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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Dunno about you guys but when I watch an intense show like Last of Us or Game of Thrones I have a hard time doing anything else I'm pretty much dialed in.

I can see multitasking when something like Friends is on though.
gpt
For my scenario, me and my wife don't watch blockbuster stuff unless we really have a "block of time" set out for it. My oldest son needs help going to sleep, so one of us is lying on his floor while he drifts off. After that, he sleeps through the rest of the night. That takes up about 7:30-8:30pm. Before that, we can't watch violent shows/movies, and he's not even allowed screen-time after dinner.

So at 8:30pm one of us wakes up the other parent on the floor, and we can watch shows. Half of the time, we are interrupted by the youngest fussing in his bassinet and needs to be changed/rocked/fed.

We CAN watch TV, and pause it, but if I were to go to the office, boot up a game, I'd constantly be dragged away from it. Not to mention, me and my wife would not have any kind of time together. (even if that time is spent being couch potatoes).

I told my wife when Starfield comes out, I'm going to need 3 hour blocks of time, once a week, so I can play it. I'm not sure if I'll end up being able to do that... lol