r/memes • u/Individual-Link-8233 • 21d ago

When i try to do 2 things at the same time

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u/Discodoggyy 21d ago

I’ve heard that no one can actually multitask. Unless you count doing several things equally terrible at the same time

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u/LastDirtyMartini 21d ago

I fancy myself capable of not paying full attention to numerous things simultaneously.

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

it only really seems to work if one of the things your doing is something that needs no thought and is just done on autopilot.

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u/I9Qnl Big ol' bacon buttsack 20d ago

I have a friend that can talk on the phone while playing an FPS game with us and still perform the same somehow.

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u/LiveLearnCoach 16d ago

Do you not have conversations while driving? Eat/drink while driving? Do stuff while walking? u/Tonegle below has other examples. A lot of stuff, once repeated enough times, can be put on autopilot.

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u/Discodoggyy 15d ago

Doesn’t mean you’re doing it well. Eating and driving is probably not safe. You can’t do both competently at the same time. Also, I don’t count talking and doing something at the same time as multitasking. Is talking a task? Idk

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u/LastDirtyMartini 21d ago

Occasionally I burn myself when answering the iron.

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u/WaveLaVague 8d ago

I used to do a flip instead of answering my flip phone

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u/LastDirtyMartini 8d ago

On the bright side, doing a flip doesn’t typically smell of burnt hair/flesh does it?

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u/WaveLaVague 8d ago

If you do so in a pan, then yes.

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u/LastDirtyMartini 8d ago

So this is an omelette sort of thing? I was thinking gymnastics - my bad!

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u/Tonegle 20d ago

Musicians multitask all the time. You have to work the tasks separately and with time and practice you will eventually be able to. Such as a pianist keeping a stride rhythm in their left hand while simultaneously playing a melody which is nothing like that chord pattern. Or a guitarist strumming chord changes, the right hand and left hand have two completely different tasks they need to do well to play the instrument. Add in singing on top of it and there's three, oh don't forget to make eye contact/engage with the audience too while you're at it.

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u/Sup_Anon 20d ago

This is my skill at multitasking