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After high school ended (2:30pm) most days I used to have some kind of club activity (2:30pm-3:30pm) and then hang out in the cafeteria or by the front of the s

After high school ended (2:30pm) most days I used to have some kind of club activity (2:30pm-3:30pm) and then hang out in the cafeteria or by the front of the school, waiting for a parent to pick me up on the way home from work (5pm). I had a dumb phone so I could stay in touch, and I could also walk home if I wanted (40min / no sidewalks / 35mph roads), but most of the time I just sat down and did homework and read books. Spent a ton of time on the computer at home. Got through "Brothers Karamazov" and "Anna Karenina" that way -- just 1.5hr a day of focused, uninterrupted time. I absolutely never would have read them and would have spent the whole time scrolling TikTok if I could have. Hrmm.

OtomotO 2y ago
I would've gone home, every day. And then I would've read, after I played hours of World of Warcraft ;-) Oh wait, that's what actually happened! But I agree and I don't want to bd young these days anymore.
- yard2010 2y ago
  Sorry for being old but playing wow is different from scrolling tiktok. If These were drugs, wow would be a weed kind of thing and tiktok and the other cancers would be crack cocaine. In my honest humble opinion ofc
rvba 2y ago
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- hollerith 2y ago
  "Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated."
  - rvba 2y ago
    More like snobism: reading classic books for the sake of being able to brag about them. As if that made someone a better person. If the author at least did something creative... but nooo reading Brothers Karamazov as a kid is better than playing WoW. I still take the kid who created something, or at least spent time with other kids. And apparently the author didnt.
    - kelnos 2y ago
      I would say yes, reading Brothers Karamazov is probably a better use for a developing mind's time than playing WoW. Hell, that's a better use for an adult's time than playing WoW. But adults get to do whatever they want with their free time, and it would be hypocritical of me to judge.
      - rvba 2y ago
        The kid who plays wow at least plays in a group. And Dostoyevsky.. "Crime and punishment" is one of the worst books I ever read. You van literally skip 90% of it. Could be a 2 page short story. But feel free to downvote, apparently reading the classics makes one a classy person, not a dumb snob who thinks they are better than everyone...
        mrmuagi 2y ago
        What are some of the best books you've ever read?
        mckn1ght 2y ago
        You are just projecting your own snobbishness onto others with these reactionary comments. I don't even care what other books you've read and liked like my sibling response requests... let's see what books you've written. I don't much care about your uneleborated opinions unless you can demonstrate how to do well that which you claim others do poorly. The fact that you think the only reason anyone would read a classic novel is to brag also displays a lack of imagination and self awareness. No, it couldn't possibly be the same curiosity you extol in other comments about tinkering with technology! We need more people with the capability to think critically with nuance, who can focus on something for more than 5 seconds. WoW only does one of those, and really it's not focus so much as captivation. You don't learn much about the real world from it. On the other hand, I found quite a few insights into my own present day relationships while reading The Brothers Karamazov and Swann's Way. Is it possible the world is wrong about Crime and Punishment and we just needed rvba to wake us from our delusion? Sure. Is it more likely you just didn't get it? That's where my money is.
stevekemp 2y ago
In Finland our kids pretty much go to school themselves from the age of six or so, and walk back when they're done for the day - and their afterschool activities are over. So most kids seem to have a phone, be it smart, or dumb, from that kinda age. Certainly none of the kids wait for their parents to collect them that would be pretty inconvenient.

OtomotO 2y ago

I would've gone home, every day. And then I would've read, after I played hours of World of Warcraft ;-) Oh wait, that's what actually happened! But I agree and I don't want to bd young these days anymore.

yard2010 2y ago
Sorry for being old but playing wow is different from scrolling tiktok. If These were drugs, wow would be a weed kind of thing and tiktok and the other cancers would be crack cocaine. In my honest humble opinion ofc

rvba 2y ago

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hollerith 2y ago
"Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated."
- rvba 2y ago
  More like snobism: reading classic books for the sake of being able to brag about them. As if that made someone a better person. If the author at least did something creative... but nooo reading Brothers Karamazov as a kid is better than playing WoW. I still take the kid who created something, or at least spent time with other kids. And apparently the author didnt.
  - kelnos 2y ago
    I would say yes, reading Brothers Karamazov is probably a better use for a developing mind's time than playing WoW. Hell, that's a better use for an adult's time than playing WoW. But adults get to do whatever they want with their free time, and it would be hypocritical of me to judge.
    - rvba 2y ago
      The kid who plays wow at least plays in a group. And Dostoyevsky.. "Crime and punishment" is one of the worst books I ever read. You van literally skip 90% of it. Could be a 2 page short story. But feel free to downvote, apparently reading the classics makes one a classy person, not a dumb snob who thinks they are better than everyone...
      - mrmuagi 2y ago
        What are some of the best books you've ever read?
      - mckn1ght 2y ago
        You are just projecting your own snobbishness onto others with these reactionary comments. I don't even care what other books you've read and liked like my sibling response requests... let's see what books you've written. I don't much care about your uneleborated opinions unless you can demonstrate how to do well that which you claim others do poorly. The fact that you think the only reason anyone would read a classic novel is to brag also displays a lack of imagination and self awareness. No, it couldn't possibly be the same curiosity you extol in other comments about tinkering with technology! We need more people with the capability to think critically with nuance, who can focus on something for more than 5 seconds. WoW only does one of those, and really it's not focus so much as captivation. You don't learn much about the real world from it. On the other hand, I found quite a few insights into my own present day relationships while reading The Brothers Karamazov and Swann's Way. Is it possible the world is wrong about Crime and Punishment and we just needed rvba to wake us from our delusion? Sure. Is it more likely you just didn't get it? That's where my money is.

stevekemp 2y ago

In Finland our kids pretty much go to school themselves from the age of six or so, and walk back when they're done for the day - and their afterschool activities are over. So most kids seem to have a phone, be it smart, or dumb, from that kinda age. Certainly none of the kids wait for their parents to collect them that would be pretty inconvenient.