Happens about 20mins after I wake up.
Image transcription:
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.
It is captioned with:
When you already checked your usual 5 apps and don’t know what else to do with your day:
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)!!!
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
*Usual five apps
- Lemmy
- Lemmy
- Lemmy
- Lemmy
- Lemmy
https://www.marxists.org/admin/books/manifesto/Manifesto.pdf
I feel you though
I think this is a good opportunity to collectively discuss what is causing us to lead this lifestyle.
I think a lot of it is a result of our capitalistic society squeezing as much as it can from us for profit
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 :-/
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.
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
Chronic pain gang, rise up 💪 (or remain seated)
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
Alright so let me begin,
Can’t leave the house without spending $100, no “third places,” new games are all just MTX delivery services
I honestly don’t know if I’m ready to discuss this, yet.
That’s ok.
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!
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%).
I gave up conventional social media recently, and I do paid surveys instead. I made 225 dollars in four weeks.
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.
Wait, where did you find this job?
Not a job, paid survey apps. HeyPiggy, Five Surveys, Qmee are the best ones.
I see. Thanks!
lemmy, im a content piggy. make more content for me to stare at blankly. thanks
Here’s your content, open up!
It’s my cat yawning, but it looks like he’s screaming at me (which he does do around 17h, his supper time).
… Best I can do is Meh?
Hail and well meh-t!
It’s playing CK3 or watching my favorite show in Russian for me.
So you have five different apps to browse Lemmy?
Put down your phone. Close your eyes. Imagine one (1) thing. You’re cured.
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!
Btw is Image transcription AI generated or you did it.
I did it, but it’s my first time doing it😆
Should I change something? (I think I put a lot of info that may be unnecessary.)
Naah It is great for differently abled people.
Aw thank you. I that it’s a thing people do here on lemmy so I thought about doing it too.
differently abled
Pro tip - “disabled” isn’t a dirty word, please use it! 👍
disabled
👏👏👏
Hmm, I thought showing respect could be better.
That’s the fucking point - there is nothing disrespectful about the word disabled, while there definitely is a lot of disrespect in using bullshit euphemisms like the one you used. The fact that you’re arguing back rather than listen and try to do better proves that you don’t care about respecting disabled people at all, but only about making yourself comfortable.
Feel free to read the links I shared with the person bellow if you actually want to start showing respect to disabled people. Either way, I’m done here.
Genuine question, because I don’t have a confidant that I can comfortably ask this to, is that the general opinion of people with disabilities?
I am not a spokesperson for all disabled people, nor are we a monolith, but yes, it is the correct term, and enough disabled people care that there have been several campaigns and there are probably thousands of articles and other pieces of media discussing why it’s important people #SayTheWord. Look that hashtag up to find this content, here are a couple of examples:
https://www.creativeconnector.art/why-its-so-important-to-saytheword/
https://crippledscholar.com/2017/11/12/euphemisms-for-disability-are-infantalizing/
You might also benefit from reading through this: https://www.drakemusic.org/blog/nim-ralph/understanding-disability/
Thanks for the links. I will read them. I’ll admit that my first reaction is to assume that speaking directly is rude, but I’m ready to do some unlearning.
You’re welcome.
I think why you think “disabled” is rude is the thing to focus on (and the answer very briefly is because you, we all, were socialised to think that way).
I’ll just drop this link in too, I think intersectionality is vital, and understanding how systems of oppression stand alone and interact with each other is vital to unlearning them, and I think this is a good starting point that goes in to several: https://www.yorku.ca/edu/unleading/systems-of-oppression/
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
Rss and Rss and just Rss
[Got this post from there as well)
I see you are efficient by using only 1 app😆
Nice
Actually Website (FreshRSS)
You play shattered pixel dungeon for the next 20 hours is what you do.
