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Lovely! I am all for an offline day in the year where everybody does what you described.

by xen_relay 4mo ago

anhner 4mo ago
one day a year? it should be every week :)
- ecshafer 4mo ago
  You just invented the Sabbath.
  - fullstop 4mo ago
    Now we can spend the rest of our days arguing over whether it should be on Saturday or Sunday!
    - timbaboon 4mo ago
      Let’s do both?
fantasizr 4mo ago
I forget where, but there was a restaurant who locked all phones in a box at your table and if you made it to the end without opening it the table got a free cookie.
- andai 4mo ago
  That should just be every restaurant, unless you're eating alone. It's just disrespectful otherwise. (And even alone there's a pretty strong case to be made that you should pay attention to the actual food.)
mycall 4mo ago
Let's do it today
embedding-shape 4mo ago
Plenty of these experiences can be found without disconnecting the electricity for multiple countries. Personally, I find musical events of all sorts are amazing for this, and completely AI free should you chose the right events :) This weekend Liquicity came to Barcelona (for the first time?) and being with other strangers, dancing all night long, to other humans playing us music and singing and sometimes fucking up, is just an experience out of this world, and these sort of events are all around us, almost every week or at least every month. If not in your country, probably in your neighboring country, just a bus/train ride away. You just need to take the steps and get out of your house, the human connections are out there and ready to be grabbed by the ones who dare and persist :)
- tardedmeme 4mo ago
  This is so true. It can even just be regular club nights at good clubs. Ever been to Berghain? (Me neither) Some clubs around here sometimes run whole-weekend parties that attract thousands of people, those are fun.
- Tepix 4mo ago
  The problem with live concerts is that a substantial number of people are holding up their smartphones in front of them and experiencing it through the screen.
  - embedding-shape 4mo ago
    As long as you don't, what's the problem? Let them miss it, find a new location you see better, then enjoy :) Great way of preventing this is going to smaller events, tend to be a lot better in most ways.
    - sojournerc 4mo ago
      That might work at concerts, but it still sort of irks me. Museums, however, have become the worst for this. People stepping in front of me holding their phone in front of my face while I'm looking at the thing just so they can get a picture and wander off without ever really looking. If you want a picture of the art, go to the gift shop
mindfulbun 4mo ago
Why only day in a year? It can be offline Friday and even offline hours of the day, like 17-20 hours of the day are no screen hours

Lovely! I am all for an offline day in the year where everybody does what you described.

anhner 4mo ago

one day a year? it should be every week :)

ecshafer 4mo ago
You just invented the Sabbath.
- fullstop 4mo ago
  Now we can spend the rest of our days arguing over whether it should be on Saturday or Sunday!
  - timbaboon 4mo ago
    Let’s do both?

fantasizr 4mo ago

I forget where, but there was a restaurant who locked all phones in a box at your table and if you made it to the end without opening it the table got a free cookie.

andai 4mo ago
That should just be every restaurant, unless you're eating alone. It's just disrespectful otherwise. (And even alone there's a pretty strong case to be made that you should pay attention to the actual food.)

mycall 4mo ago

Let's do it today

embedding-shape 4mo ago

Plenty of these experiences can be found without disconnecting the electricity for multiple countries. Personally, I find musical events of all sorts are amazing for this, and completely AI free should you chose the right events :) This weekend Liquicity came to Barcelona (for the first time?) and being with other strangers, dancing all night long, to other humans playing us music and singing and sometimes fucking up, is just an experience out of this world, and these sort of events are all around us, almost every week or at least every month. If not in your country, probably in your neighboring country, just a bus/train ride away. You just need to take the steps and get out of your house, the human connections are out there and ready to be grabbed by the ones who dare and persist :)

tardedmeme 4mo ago
This is so true. It can even just be regular club nights at good clubs. Ever been to Berghain? (Me neither) Some clubs around here sometimes run whole-weekend parties that attract thousands of people, those are fun.
Tepix 4mo ago
The problem with live concerts is that a substantial number of people are holding up their smartphones in front of them and experiencing it through the screen.
- embedding-shape 4mo ago
  As long as you don't, what's the problem? Let them miss it, find a new location you see better, then enjoy :) Great way of preventing this is going to smaller events, tend to be a lot better in most ways.
  - sojournerc 4mo ago
    That might work at concerts, but it still sort of irks me. Museums, however, have become the worst for this. People stepping in front of me holding their phone in front of my face while I'm looking at the thing just so they can get a picture and wander off without ever really looking. If you want a picture of the art, go to the gift shop

mindfulbun 4mo ago

Why only day in a year? It can be offline Friday and even offline hours of the day, like 17-20 hours of the day are no screen hours