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:
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
Boredom breeds innovation. It’s okay to be bored. In fact, I really wish our society would get “legitimately” bored more often.
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
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 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).
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!
I think a lot of it is a result of our capitalistic society squeezing as much as it can from us for profit
- 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
It’s disgusting how many times I’ll catch myself opening an app I closed less than 2 minutes ago because I was bored.
lemmy, im a content piggy. make more content for me to stare at blankly. thanks