⏳ The Internet Broke My Brain: Seven Seconds Felt Like Forever 🤯

A website. Seven seconds to load. Yesterday.

Seven.

Not seventy.

Just… seven. ⏱️

Felt personally betrayed. 😤

Looked at the screen.

Said, out loud, to a website:

“Come on!”

Like it was being lazy.

On purpose. 🙄

Here’s the embarrassing part: I remember when seven seconds felt like a long time.

Years ago?

Under a minute, nobody blinked.

Clicked a button.

Waited.

Looked around.

Got water.

Life continued. 🧘‍♀️

Now?

Video buffers three seconds.

I question my entire internet connection. 📶

Sometimes, speed tests.

Not because anything’s wrong.

Just need someone to blame. 😠

Other day.

Coffee line. ☕

Two people ahead.

Two!

Not even a line.

Just… other people existing.

Brain acted like a major traffic jam. 🚦

Checked phone.

Checked it again.

Opened an app from 30 seconds ago.

Not looking for anything.

Just couldn’t handle doing absolutely nothing.

Felt weird.

Odd.

Noticed it. 🤨

When Did Waiting Get So Uncomfortable? 🤔

Internet.

Quietly changed us.

Now everything’s instant.

Messages.

Movies.

Music.

Food.

Information.

Cartoon character voice in 2004?

Answer before I finish wondering.

Incredible. ✨

But something else.

We got used to speed.

Very.

So now tiny delays?

Abnormal.

Last week.

Clicked “Skip Ad.”

Video didn’t start right away.

One-second delay.

One second.

Brain saw it as a technical disaster. 💥

1995 me?

Good luck explaining that.

“Yeah, I’m losing it because my video didn’t start the exact millisecond the ad ended.”

I’d look like a total lunatic.

Which… fair. 🤪

The Phone Reflex 📱

Phone.

Always reaching for it.

Gap in the day.

Waiting for food?

Phone. 📱

Elevator?

Phone.

Someone to arrive?

Phone.

Standing still twelve seconds?

Nope.

Phone.

Don’t even know what I’m checking.

Unlock phone.

Stare at home screen.

No mission.

No purpose.

No destination.

Just opened it.

Brain saw empty space.

Panicked. 😱

Impatient when younger?

Don’t remember.

Maybe.

But… nah.

Long car rides.

Waiting rooms.

Boring afternoons.

Staring out windows.

A lot. 🏞️

Now?

Staring out a window feels like an activity that needs planning.

Silly, right?

Humans stared out windows for thousands of years.

Professionals at it. 🧘‍♂️

Anyway…

Website loaded.

Coffee arrived.

Elevator showed up.

Everything worked out.

Usually does.

But I’ve started noticing.

Brain treats tiny delays like emergencies.

Strangest thing internet’s done to me.

Not notifications.

Not social media.

Not endless scrolling.

Just that five seconds now feels longer than five minutes used to. 🤯