Posted on 09/03/2019 9:51:15 AM PDT by C19fan
Patience is a virtue, but its becoming an exceedingly rare quality in modern society. According to a new survey of 2,000 British adults, all of the luxuries of modern life have made most people incredibly impatient across pretty much every aspect of their lives. Three quarters of those surveyed said they believe the dominance of digital technology, such as smartphones and on-demand TVs, are to blame for this ever growing lack of patience.
Respondents reported becoming frustrated after just 16 seconds of waiting for a web page to load, and after 25 seconds of waiting for a traffic light to change.
(Excerpt) Read more at studyfinds.org ...
Like George Carlin said, Anyone who drives too slow is an “idiot”, and anyone who drives too fast is a “maniac”.
Yep! I have zero patience. Goes back to my mid thirties. Can’t watch most you tube vids for the way these would-be Spielbergs waste time instead of cutting to the chase. Can’t listen to song intros longer than 4 bars. can’t watch most movies without a ten second fast forward function. I sit there thumbing the button muttering ‘Ok, I got it, move it along!” The kicker was when I fast forwarded one of my OWN songs and caught myself saying “Geez, fella, wrap it up”! True story.
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