for free, search for phrase ‘picture this leblanc’ in www.youtube.com. The quote starts 3 minutes and 9 seconds into the music video. Based on my understanding of the music video, Annie LeBlanc is having a very vivid daydream while she is in a diner with her friends. And towards the end of the music video, one of her friends are trying to change her attention span use. Here is the quote:
Friend: ‘Annie… Annie! Hello? Annie, snap out of it! Hello! Snap out of it!
Here’s a story I said in one of the earlier lists regarding daydreaming. Students are not encouraged to daydream while in class. You’re supposed to be paying attention to your teachers. If you daydream too much, and the teacher catches you, you could be sent to detention. Problems with daydreaming in school may cause a student to take a course over. Let’s say many students make a real effort to not daydream in class. One example of what might happen is what happened to Annie LeBlanc in the music video ‘Picture This’. While she’s with her friends, she drifts into a vivid daydream, imagining being with a boy from school that she likes. One of her friends had to verbally help her change her attention span use.
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Based on that ‘daydreaming’ example, students are learning to manage their attention span use. On a more serious note, I want to address the need for teenagers to get a drivers license. Again, based on a belief, not something that I can verify, there are many places in America where you would need a car, or else you won’t be able to do anything. Not every place in America has an incredibly convenient public transportation system. This is what happened while I was in high school: I heard that one of the students that I knew, and at the time I thought it had something to do with him getting his license, that this student got into a car accident while looking at several teenage girls walking on the sidewalk. I believe that this is a major problem that many teenage boys are learning to cope with. They’re learning to manage their attention span use while noticing attractive teenage girls and women walk on the sidewalks. As an illustration example, I recommend watching a scene from the trailer of movie ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ from www.youtube.com. The scene starts 1 minute and 3 seconds into the trailer:
‘A true Geisha can stop a man in his tracks with a single look.’
In that scene, a man while riding his bicycle was distracted when a woman looked at him to the point where he lost control of how he used his bicycle, and that caused him to get into an accident.
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It is now 1:22 PM EST for me. I have eaten some of the take out food that I ordered. I am going to provide 4 more ‘attention span’ illustrations before I continue with the main ‘attention span’ explanation.
Before I continue, I want to say to the kids reading this blog that I am not a psychiatrist, or anyone that can professionally give advice. In general, this is just advice to help people cope with experiencing instigation. I sometimes talk about medical situations that I believe people in general should know about. I am saying this now to help kids use this advice with a reasonable amount of importance. Also, I am not discouraging people from seeking out a therapist. It is my belief that the language that psychiatrists use is more rooted into American society than any other language that I am aware of. [10/12/2019: Now that I think of it, there are probably other languages rooted into American society, languages more important than psychiatry, but it’s beyond my understanding to know what they are, and I am only imagining that they exist. That means that the language of psychiatry to me is the most rooted language in American society that I am aware of. 10/12/2019] For example, in my opinion, a psychiatrist who also specializes in cultural anthropology one would imagine would be the psychiatrist that American civilians would consider directing certain personal business projects that they may have.
The 1st ‘attention span’ illustration is in episode 2.17 ‘A Piece of the Action’ from sci-fi tv show ‘Star Trek(1968)’. Here is a brief explanation of the episode from wikipedia:
The Enterprise visits a planet with a violent culture based on Americas 1920s prohibition era.
One interesting thing about that description is that the sci-fi episode was made in 1968, and it’s objectifying an impression of American lifestyle that existed just under 50 years ago from 1968! Certain old adults who watched this ‘Star Trek’ episode in 1968 could have been a part of that actual 1920s prohibition era. It’s amazing how quickly American society is changing.
