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Well actually, humans have disliked boredom since forever. Before the advent of phones, people would read, drink, or otherwise cause chaos to entertain themselv

Well actually, humans have disliked boredom since forever. Before the advent of phones, people would read, drink, or otherwise cause chaos to entertain themselves (these things still happen of course, phones are just yet another source of entertainment). Think about all those times before you had a phone that you would read the ingredients to hand soap while on the toilet!

hollerith 2y ago
>>smartphones have apparently conditioned us to consider boredom absolutely intolerable. I'm note sure that's a good thing. >humans have disliked boredom since forever. Maybe I'm unusual, but if I go too many days without spending a significant fraction of my time doing things I dislike, then my mental health starts to decline. Specifically, I start to lack motivation and drive with the result that I spend less time pursuing and more time procrastinating (or resting when I don't need rest). (Doing something risky works just as well as doing something painful or uncomfortable in keeping me out of this particular bad mental place. It doesn't have to be a risk of something terrible happening: it only needs to feel not totally safe in some juicy way, not to be objectively dangerous.) Also, I wish I knew what I just wrote when I was still a young man.
- appsDev 2y ago
  I agree, sometimes doing something "boring" is actually nice. I just like to choose when those times are in the day, not have them all the time. I also see this as something nice for someone who is already conditioned to be super stimulated. Instead of scrolling instagram for example, this could be nice since at least you don't get the typical level of stimulation and eye strain..
  - hollerith 2y ago
    I don't think you understood my comment, which might be because I didn't write it well enough.
    - appsDev 2y ago
      I guess maybe not.. I think I understood the core of what you were trying to say though and I get where your coming from..
appsDev 2y ago
I agree. And I think not letting ourselves get bored is also ok if we are doing it intentionally.
cootsnuck 2y ago
The reading ingredients on bathroom items while on the toilet...lol. I did not know this was more of a universal experience. Did this all the time when I was a kid.
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hollerith 2y ago

>>smartphones have apparently conditioned us to consider boredom absolutely intolerable. I'm note sure that's a good thing. >humans have disliked boredom since forever. Maybe I'm unusual, but if I go too many days without spending a significant fraction of my time doing things I dislike, then my mental health starts to decline. Specifically, I start to lack motivation and drive with the result that I spend less time pursuing and more time procrastinating (or resting when I don't need rest). (Doing something risky works just as well as doing something painful or uncomfortable in keeping me out of this particular bad mental place. It doesn't have to be a risk of something terrible happening: it only needs to feel not totally safe in some juicy way, not to be objectively dangerous.) Also, I wish I knew what I just wrote when I was still a young man.

appsDev 2y ago
I agree, sometimes doing something "boring" is actually nice. I just like to choose when those times are in the day, not have them all the time. I also see this as something nice for someone who is already conditioned to be super stimulated. Instead of scrolling instagram for example, this could be nice since at least you don't get the typical level of stimulation and eye strain..
- hollerith 2y ago
  I don't think you understood my comment, which might be because I didn't write it well enough.
  - appsDev 2y ago
    I guess maybe not.. I think I understood the core of what you were trying to say though and I get where your coming from..

appsDev 2y ago

I agree. And I think not letting ourselves get bored is also ok if we are doing it intentionally.

cootsnuck 2y ago

The reading ingredients on bathroom items while on the toilet...lol. I did not know this was more of a universal experience. Did this all the time when I was a kid.

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