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Do you feel weird/anxious if you go outside and don't have a phone with you? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 13 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Like, you just look weird if you sitting by yourself (example: waiting at a bus stop) and just stairing into space, so like its basically social expectation to be on your phone when you are by yourself.

Plus, just feels like if you don't have a phone on you, you are missing a lot of information (access to the internet, maps, etc.) that you might need in case you get lost or something.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

I don't even know how I survived the 90s. When you were waiting for the bus the most entertaining thing you could do was stare at your shoes or throw a rock at the stop sign

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

I would run out of ads to stare at and then just space out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

A Walkman or book

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The boredom was real, but also like...thoughts would turn over in undirected and sometimes fruitful ways, too. At least for me. My mind does far less just "idling" these days, and while too much of that is a real kind of misery, I think some is probably useful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

When I have idle time for thoughts to enter my brain is when bad things happen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

Heard lol, it's not a universal good