If McDonalds is the antithesis of Slow Food, and Twitter is the antithesis of the Slow Blog, perhaps YouPorn, where the speed of self-gratification is limited only by your bandwidth, is the antithesis of Slow Sex.
Delayed gratification has its limits, and a delay can only be so long before it is judged to be not worth the effort it takes to wait.
The problem is that, to those outside the family who reside in a world where morality is relative, attention spans limited and gratification instant, golf doesn't come across as quirky, just crazy.
Beefing up his 2005 short film "Medianeras," Mr. Taretto pushes a meet-cute concept to the limits of delayed gratification.
(Scott) 'Sidewalls' (No rating, 1 36, in Spanish) Pushing a meet-cute concept to the limits of delayed gratification, the Argentine director Gustavo Taretto creates a smart, whimsical romantic comedy about two unwitting soul mates living on opposite sides of a busy Buenos Aires street.
Athletes, like entrepreneurs, have to make sacrifices, operate in a mode of deferred gratification and push themselves to the limit in order to be successful.
If we could only learn the concept of delayed gratification, and the even more critical lesson of limiting our desires, that may reduce the foolish risks folks take.
Lack of opportunities may create boredom, limit aspirations and lead to a focus on immediate gratification.
Guede's role, Crini claimed, was limited to "satisfying himself in barbarous fashion" – in other words, seeking sexual gratification while the murder took place in front of him.
He felt use of strategy to be "limited" but the action "enormous amounts of explosive fun" and enjoyed the gratification of destroying enemies and buildings with rifles and tanks.
