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:

    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
      14·
      4 months ago

      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 :-/

        • Blastboom Strice@mander.xyzOP
          4·
          4 months ago

          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).

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
      7·
      4 months ago

      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!

      • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
        6·
        4 months ago

        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.

    • Psychodelic@lemmy.world
      74·
      4 months ago

      I think a lot of it is a result of our capitalistic society squeezing as much as it can from us for profit

    • Blastboom Strice@mander.xyzOP
      2·
      4 months ago

      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%).

    • Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca
      1·
      4 months ago

      Can’t leave the house without spending $100, no “third places,” new games are all just MTX delivery services

  • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
    185·
    4 months ago

    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.

  • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
    101·
    4 months ago

    Then its timeto put down the phone/laptop/tablet, get up off your butt and move around. Maybe even do something while youre up

      • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
        9·
        4 months ago

        Heres a little known secret: breathing leads to death. So stop it if you want to live forever

    • Blastboom Strice@mander.xyzOP
      61·
      4 months ago

      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.

  • Alteon@lemmy.world
    7·
    4 months ago

    Boredom breeds innovation. It’s okay to be bored. In fact, I really wish our society would get “legitimately” bored more often.

  • cmrn@lemmy.world
    4·
    4 months ago

    It’s disgusting how many times I’ll catch myself opening an app I closed less than 2 minutes ago because I was bored.

    • hswolf@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 months ago

      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

  • jsomae@lemmy.ml
    2·
    4 months ago

    Put down your phone. Close your eyes. Imagine one (1) thing. You’re cured.