The reason I am recommending that you watch the soon to be indicated scene is that the sci-fi episode in my opinion gives you an easily imagined situation where a revealed use of attention span interaction easily influenced a group of adults who practice that 1920s lifestyle. Specifically, it’s a group of gangsters, but in this ‘Star Trek’ episode, the gangsters are the ones that officially govern their country. The episode is available streaming from Amazon.com, and according to Amazon Video, that scene starts 13 minutes and 27 seconds into the episode. In the context of attention span use, I think that the best moment in that scene is when Kirk(William Shatner) and the others surprised the gangsters, and they used that surprise to beat them up. I think that the boys that watch that scene should find that entertaining to watch. Here is the quote:
Dr. McCoy(DeForest Kelley): ‘One book on the gangs of Chicago did all this. It’s amazing.’
Mr. Spock(Leonard Nimoy): ‘They evidently seized upon that one book as the blueprint for an entire society.’
Dr. McCoy: ‘As The Bible.’
Captain Kirk: ‘In old Chicago, conventional government almost broke down. The gangs nearly took over.’
Dr. McCoy: ‘Yeah, well, this Oxmyx(Anthony Caruso) is the worst gangster of all.’
Mr. Spock: ‘We may quarrel with Mr. Oxmyx’ methods, but his goal is essentially the correct one. This society must become united, or it will degenerate into total anarchy.’
Captain Kirk: ‘If this society broke down as a result of the Horizon’s(I’m assuming the Horizon is the name of a Federation starship) influence, then the Federation is responsible, and we’ve got to do something to straighten this mess out. Spock, if you could get to the sociological computers, do you think you could find a solution?’
Mr. Spock: ‘Unfortunately, I do not access to my computers, nor are these gentlemen likely to permit it.’
Captain Kirk: ‘Well, I’ve got an idea about that.’
And this is when Captain Kirk presents an attention span for the gangsters to interact with. The purpose is to distract them, which would allow them to beat them up, so that they can be free of their imprisonment. That scene starts 14 minutes and 20 seconds into the episode:
Captain Kirk: ‘Gentlemen, gentlemen… this, uh… this card game is a kid’s game.’
Kalo(Lee Delano): ‘You think so, huh?’
Captain Kirk: ‘Oh, yes, yes. I wouldn’t waste my time.’
Kalo: ‘Who’s asking you?’
Kirk: ‘On, uh, Beta Antares IV, they play a real game. It’s a man’s game, but of course, probably a little beyond you. It requires intelligence.’
Kalo: ‘Listen, Kirk, I can play anything you can figure out. Take the cards, big man. Show us how it’s played.’
If you watch the rest of it, Kirk soon after creates a distraction, which was used to beat the gangsters up. If you are familiar with the older ‘Star Trek’ episodes, there’s usually some sort of fighting involved.
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This 2nd illustration example I just thought up less than a half an hour ago I think. It’s based on the phrase I typed in earlier. Here is the quote:
‘ Now that I think of it, there are probably other languages rooted into American society, languages more important than psychiatry, but it’s beyond my understanding to know what they are, and I am only imagining that they exist. That means that the language of psychiatry to me is the most rooted language in American society that I am aware of. ‘
To clarify, here is a scene from episode 3.3 “Self-Inflicted Wounds (Part 1): Could’a, Would’a, Should’a” from sci-fi tv series ‘Farscape(2001)’. In that scene, the alien Neeyala(Victoria Longley), John Crichton(Ben Browder), and Aeryn Sun(Claudia Black) are talking. The episode is available streaming from Amazon.com, and if you have Amazon Prime, the episodes of ‘Farscape’ are available to you without additional payment. That scene starts 7 minutes and 7 seconds into the episode. Here is a quote:
Neeyala: ‘We were regaining dimensionality when our ships collided. They must have been subjected to a massive burst of photonic distortion. Once the phaztillion generator is repaired, we’ll dose ourselves and hope your living ship doesn’t interfere with nonthermal dimensional forces.’
Aeryn Sun: ‘Do you understand any of those words?’
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Neeyala: ‘You said you studied wormholes.’
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My point is that I am now aware that it’s possible that kids could be trying to extrapolate answers from the tv shows, movies, and of course music videos that they have watched. That makes sense, since I am using tv shows, movies, and music videos, refurbished of course, to convey certain meanings. So, therefore, it’s possible that, when confronted with certain mild to moderate forms of instigations, that they may also try to extrapolate some sort of mitigation or solution from such information sources.
