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Since: May, 2021
2022-08-01 21:19:40
Not Listening to Me, Are You? describes what Bob is doing. In more extreme cases, Bob may have Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!

A comedy/sitcom scene: Alice is telling Bob a story, but Bob's ignoring her - focusing on a football game on TV, a hot woman on the street, or, nowadays, his smartphone. So Alice starts making up ridiculous lies to test if he's listening. He continues nodding and saying vague stuff like "that's nice" as her stories grow more ridiculous.