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What did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored?

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What did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored?

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It looks like a fair bit of it was TV-watching, which is now being displaced.

https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/15224.jpeg

https://cdn.cablecompare.com/2022/2/1644941050238-1._Average_Daily_Time_Spent_Watching_Television%2C_United_States_2014-2023.png
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  About the only time our TV gets turned on anymore is for 1) videogames or 2) watching youtube.
  
  It’s mostly just a giant monitor at this point

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