Define "Entertaining"

[bloodedIrishman]

Good man, you know the first rule of conversation. Should you not know what the heck they are talking about, nod and smile.

[Geoni]

However, there is entertainment that does not depend on distraction, isn't there? Imagine you like your job, for instance. If we were really conscious, wouldn't we choose that over something that simply distracts?

Yes but think about somebody like an entomologist. They may love their job and that field of biology, but if they come across some beautiful bird they had never seen before, wouldn't they find that bird entertaining? I would...

[Overtherainbow]

Prostitutes.

/thread

[Sangwa]

Geoni has tried that before (No double sense intended.)... Pay attention.

Yes but think about somebody like an entomologist. They may love their job and that field of biology, but if they come across some beautiful bird they had never seen before, wouldn't they find that bird entertaining? I would...

True. But imagine that while they look at this bird, 3 beautiful insects he never seen pass without being noticed. *grins*

What I'm saying is that entertainment  doesn't require distraction... I believe that entertainment is paired with distraction these days because we can afford it, not because we need it.

[Geoni]

It's more how we let ourselves fall into it rather than afford it. Here goes the whole "personal definition" situation again.

[Sangwa]

You let yourself fall into it because you can afford it. If you were really hungry and you were out hunting in the wild, you wouldn't stop to stare at a beautiful landscape. You'd run into it and find the first animal you could kill.