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Get off your phone. Get off the news. They're doing nothing for you. Jump in some cold water. Feel reality for what it is. Don't use any products that simulate

Get off your phone. Get off the news. They're doing nothing for you. Jump in some cold water. Feel reality for what it is. Don't use any products that simulate dopamine (phone, tv, video games, junk food), they're killing you from the inside.

gaudat 4y ago
Seconded getting off the news or your phone. I learned to embrace blissful ignorance.
- tdrgabi 4y ago
  But you are commenting on a news site, probably while on the phone. Hnews is not different, I come here for the same dopamine hit
  - dopidopHN 4y ago
    I can loose interest in HN in about 15 cumulative min / day. And I often got some valuable tools/libs out of it. Reddit is infinite, as well as much other social media
  - fragmede 4y ago
    Turn on noprocrast in your account
  - earthboundkid 4y ago
    True, but compared to Twitter or reading about Ukraine, HN doesn't make me angry or depressed.
  - wollsmoth 4y ago
    hn is a lot slower. Sites like reddit, twitter. They practically show you a whole new page every time you visit.
  - briga 4y ago
    It's pretty different. Compare the BBC, for example, where basically every article on the front page seems to subtly or not-so-subtly imply that our planet is on the brink of full-blown catastrophe. While such articles occasionally gain traction here, it's mostly just cool tech news and interesting stories. Perhaps not as engaging, but much better for a person's mental well-being.
    - hansworst 4y ago
      You’re commenting to a post that’s saying everyone is burned out. It may not be “the world is on fire” but I’d say it’s pretty close.
      - briga 4y ago
        If every other post was like this I would concede the point. But that is not the case on this site
  - tomxor 4y ago
    Not untrue, but it's one of the less bad places to come on the web. It can also be to do with your own mental filter... HN has submissions that are both on the pessimistic doomsday side at one end and hyper over optimistic side at the other end, but orthogonally there are also purely fun submissions - and these can be quite uplifting, a happy reminder to many of us of why we originally ended up doing what we do.
- baybal2 4y ago
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- pitched 4y ago
  “ The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” — Thomas Jefferson I don’t think blissful ignorance is the right way to think of it. I think the news (and social media) today is the same as it’s always been. Don’t cut yourself off but don’t take any of it too seriously.
- noir_lord 4y ago
  I read the news once a day, I read Reuters because it’s an Wire service it’s less biased, slanted towards bullshit (less not zero). Been great for my mental health.
knaik94 4y ago
The war is affecting my friends. My friends and family are all entering different stages of their life. It's been hard to meet new people. Office friends are even more removed and many moved away because of covid and work from home. I see how expensive my grocery bill has gotten every other weekend. Phones and technology are some of the only escapes left. This is bad advice, even worse than saying use the phone more because it's dismissive of the larger issues I am facing in life. The phone isn't the thing doing the killing, it's the governments of countries like Iran, Russia, and Ukraine. There's are good and bad guys in war, but both countries experience a loss in souls. That's also not how dopamine works.
- owenpalmer 4y ago
  I'm sorry to hear about your situation. It's a hard time for everyone, and there are many factors contributing to mental health decline in our society. However, I don't think your view on using phones as an escape is a correct one. Using social media, porn, or games as an escape are not a healthy response to difficult times in one's life. Getting in touch with reality, being in nature, and spending time with quality people are better ways to live a healthy life outside of work. Everything in moderation.
breck 4y ago
+1 for "Get off your phone." Mine fell in the water months ago and changed my life. Now when I close the computer and walk out the door I'm completely unplugged for a few hours (FitBit for health though of course).
princevegeta89 4y ago
I agree with getting off the news. Every morning when I wake up, I check the news and run into a bunch of fresh, disturbingly sad news items involving some disgusting, pathetic psychopaths that upsets my entire mood. I started to avoid looking at any sort of news and felt better. I know that we need to have a positive outlook, but the level of disturbances seem to get me these days. I urge you to try it out as well
dominotw 4y ago
Thats like telling obese person 'get off bad food' . Everyone already knows that.

gaudat 4y ago

Seconded getting off the news or your phone. I learned to embrace blissful ignorance.

tdrgabi 4y ago
But you are commenting on a news site, probably while on the phone. Hnews is not different, I come here for the same dopamine hit
- dopidopHN 4y ago
  I can loose interest in HN in about 15 cumulative min / day. And I often got some valuable tools/libs out of it. Reddit is infinite, as well as much other social media
- fragmede 4y ago
  Turn on noprocrast in your account
- earthboundkid 4y ago
  True, but compared to Twitter or reading about Ukraine, HN doesn't make me angry or depressed.
- wollsmoth 4y ago
  hn is a lot slower. Sites like reddit, twitter. They practically show you a whole new page every time you visit.
- briga 4y ago
  It's pretty different. Compare the BBC, for example, where basically every article on the front page seems to subtly or not-so-subtly imply that our planet is on the brink of full-blown catastrophe. While such articles occasionally gain traction here, it's mostly just cool tech news and interesting stories. Perhaps not as engaging, but much better for a person's mental well-being.
  - hansworst 4y ago
    You’re commenting to a post that’s saying everyone is burned out. It may not be “the world is on fire” but I’d say it’s pretty close.
    - briga 4y ago
      If every other post was like this I would concede the point. But that is not the case on this site
- tomxor 4y ago
  Not untrue, but it's one of the less bad places to come on the web. It can also be to do with your own mental filter... HN has submissions that are both on the pessimistic doomsday side at one end and hyper over optimistic side at the other end, but orthogonally there are also purely fun submissions - and these can be quite uplifting, a happy reminder to many of us of why we originally ended up doing what we do.
baybal2 4y ago
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pitched 4y ago
“ The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” — Thomas Jefferson I don’t think blissful ignorance is the right way to think of it. I think the news (and social media) today is the same as it’s always been. Don’t cut yourself off but don’t take any of it too seriously.
noir_lord 4y ago
I read the news once a day, I read Reuters because it’s an Wire service it’s less biased, slanted towards bullshit (less not zero). Been great for my mental health.

knaik94 4y ago

The war is affecting my friends. My friends and family are all entering different stages of their life. It's been hard to meet new people. Office friends are even more removed and many moved away because of covid and work from home. I see how expensive my grocery bill has gotten every other weekend. Phones and technology are some of the only escapes left. This is bad advice, even worse than saying use the phone more because it's dismissive of the larger issues I am facing in life. The phone isn't the thing doing the killing, it's the governments of countries like Iran, Russia, and Ukraine. There's are good and bad guys in war, but both countries experience a loss in souls. That's also not how dopamine works.

owenpalmer 4y ago
I'm sorry to hear about your situation. It's a hard time for everyone, and there are many factors contributing to mental health decline in our society. However, I don't think your view on using phones as an escape is a correct one. Using social media, porn, or games as an escape are not a healthy response to difficult times in one's life. Getting in touch with reality, being in nature, and spending time with quality people are better ways to live a healthy life outside of work. Everything in moderation.

breck 4y ago

+1 for "Get off your phone." Mine fell in the water months ago and changed my life. Now when I close the computer and walk out the door I'm completely unplugged for a few hours (FitBit for health though of course).

princevegeta89 4y ago

I agree with getting off the news. Every morning when I wake up, I check the news and run into a bunch of fresh, disturbingly sad news items involving some disgusting, pathetic psychopaths that upsets my entire mood. I started to avoid looking at any sort of news and felt better. I know that we need to have a positive outlook, but the level of disturbances seem to get me these days. I urge you to try it out as well

dominotw 4y ago

Thats like telling obese person 'get off bad food' . Everyone already knows that.