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FrancoisBosun | 1 year ago

I hate shopping, because it’s start and stop all the time. I get tired after only 30m.

Then, I’ll walk home from the office (1h) and will have lots of energy to actually DO something.

The title resonated with me very strongly.

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cmgbhm|1 year ago

It can also be mental fatigue. Shopping is fundamentally making lots of decisions in sequence.

stavros|1 year ago

That's exactly why I find large stores like IKEA draining. My brain is constantly in decision mode, unlike even at work, where decisions are more spaced out. In stores, you literally have a conveyor belt of items passing through your decision system the entire time you're in the store.

readthenotes1|1 year ago

My theory, after looking down the hallway of a mall and seeing a bunch of guys drooping on the benches and a bunch of women walking briskly, even joyously, is there is a coating on the floor that sucks the energy out of some of us and transfers it to others

gamjQZnHT53AMa|1 year ago

Wow, your comment really hit it home for me. I have this exact same experience but never identified why I hate going to the shop so much.