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[-] mokazemi@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 week ago

You can also spread it to other things. A bunch of unwatched movies, undone things to do, a slew of things waiting to be experienced.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Indeed, I find that aside from there just being too much media to consumer, there's also a factor of available energy. What I notice often happens is that browsing stuff like social media requires less mental effort than reading or even playing a game. So, you kind of just do it mindlessly when you're bored, but then you end up regretting not having spent the time doing something you would've found more meaningful instead. It's an intellectual equivalent of eating fast food instead of having a proper meal.

[-] mokazemi@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah that's exactly the case. The effect of social media can't be denied. They call it "cheap dopamine" for the brain, since it's hijacking our attention and behavior, changing our action to concentrate less and getting addicted to it with a flood of information.

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