To make you more aware of it, if your contemplation attempts discover something, and it becomes somewhat unweildy or somewhat unacceptable for you to use, then simply stop using it as a possible mitigation or solution. Based on a recent quote that I made, I considered something, but in a certain context, it was created using a certain use of speculation and imagination that was unacceptable to be used as an ‘actual’ mitigation or solution. In short, I thought about it, determined that it was not usable, and then discarded it as something to be actually used. I’m telling you this now because some of the possible solutions that you may have already encountered may have already been in the form of being somewhat unacceptable. For example, you thought of something that was almost a direct quote from a tv show episode or movie that you have watched. You already had an idea that it was not acceptable, since you could not change it’s original form, and it’s original form was still obviously sci-fi/fictional. So, to help you allocate that experience better, I am recommending to you now to be more aware that you can dismiss such a considered contemplation as being something that you choose to make aware to yourself as being an actual mitigation and/or answer. In other words, like John Crichton said, refurbished for this advice:
‘ John Crichton: ‘Yeah. I watched all kinds of ‘Star Trek’. It’s just the order that they’re in.’ (That means that John doesn’t understand what Neeyala had just said.) ‘
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The 3rd illustration example, and I’m only recommending that you watch the scene in that episode, not any other episode, that example is in the dubbed into English Japanese animated episode 1.18 ‘Welcome to No Future’ from tv series ‘Welcome to the NHK!(2006)’. Here is a quote from www.wikipedia.org about the episode:
‘ Realizing he has been tricked, Tatsuhiro meets with Megumi to call the deal off. Although, she seems willing to let him go at first. Nonetheless, she soon manages to distract Tatsuhiro, Misaki, and Kaoru, eventually selling them an ersatz set of dietary supplements, which would allegedly help Tatsuhiro with his hikikomori problem. On the way home, they realize they have been fooled, and they ultimately confront Megumi at her home… ‘
So, basically, the way that that scene is used here, the 3 main characters, Tatsuhiro, Misaki, and Kaoru, believe that they have been cheated by Megumi. When they confront her to get out of their obligation to her, Megumi uses attention span again to obligate them again to something else. I believe you can use this as an example to be cautious as to how to interact with attention spans that have associated obligations. Since it is from a Japanese animated tv series that is primarily used for entertainment purposes, just keep that in mind as you refurbish it’s use. The episode is available streaming from Amazon.com, and according to Amazon Video, the 1st part of that scene starts 7 minutes and 34 seconds into the episode, Tatsuhiro Sato and Kaoru Yamazaki are talking in the bathroom. Here is the quote:
Kaoru Yamazaki: ‘If you don’t quit now, they’ll just keep sending you more and more useless products, unless you terminate your membership, that debt of yours is gonna suck you dry. Do you hear me? Do you get it now?’
The 2nd scene starts 8 minutes and 24 seconds into the episode.
Tatsuhiro, Misaki, and Kaoru meet Megumi in a restaurant in order to cancel their business deal:
Kaoru Yamazaki: ‘I take it that’s her.’
Megumi Kobayashi: ‘Well, well, Satou, I’m impressed. You just started and already recruited new members.’
Tatsuhiro Satou: ‘Well, no, not exactly.’
Misaki Nakahara: ‘He came here for a cleaning off, okay.’
Kaoru Yamazaki: ‘I think you mean ‘cooling off’.’
9 minutes and 10 seconds into the episode:
Megumi Kobayashi: ‘Sure, you can cancel. Unfortunately, I don’t have the papers with me. I’ll have to go pick them up later.
The others: ‘Huh?’
Megumi Kobayashi: ‘What’s wrong?’
Kaoru Yamazaki: ‘We’re just surprised you didn’t make a big stink out of this. We were ready for a fight.’
Megumi Kobayashi: Come on, you guys, I’ll have you know Mouseroad operates on a set of very strict business guidelines.’
