Happens about 20mins after I wake up.
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Random npc spongebob fish character looking miserable holding a cup during a sunset and another overlayed image of the same guy on the left with the same look.
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When you already checked your usual 5 apps and don’t know what else to do with your day:
- Lemmy
- Mastodon
- Lemmy again
- Youtube
- Believe it or not, Lemmy
- Lemmy - sort by top 12 hours
- Google News
- Lemmy - sort by top 6 hours
- YouTube
- If desperate, Lemmy sort by Hot
- Lemmy
- Hacker News
- BBC
- The Register
- The Verge
404media maybe?
the misinformation combo would be complete with a zucc app and youtube
I’m in this comment And I’m fine with it.
If you forget about Lemmy, straight to jail. No question.
I think this is a good opportunity to collectively discuss what is causing us to lead this lifestyle.
I had to move to a country with a more introverted culture than the one I grew up in (not the US), and I’ve struggled finding friends to spend my free time with so far, so I spend it on apps :-( They really are just a last resort and I’d much rather spend my time with actual people like in the olden days :-/
sign up for a class/activity, wear a conversation piece.
Smart move the latter, ~didn’t think it.
About the former, I recently realized in practice that it’s important to pick up activities etc. that you like and that attract people you can bond with. For example I like weightlefting at gym, but I realized it attracts so many people with repulsive ideologies, while I tried dancing and mobility classes the same gym offers and the environment was much much better, I found many good people there. (I still do weightlifting though and I found some good people there too.)
Plus, voicing your opinions helps a lot to filter people (I’m struggling a lot with this though).
Plus, voicing your opinions helps a lot to filter people (I’m struggling a lot with this though).
This is massive. “Filtering” is the perfect way to put it. If you don’t risk saying something potentially disagreeable, then no one will ever know who you are.
That goes for both repulsive and inclusive ideologies, I guess, but I definitely prefer the latter (this is an example of one of your “filtering” statements - now spectators to this conversation know I value inclusivity).
Awww, hope you make it eventually
Thank you, I’m trying to make it work out
Join some Whatsapp group that piques your interest and meet with them IRL. I wouldn’t have thought that drinking beer and shooting the shit with total strangers could be so much fun, but here we are.
Haha that’s a good idea. It’s facebook groups over where I am but I will give it a try. I have heard some do meetups
When I was a kid, I used to play video games while jumping around. I’d stand in front of the TV, bounce around, play Mario, run in circles. My parents didn’t care.
At some point, society said that was weird, and I had a gaming chair?
Watching myself balloon (and already using a standing desk for work) went back to standing while playing video games. I enjoy it!
Get a VR headset. I play all games moving around nowadays, it’s great!
Everything else requires effort.
Yes. I think what makes these apps appealing is that 1) they can be used unplanned and your time in them doesnt have to be structured, and 2) they can fill up an arbitrarily long or short amount of time.
Hmm that is a very good description of how I use social media. Fill up unstructured downtime, or to bridge a gap between two other activities (god forbid I go thirty whole minutes without stimulation lol)
Then sometimes just hours and I come out of it feeling like total trash
I think a lot of it is a result of our capitalistic society squeezing as much as it can from us for profit
Chronic pain gang, rise up 💪 (or remain seated)
Can’t leave the house without spending $100, no “third places,” new games are all just MTX delivery services
Condolences. I’ve taken to going to the coffee shop to meet my friend. Yeah it’s not free, but it’s cheap. For games, that’s a bit of a blindspot for me since I only play good games these days.
That sucks. I titally sympathize with the no third places thing. Have you tried one-off workshop events and canteens? Also volunteering
I’m just checking my social media apps for any new messages and maybe droify for updates. After checking them in the morning I kinda think to myself that now job is done and any more time I spend of my morning on them is kinda wasted. Checking social media from time to time and speaking with your friends seems kinda healthy, but doomscrolling is kind of a waste after a point (happens if I’m too bored to start my day).
The thing is, after I check all these, I might go in a loop due to boredom (boredom may have many many reasons behind it). When I have tasks to do or I’m in a period that my friends and I are busy, this is more intense. The phone is an easy and portable distraction. All these contribute to an increase of phone usage (currently I’m in one of those situations and phone usage has increased probably by at least 50%).
Alright so let me begin,
I honestly don’t know if I’m ready to discuss this, yet.
That’s ok.
Boredom breeds innovation. It’s okay to be bored. In fact, I really wish our society would get “legitimately” bored more often.
