It's always seemed strange to me that it's so common for people to feel the need to have continuous ... radio/podcasts/tv.

It turns out there is a fair amount of research done on this, look into:

dr_dshiv 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That’s how Von Neumann did his thang, with a tv blaring in the background

	▲	Cthulhu_ an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The more things change the more they stay the same I suppose

tayo42 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I have this thought everytime I'm at the beach...