But that still doesn't explain how you can read the other posts.

Holy fucking fuck...Boyes couldn't suck a dick if it landed in his mouth.

lol, we get to share the same sentiments though! And Phil, my setup is almost identical.

I can talk to myself in my own head.

Tough to win those arguments though.

That's cool. Glad to see the "lol" in there because now that I think about it, my last post there might sound mean. I guess what I meant is I like talking to you all and I'd rather focus my posting on that.

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

So I wanted to start a topic on game day threads. GDTs are extremely popular to many of you. I see the large numbers of people signed in most every game. But I myself rarely participate in them.

My purpose here is to ask you guys how you do it. I've tried to post in GDTs here and there, but I've found it very hard to even keep up with the threads (they move so fast), much less participate in the GDT and pay attention to the game. Doesn't it take away from your focus, and thus your enjoyment of the game?

Now I'm no stranger to multi-tasking. I do it often, and often am on the computer playing poker while watching a hockey game. But I'll be the first to admit that my attention gets divided and I often miss parts of the game that I have to rewind and watch again (I'm a DVR junkie).

My theory on multi-tasking is that while it is possible to do more than one thing at once, when you do multi-task, you're really only able to pay attention to one thing at a time, and are doing the other without thinking about it. For example, as a musician, I often play my bass and sing at the same time. But really, I am only thinking about one or the other while I do this, and I am doing the other from rote muscle memory. So I'm say, thinking about singing, but just automatically playing guitar.

Well, isn't that what happens to you all posting in GDTs while watching the game? How can you type your comments without taking your attention away from the game? I understand that paying close attention to every second of 82 games isn't too realistic. But for important games like the playoffs, or the Olympic gold medal game, do you really think you're doing justice to the game if you're constantly typing and hitting refresh?

This is something I've wondered about for a while. What are your thoughts frequent GDT posters?

Hmmm... Maybe that explains why I don't get into GDTs. I don't particularly care to write something no one is going to read. I prefer conversations. I can talk to myself in my own head.