# Are you currently multi-tasking?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-currently-multi-tasking/941553>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 6, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-currently-multi-tasking/941553 "2021-05-06T23:53:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-currently-multi-tasking/941553/41 "2021-05-08T17:21:00Z")

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I’m babysitting. They’re 8 and 10 and have got their own phones and are both currently playing on them. We’ve played Uno, had a rousing game of robot ping-pong, and done karaoke- this is a break, not the entirety of the babysitting experience.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-currently-multi-tasking/941553/42 "2021-05-09T02:26:13Z")

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> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#):
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> breathing

I knew there was something else I was supposed to be doing…

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-currently-multi-tasking/941553/43 "2021-05-10T16:03:13Z")

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Sipping a beer, watching a half dozen TVs, and waiting for my lunch order to hit my table. And Doping.

Not working though; that’d be one task too many.

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-currently-multi-tasking/941553/44 "2021-05-10T22:28:22Z")

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Watching a TV, sipping a half dozen beers, and doping.

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**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-currently-multi-tasking/941553/45 "2021-05-10T23:12:10Z")

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Avoiding doing the dishes, avoiding doing the laundry, and avoiding half a dozen other tasks BY Doping.

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-currently-multi-tasking/941553/46 "2021-05-10T23:26:33Z")

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Same here, except avoiding vastly greater number of tasks and ought-tos.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-currently-multi-tasking/941553/47 "2021-05-10T23:30:53Z")

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I am not sure we should be allowing claims of multi-antitasking. 😁

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-currently-multi-tasking/941553/48 "2021-05-11T00:34:41Z")

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Those posts would get long enough to break Discourse for sure.

I’m now multi-tasking by sitting at a table outdoors at the beach enjoying a wine and a churrasco. And Doping. Sadly, other than you folks, there’s nobody here with me.

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