*Usual five apps
- Lemmy
- Lemmy
- Lemmy
- Lemmy
- Lemmy
Lemmy WPD
It’s disgusting how many times I’ll catch myself opening an app I closed less than 2 minutes ago because I was bored.
I’ve closed Lemmy and not ten seconds later open it up again.
It’s a loop
Time to grab your board (web navigator) and surf (follow hyperlinks) the web (more commonly, the graphical “internet”). Totally rippin the gnar, my gender indeterminate dudes (check out wikipedia). Yeaaaahhh (yes, emphatically)!!!
So are you people in this meme just on your phone all day looking at stupid phone apps? God, what a waste of life.
Smartphones are just boring little tools guys. Don’t make it your life. Be a real nerd, get a PC, and surf the web where there are no limitations set by apps. Play some video games, look at porn sites, do some online shopping or whatever. If you’re done with all that, go outside and ride a bike or something.
For me my phone meme time is
- 5-10 minutes before I get out of bed in the morning
- if I’m bored at work
- Poopin
Good example of why summaries and screenshots are important
Think of the poopers
I started reading books and mags while pooping. I like it. Highly recommended.
Just got to have system to make sure you don’t do anything unhygienic to your reading material. I make sure to set it down before I touch myself. I touch myself.
Normie
LOL right, tell yourself whatever you need to
My turn!
Self-centered with a superiority complex
Lol. Whatever makes you feel better about yourself, and is based on seeing others as inferior
I don’t think we asked about you, did we? Anyway, I hope you find some relief from those problems.
Good one. lol. No u!
My boss doesn’t approve of pron
Put down your phone. Close your eyes. Imagine one (1) thing. You’re cured.
I remember in the early to mid 2000s when the internet was new and there seemed to be loads of stuff to do.
Was never bored
it is still the same, but we’re already conditioned to have everything thrown at us on every single internet interaction, making the thought of searching something new seem like stepping out of our comfort zone
with AIs and what not, this feeling will only worsen
I gave up conventional social media recently, and I do paid surveys instead. I made 225 dollars in four weeks.
Wait, where did you find this job?
Not a job, paid survey apps. HeyPiggy, Five Surveys, Qmee are the best ones.
I see. Thanks!
What do you do paid surveys on?
I only do google rewards, but that’s generally how I pay for any new apps I want.
My phone. HeyPiggy, Five Surveys, and Qmee apps are the best. I’ve made about 5K in three years, this is Qmee alone. It’s a grind but I’ve really made lots of cash. I went through my Amazon account one day and discovered I’ve bought 117 items with my survey cash.
If you work out your hours invested into this are you below or above minimum wage?
Well below, but it’s something to do besides scrolling.
You should channel this energy into a business or something
I have two jobs already. I’m just doing this while I work. It’s kind of a long story.
Then its timeto put down the phone/laptop/tablet, get up off your butt and move around. Maybe even do something while youre up
Eww gross but moving around can lead to death I watched a YouTube video on that. I’m not falling for that
Heres a little known secret: breathing leads to death. So stop it if you want to live forever
Lol, people here do a lot of assumptions. I typically do like ~9k steps each day, I spent a lot of time outside, go to gym etc. but 1)having hard tasks to do and 2)spending a lot of time alone (alone meaning without interacting face to face with real friends) for various reasons contributes to this.
Yep.
So you have five different apps to browse Lemmy?
Go for a walk, read a book, watch a movie, play a game it will make you feel so much better. Just remember to change activities every few hours. If you’re going to play games for 10h you are probably going to get bored of it way too quickly.
Go for a walk, read a book, watch a movie, play a game
I’d love to, but I’m at work. There’s a bit of a lull between the storms of activity atm, and I would absolutely love to not waste time with just being stuck in the office. But I can’t afford it
Can’t read a book at the office? Working through a book whenever the queue was empty was one of the few pleasures of working retail/call centre
I know how you feel man. I used to work in a job like that. Honestly what saved me was reading some comedy manga on mangadex. Since it didn’t require a lot of brainpower and I could just stop reading it whenever I wanted it was perfect for times like this. My head also was in a much better state than after scrolling back then reddit for hours. If you don’t like manga you could just find some easy book.
If you can’t go for a walk during work go before or after work. I try to cycle every day after work and it always makes me feel better.
Thanks for the kind words!
I do that while listening a CD and then I start work around the home.
It’s playing CK3 or watching my favorite show in Russian for me.
