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Life before smartphones was more boring, but in a good way. amirite?
by Anonymous1 day ago
I think periodic boredom is good for humans. It makes us reflect more on our lives.
by Anonymous1 day ago
Can we officially say "the good ole days" 😂
by akeemlarkin1 day ago
This is why I despise work phones. Your bosses think it means "available 24/7, 265". Now, if you're per diem/on call then that's different, but most people aren't.
by Anonymous1 day ago
I had a boss at my last job call me at 4AM because he was testing the on call rotation that wasnt working right. I stayed there for 3 months and left. I have job now where my boss is 5 states away and I rarely talk to them.
by hyattkeagan1 day ago
100%, let's bring that back
by Kulasstephanie1 day ago
Now if someone texts you and you dont respond immediately they get mad at you. You're hanging out with the wrong people.
by Anonymous1 day ago
Do they though? Do they actually? Most people don't. Do people finish work and say "why haven't you responded to me" When you get off flights do you get a string of notifications of angry people? You'll find it's actually OK. 99% of tiem people are fine with a bit of time between responses.
by Anonymous1 day ago
I don't have that problem with any of my family or friends. They also don't always text me back immediately and I'm Ok with that.
by Anonymous1 day ago
Most popular opinion ever mate, I'm sorry
by Brief-Platform1 day ago
If it was people wouldnt be on their phones the way they are
by Anonymous1 day ago
No that's just addiction.
by Anonymous1 day ago
How else am I gonna read unpopular opinions then?
by Better-Internal92841 day ago
With whom?
by CutAcceptable1 day ago
Everyone born after 1989.
by Extension_Grocery1 day ago
Also, people born in 1989 and earlier.
by bria531 day ago
...Have you been outside in the last fifteen years? Ever?
by CutAcceptable1 day ago
We're all addicted to our screens, but we mostly hate that we are. I have a really hard time getting away from it in my day to day life. But if I go camping or something, I can not look at a screen once all weekend and it feels amazing.
by Anonymous1 day ago
I can safely say that my life was not enriched by reading the back of a cereal box nor was my mind expanded by doing the same maze 12+ times.
by Anonymous1 day ago
Yeah better to fry our dopamine receptors and tank our attention span by doomscrolling and consuming social media slop.
by Anonymous1 day ago
Not enriching, but significantly more entertaining. Did you see the video of the jeep getting itself hung up on a rock trying to cut a corner and skip ahead in traffic? Much more entertaining than a maze.
by Anonymous1 day ago
We now know that boredom is important (especially for children) to fuel the drive for experimentation and creativity. There is nothing worse than beeing entertained 24/7
by Anonymous1 day ago
Hahaha, you are right....The dot points usually make me think it's AI.
by Anonymous1 day ago
Exactly! We were bored but that boredom led to creativity. We made up games talked to people face to face and actually had time to think.
by Kassulkeguisepp1 day ago
You can...still do all these things if you want.
by Comfortable-Cook1 day ago
Yeah I still do these things, they haven't gone anywhere lol
by Anonymous1 day ago
OP pretending to be deep, episode 12312037th
by Anonymous1 day ago
I agree with it all expect rhe last point. Now a days a lot of cities have bad parts and you definitely want to avoid them. You don't want to wonder into a bad area if you don't have to
by Anonymous1 day ago
Another symptom of our societal decay
by Embarrassed-Bid1 day ago
Yeah. There also wasn't this knee jerk reaction of having something to hide behind
by Marshall391 day ago
Are like 20? Yes, life was more exciting without cellphones and the internet. It simply was. Things meant more because you actually had to take things as they are in real life instead of looking it up on a smartphone.
by Oconneremerald1 day ago
boredom had an element of satisfaction that i miss
by Haunting-Heat-60171 day ago
I still remember when I was 12/13 getting my first iPod touch and using google for a few things, and suddenly realizing we have the answer to everything in the palm of our hands now. The difference between being bored now and then is now your bored with your phone so its ok, but back then we had to do stuff to relieve our boredom I think its a big reason I still love weed as much as I do. It let's me be bored enough to just relax and scroll my phone without feeling guilty
by Anonymous1 day ago
One of the things my spouse and I try to do with our kids is to just let them be bored more.
by Pietrozboncak1 day ago
Wasn't boring at all.
by Anonymous1 day ago
I do all that (except ofc if there are no magazines which is common today) so its not smartphones, its you.
by Anonymous1 day ago
Getting lost in the city absolutely was stressful tho
by Anonymous1 day ago
I don't even think it was more boring. We made our own fun. Went out, hung out at each others places playing games and causing some kinda ruckus. We enjoyed the little things more.
by Anonymous1 day ago
I was ready to reply that it depends on what you mean by "more boring" until I read the last line. Yes, you had more moments where you faced boredom, but the intensity of that boredom was not as excruciating as it seems to be for folks nowadays. Things were…so.much.calmer.
by griffin381 day ago
Tbh I find myself bored now far more often.
by Anonymous1 day ago
Being bored is a consequence of lower dopamine than youre used to, considering social media supercharges that dopamine, the boredom really just sinks in immediately if you have a moments pause. Basically your brain thinks chilling for a second is boring because its used to constant information being shoveled into it.
by Distinct_Victory20291 day ago
Before smartphones I was able to wonder. Now I can't go to bed without picking up my phone to figure out why chameleons can change colors…
by mikel331 day ago
I had a different experience and what you write feels like romanticising the it. It was annoying to stay home when you waited for a call. Or to wait for your friend/date/whatever and they didn't come and they couldn't notify you. Or you couldn't make it and they weren't home anymore when you tried to reach them. Waiting rooms were painfully boring
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