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:
Can I suggest sorting by new for your favorite communities? There are a lot of downvoters that have gamed the system.
*Usual five apps
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 :-/
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 think a lot of it is a result of our capitalistic society squeezing as much as it can from us for profit
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
Boredom breeds innovation. It's okay to be bored. In fact, I really wish our society would get "legitimately" bored more often.
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)!!!
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
Put down your phone. Close your eyes. Imagine one (1) thing. You're cured.
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.
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 gave up conventional social media recently, and I do paid surveys instead. I made 225 dollars in four weeks.
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
So you have five different apps to browse Lemmy?
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
It's playing CK3 or watching my favorite show in Russian for me.
I do that while listening a CD and then I start work around the home.
https://www.marxists.org/admin/books/manifesto/Manifesto.pdf
I feel you though