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> I'm also one of those people who randomly clicks and "paints" the text on every website I use.

My old mentor used to do this too, and I really never understood why. Since then, I have seen others do it too, occasionally. It looked more like a fidget than anything helpful. I once tried it just to see if this was some hidden technique I was missing out on, but I didn't notice anything particularly helpful - it didn't help me keep focused on the text or anything, and it distracted me personally.

I'm very curious what the benefit is, or at least the reason? From an apparent lizard brain :)




I do it when I'm reading something, but my attention isn't fully (or is difficult and requires back and forth with references) on it to mark either the paragraph I'm on or the sentence I just finished reading.


on wide pages it helps my eyes find the next line. It's not really something I do conciously though and I'm barely aware that I am doing it.




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