the experiment, I chose to watch a 10 minute portion of Roseanne without sound. In the beginning, I did not see much value in doing this since I figured watching a television show without sound was much like having the TV mute while I was on the phone. In fact, near the start of the 10 minutes, I noticed the time spent with the television seemed to suddenly roll by at a much slower rate. I did not find myself enjoying the time spent with the TV as much as I normally did because I had to concentrate harder on what exactly was happening. It was much harder for me to understand the storyline since I could only comprehend what was
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