A funny meme about sensory input!
It’s called turning down distractions. That’s totally normal AFAIK.
I do not know, why they mock this. I literately make the same move when i read something. Its called concentrating and focusing.
It probably replaces random, potentially distracting background noises, with something well known and predictable, thus not as distracting.
Can you focus while listening to music you never heard before?
Cognitive load is a thing. I do that sometimes.
Sometimes my brain is just at peak capacity trying to decipher a situation and turning down whatever i’m listening to will free up some mental processing to better understand XD
it makes sense when you’re maxing out on sense
I’ve missed stop signs and been in neat near accidents because I was in a car full of loud people, the radio blaring and people trying to talk to me all at the same time.
That was years ago when I was younger. If we’re on the freeway, I can talk and play some music … but as soon as I’m navigating through a town or busy area … radio and music goes off … you can talk to me but I’m not really paying attention to you.
They would not have been ‘neat’ if they had become an accident. The closest one I ever had that would have likely ended my life and the lives of the people I was with involved two transport trucks, a moose, rain, a rocky outcropping and beautiful northern lakes and wilderness. That would have been neat to see at the start but definitely would not have been ‘neat’ to see at the end.