Because it’s already 4:21 PM EST for me, here’s what happened: Megumi encourages them to make another commitment, even though they were going in to cancel an already existing commitment. They were not able to acclimate to the fact that they were doing the exact opposite of what their original intent was, not until the meeting was already over. It is my belief that if you watched the recommended scenes from that episode, refurbished for this advice, it may help you better manage your developing use of attention span interaction.
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The 4th illustration is in episode 9.16 ‘The Burning’ from comedy tv series ‘Seinfeld(1998)’. Basically, George Costanza(Jason Alexander) gives his boss Kruger(Daniel von Bargen) and the other employees of Kruger in the meeting a statement that created a very enthusiastic response called by the show a ‘high note’, and that caused Kruger to fire those employees because Kruger believed that George Costanza can do the whole projects expectations without them. It would make more sense if Kruger would just make a separate project assignment with George being the only employee in it. But according to the show, Kruger actually fired all of those other employees associated with that original project, believing that George’s ‘high note’ performance was the only proof that he needed to believe that George can do all of it. You can watch that scene from www.youtube.com. Just search for phrase ‘seinfeld george high note’, and there’s a clip called ‘George Goes Out On A High Note’. The episode is also available streaming from Amazon.com, and according to Amazon Video, that scene starts 5 minutes and 35 seconds into the episode:
George Costanza: ‘All right. Well, why don’t we smooth the head down to nothing… stick a pumpkin under it’s arm… and change the nameplate to Ichabod Crane?’ (I have no idea what that means.)
Everyone else in the room laughs to what George said.
George: ‘All right. That’s it for me. Good night, everybody.’ (George leaves the room as everyone else in the room is laughing.)
I looked at the next scene with Kruger and George, and Kruger said that ‘they are all off the project’. I originally thought that Kruger just fired the others. I was mistaken. It was a while ago since I watched that episode, and I’m not a big ‘Seinfeld’ fan. I only watched a few of ‘Seinfeld’s episodes.
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All right. Now, to finally get to the ‘attention span’ explanation. This is what I discovered: Attention span alone is not necessarily ‘the answer’. Grammar school and high school students have been taught to pay attention in class, and from time to time, that may require them to make an effort to maintain a certain use of attention span in order to pay attention in class. In Wishlist #1194, from the movie ‘Bad Influence’, I talked about a man who expressed gratitude to Michael Boll(James Spader) for helping him prepare for a test that he had passed. I am assuming that such a test will allow the man to get some sort of promotion or a better job. Since Michael Boll showed indifference to that man’s gratitude, I imagined that such a man learned to interact with courtesies that are articulated with indifference. Even though that such an interaction may not be a requirement in American schools, based on the efforts in general, that American students are using a sense of attention span in order to pay attention in class, that the ability to interact with courtesies expressed with indifference, that ability is something that people who attended American schools should be able to learn.
So, here is how I think in a way mild to moderate forms of instigation affect attention span: if you experienced instigation while attending school, or while working in a job in America, experienced instigations may wane(to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.) somewhat your ability to use your sense of attention span. It is like the preview of the previous scene located in Amazon.com’s episode 7.13 ‘Their Last Bow’ from crime tv show ‘Elementary(2019)’. If you watch the preview at the beginning of the episode from Amazon Video, you see Odin Reichenbach(James Frain) pulling back the bow string from what looks like to me to be a compound bow, and then he let’s go of that bow string. To me, it feels like the use of attention span in general is like pulling on that bow string. For example, you’re paying attention in class, you’re interacting with courtesies that are indifferent, such examples may cause you to make an effort to maintain a sense of attention span that is like pulling on that Odin Reichenbach bow string.
