In a previous post, I discussed a common ailment called DVR guilt, an emotion that you feel when you have shows saved on your DVR for a long time and never get around to viewing them.
Today, I want to talk about another ailment that is directly caused by my DVR. I am not sure what it is called, so let me describe it's symptoms. The first symptom I noticed, started when I would listen to the radio. As the radio show's host would say something, and I missed it, I would find myself wanting to hit a button and rewind what he said. Not being able to do this, I became frustrated with the radio.
The other symptom is similar to the first. It seems that in real life situations, I am often wishing I could rewind something that just happened, so that I can see it again. It becomes very frustrating when I can not rewind reality.
Further stages of my second symptom seem to be my agitation with not being able to pause something, like a conversation with a friend, until I do some task, like going to the bathroom. The most extreme sign of this ailment is when I become angry when I can not fast forward a boring or uncomfortable situation to get to a more pleasant one.
Whatever this ailment is called, I am not sure if there is a cure. I am resigned to the fact that this may be something that I am forced to live with for the rest of my life. (Or until someone invents something better then the DVR)
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I think it is a strain of the somewhat common ailment called impatience. I have it too. The more technology allows us to have quick responses on demand, the more vulnerable we are to the disease. I'm trying to adjust for a few days w/o a microwave. I just went home to heat up a frozen dinner and realized that what took 6 minutes in the microwave, takes 40 minutes in the traditional oven. I literally didn't have time for what I had on hand, so circled back to Subway--Grrrr.
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