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It’s because people demonise “wasting time”. People take themselves too seriously.
by avindroth 5y ago
It’s because people demonise “wasting time”.
People take themselves too seriously.
- bdamm 5y agoWhen it ends up consuming days or weeks on end then yes, something is wrong.
- pilsetnieks 5y agoDoes it end thus for you? In that case, indeed, something is wrong; help needs to be sought. I'd wager it is an extreme case, however. Most people don't seem to be consumed by consuming social media days or weeks on end without remit.
- MrJagil 5y agoI only bring my apple watch when i go out and leave my phone. I want to look around, collect my thoughts, let my mind wander.
- pilsetnieks 5y agoMax Weber had things to say about this Puritan ethic [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protestant_Ethic_and_the_Spirit_of_Capitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protestant_Ethic_and_the_S... Also: "No person, householder or other, shall spend his time idly or unprofitably, under pain of such punishment as the court shall think meet to inflict" -- Bay Colony General Court, 1633.
- foxpurple 5y agoProblem is when you get addicted and end up spending over an hour scrolling content in a vegetable state and lack the energy to do anything else.
- selfhoster11 5y agoIt's rarely just an hour. I used to waste >4 hours a day on YouTube.