I recently learned from watching a movie, and this discovery happened while I watched that movie, that a person can cause you to make an attention span commitment, and this person is only using such an attention span commitment to communicate with you. For example, there’s this movie starring Selena Gomez called ‘Another Cinderella Story(2008)’, where the celebrity pop idol, Joey Parker, would cause many teenagers to commit some sort of attention span just by being within visual proximity of him. In that example, those teenagers had an obvious appreciation of him. The attention span commitment I am talking about is from a person causing you to commit some sort of attention span commitment, and all you are doing is communicating with that person! From that example, I made the deduction, while watching that movie, that attention span alone is not necessarily the answer. For example, if you’re an adult that spent years of your life cultivating a sense of attention span, but that cultivation involves interacting with courtesies that are indifferent, then interacting with an attention span commitment from such a person would be like Odin Reichenbach letting go of that bow string. It may take you some time to objectively acclimate to such an experience, assuming that you are able to identify it objectively.
I am not saying that interacting with people that encourage you to partially commit to an obvious, extra sense of attention span is a bad thing. I am saying that attention span commitment alone is not necessarily the answer. If you talk to such a person, just because they may dazzle you with their encouragement to cause you to partially commit some extra sense of attention span just to communicate with that person, that doesn’t mean that attention span commitment alone is ‘the answer’ that you seek, if you are looking for ‘an answer’ in that conversation.
All right. I got that Blu-ray from the Blu-ray/DVD mail rental service that I am using. According to that service, that movie was mailed to my PO Box 9/23/19. I was able to watch it for the 1st time probably on Saturday, 9/28/19, and the service received it on 10/01/19. So, to be clear, that was the 1st time I watched that movie, and I fast forward through some of it. There is a lot of gun violence in the movie, and some bad language. Of course, don’t use the bad language, and it’s refurbished for this advice. Before I say the name of the movie, the main actor in that movie is celebrity Samuel L. Jackson. If you are not familiar with him, you may have seen him in some Capital One commercials. For proof, in www.youtube.com, search for phrase ‘samuel jackson capital one’, and the 1st selections should display a few of those commercials. You don’t have to see those commercials. It’s just proof.
OK. The movie is ‘Shaft(2019)’, starring Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft. The movie is available as a rental and purchase streaming from Amazon.com, and here is one scene in the movie where John Shaft is causing the other people around him to commit to a certain more than normal attention span use just to interact and communicate with him. That scene, refurbished with bad language removed, according to Amazon Video, starts 35 minutes and 35 seconds into the movie, John Shaft and his son John “JJ” Shaft Jr.(Jessie T. Usher) are talking. Here is the quote:
Employee: Welcome to Brothers Watching Brothers. How can I help you?’
John Shaft Jr.: ‘Yes. Hi, um, we were actually going to talk… ‘
Shaft: ‘Yo! Could whoever’s in charge come up front?’
John Shaft Jr: ‘Why do you… Really?’
Major Gary Cutworth(Matt Lauria): ‘Can I help y’all?’
John Shaft Jr: ‘Sorry about that. I’m JJ. This is… ‘
Shaft: ‘Shaft. John Shaft.’
John Shaft Jr.: ‘Ignore him. He thinks he’s the black James Bond.’
Shaft: ‘If that man was real, he’d think he was me.’
John Shaft Jr.: ‘Please, stop.’
Major Gary Cutworth: ‘I’m Major Gary Cutworth. We like to keep it a little casual around here. Just call me Cutty. What can I do you for you fellas?’
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So, as a recommendation, when managing your attention span use, based on my limited awareness of attention span managing, there are 3 types of attention span use you may want to add to your ‘attention span’ collection: 1)attention span used to pay attention in class, 2)attention span used to interact with indifferent courtesies, and 3)attention span used that involves partially committing a sense of extra attention span just to communicate and interact with such a person creating such an attention span commitment. | The 3rd type of attention span use is the new one I discovered. And, of course, you probably have other forms of attention span use. I am addressing the possible ‘many schools of thought’ that may be using this blog.
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[It is now 6:28 PM EST for me. I am going to close this list now. I will explain ideas ‘Already see’ and ‘Pertain’ next Saturday, unless I invent a better idea or ideas to type in instead. So, if you are there, I’ll see you then.
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