Did We Forget How to Feel Bored?

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Whenever I have a few free minutes then I immediately pick up my phone. It could be while waiting somewhere, sitting alone or just taking a short break. Now it feels strange to do nothing, even for a minute.

Do you think we have become too used to always looking at our phones or is this just a normal part of life now?
 
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Vynith said:
My boredom is solved by increasingly concerning hentai gooning sessions.
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BHW would have to consider having a dedicated section for "hentai" on the forum pretty soon : D
 
Nothing wrong, When you alone or feel better when see the mobile or between work under pressure can see for relax.
 
People use to do drugs, alcohol, gambling and other vices to get rid of boredom. Now everyone get their microdozing of dopamine through their smart phone.
Is it a good thing or bad thing? Depends who you ask.
 
My attention span is so cooked I open my phone to check one thing, forget why I opened it, then somehow end up watching a guy pressure wash a driveway for 20 minutes.
 
Church Priest said:
Whenever I have a few free minutes then I immediately pick up my phone. It could be while waiting somewhere, sitting alone or just taking a short break. Now it feels strange to do nothing, even for a minute.

Do you think we have become too used to always looking at our phones or is this just a normal part of life now?
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It is not about the cell phone but rather how our live do not give us any time to think about anything, as it is in those moment of silence when most solution tend to arise.
 
I believe this is a disaster.

While it can destroy the attention span of children and young people very fast.
It's destroying the attention span of adults as well

I hear the average attention span with adults in the US now is at about 46 seconds.
And what's the worst part is that the brain doesn't really relax if it consumes content from doom scrolling.
So you keep it engaged all the time - it's like running a motor into an overdrive.

I'd argue one can as much as fry his brain this way.
 
It's not that we forgot how to be bored - it's that boredom got priced out. Every empty minute now has a competing offer: infinite, personalized, free. Your brain does the math and picks the phone. Willpower was never in the fight.

And AI made it worse. It's not just content to scroll now - it's interaction, on demand, any second. You're never even alone with your own head anymore. Something's always ready to talk back.

I caught myself reaching for my phone the second an elevator door closed. Twelve seconds felt like something I had to fill.

What worked wasn't discipline. It was friction - phone in another room, greyscale on. Not because I'm strong. Because I know I'm not.
 
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