In have very selective listening pretty much all the time. Mostly it's when I am watching a movie that is not of much interest, but it helped me understand something. I am the person who is always asking. "what did she do to him?" or "what just happened?" things like that. It's because I have no interest. So not I know that when somebody is asking me a bunch of questions during a movie, maybe they don't really like it that much. I may want to pause is and just recap all of whats happened so far. That way there is a chance they (me) could gain some interest.
I check out a lot when people are talking to me about a subject that I don't care about. It is the same as the movie thing. I just don't care. It's happens a lot when people try to explain or retell a funny scene from a show or youtube video. You had to be there. It's never funny when they retell it. I check out right when they say have you seen...? I'm done at that point.
Hey Midwest Digress nice post! After reading your post I realized this is so true. When I watch a movie with a bunch of people, not everyone notices the things that I might find interesting. My girl friends and me notice the emotional aspect of the scene while the boys in my group are more into the plot, action, and external aspect of the movie. Not always it is gender specific though because I have seen funny friends of both genders always retell the comedy scene after the movie is over. In fact after hearing them I feel like how did I miss it. Movie example is appropriate to illustrate people see and hear what they choose to.
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