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I honestly never thought I’d be that person. The one addicted to YouTube.

I’m a rip-the-bandage-off-quick person. Just get it over with so I can move on.

This YouTube addiction is not letting go, though. It’s so easy to just queue up and tune out to Uncle YouTube’s storytime. I’ve set the timers, I’ve turned off autoplay, I’ve set the reminders to take a break and all that.

I still tap the screen to move past the cue and into the next video.

And not a useful video, like how to make text spherical in GIMP, or how to piddle with the WordPress engine, or make your own video.

No, no.

Those videos require thinking. They require conscious attention; starts, stops and rewinds, so you can figure out what the hell they’re talking about; because your version of the software isn’t exactly like theirs, so you have to dig three menus down and to the left of where the video says the item in question is, because for some reason the developers decided it should be a paint option, not a transform option.

But it isn’t listed under “Tools.” No. No. We moved it to the “Layers” menu. Because it makes more sense for it to be under there.

I’ve kinda hit a point where I think I’m going to have to have a family member physically take my tablet and hide it from me. I’ll use my phone, sure, but I’m very aware of the data limits on the bill, so it’s easier for me to throttle back.

It’s irritating. And personally humiliating that I find it so hard to want to think.