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What do you do for "idle time" on your phone?

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    Creepypasta from the archive sounds fun. How does one find these?

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    https://www.creepypasta.com/

    It has all the old really popular ones from the mid-naughts!

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      A couple weeks ago, I deleted social media off my phone. Insta and reddit was all that was left, but I noticed how much of a useless time sink they were becoming. My daily mood has also improved.

      Now, I've been reading manga and playing chess online to fill the gap. But I'm still looking for suggestions on what else there is to do besides doom scroll. It's not like I'm outlawing the internet entirely, I still have interests and hobbies etc, but I'm open to just about anything.

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      The Wikipedia app or Wikireader

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      • banana@sh.itjust.worksB [email protected]

        I do solitaire, cryprograms, crossword and mahjong, and sometimes I'll read creepypastas from the archive like I used to do in highschool

        Other than that if I know I'll have to wait somewhere and occupy myself I bring a book with me.

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        I also just got back on the creepypasta archive!

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          A couple weeks ago, I deleted social media off my phone. Insta and reddit was all that was left, but I noticed how much of a useless time sink they were becoming. My daily mood has also improved.

          Now, I've been reading manga and playing chess online to fill the gap. But I'm still looking for suggestions on what else there is to do besides doom scroll. It's not like I'm outlawing the internet entirely, I still have interests and hobbies etc, but I'm open to just about anything.

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          Not sure what your personal in-person social circle looks like but playing physical games (board/card, etc) with people is great. Spent 2 weeks with family and we had a blast playing some games every night.

          A few I really enjoyed:

          • 5 Crowns
          • Phase 10
          • Cribbage (good grief the rules are nuts)
          • Hues and Cues
          • Organ Attack
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            A couple weeks ago, I deleted social media off my phone. Insta and reddit was all that was left, but I noticed how much of a useless time sink they were becoming. My daily mood has also improved.

            Now, I've been reading manga and playing chess online to fill the gap. But I'm still looking for suggestions on what else there is to do besides doom scroll. It's not like I'm outlawing the internet entirely, I still have interests and hobbies etc, but I'm open to just about anything.

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            I only technically have smartphone. its either not on me or turned off in a foil pouch.

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              I also just got back on the creepypasta archive!

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              Very nostalgic and some of them are, earnestly, very good!!

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              • quarterswede@lemmy.worldQ [email protected]

                Not sure what your personal in-person social circle looks like but playing physical games (board/card, etc) with people is great. Spent 2 weeks with family and we had a blast playing some games every night.

                A few I really enjoyed:

                • 5 Crowns
                • Phase 10
                • Cribbage (good grief the rules are nuts)
                • Hues and Cues
                • Organ Attack
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                Haha cribbage is great. And I think it's a good math game for kids too

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                  A couple weeks ago, I deleted social media off my phone. Insta and reddit was all that was left, but I noticed how much of a useless time sink they were becoming. My daily mood has also improved.

                  Now, I've been reading manga and playing chess online to fill the gap. But I'm still looking for suggestions on what else there is to do besides doom scroll. It's not like I'm outlawing the internet entirely, I still have interests and hobbies etc, but I'm open to just about anything.

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                  Don't replace social media with something else on your phone.

                  Put the phone down and walk away.

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                  • inb4_foundthevegan@lemmy.worldI [email protected]

                    Libby is an absolute blessing.

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                    Oooo, I should try that! I have been using KU, which I know isn't awesome, but did allow romance authors to break the publishing model (fascinating story: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/romance-novels/). And there's a part of me that wants to give the middle finger to a bunch of publishers who took in a bunch of money from romance books to pay for books/authors that would never recoup their costs.

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                      I only technically have smartphone. its either not on me or turned off in a foil pouch.

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                      The pouch also lets people know that you’re totally sane.

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                      • quarterswede@lemmy.worldQ [email protected]

                        Not sure what your personal in-person social circle looks like but playing physical games (board/card, etc) with people is great. Spent 2 weeks with family and we had a blast playing some games every night.

                        A few I really enjoyed:

                        • 5 Crowns
                        • Phase 10
                        • Cribbage (good grief the rules are nuts)
                        • Hues and Cues
                        • Organ Attack
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                        I actually made a great setup for retro gaming at home. I have my Linux PC connected to a KVM over LAN to the living room TV. Hyprland lets me set keybinds to run scripts to turn off my computer monitors, turn on the TV, switch audio (still working out a few kinda with audio actually), and then launch emulationstation-DE which is a front end for launching the games on each emulator.

                        It's great running everything on a PC with decent specs, I have a 5800x and 6700 XT. It can do all the old games obviously, and up to PS3 and switch games, upscaled to 4K and with a bangin audio system.

                        Surprisingly, there's very little latency issues or lag over the kvm. Or if there are I can't notice them.

                        It might be worth a go to play the handheld ones on my phone however. Playing GBA and DS games on my big living room TV seems a bit silly haha

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                          Don't replace social media with something else on your phone.

                          Put the phone down and walk away.

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                          I hear heroin is nice.

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                            I hear heroin is nice.

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                            Probably less addictive.

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                              I actually made a great setup for retro gaming at home. I have my Linux PC connected to a KVM over LAN to the living room TV. Hyprland lets me set keybinds to run scripts to turn off my computer monitors, turn on the TV, switch audio (still working out a few kinda with audio actually), and then launch emulationstation-DE which is a front end for launching the games on each emulator.

                              It's great running everything on a PC with decent specs, I have a 5800x and 6700 XT. It can do all the old games obviously, and up to PS3 and switch games, upscaled to 4K and with a bangin audio system.

                              Surprisingly, there's very little latency issues or lag over the kvm. Or if there are I can't notice them.

                              It might be worth a go to play the handheld ones on my phone however. Playing GBA and DS games on my big living room TV seems a bit silly haha

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                              A few reasons I prefer the exclusive handheld game route.

                              1. Gets you away from your internet connected device. No distracting notifications coming in
                              2. It’s dedicated to it so it’s really good at it.
                              3. No battery life hit to your phone.
                              4. Higher learning curve (this goes to time filler which is what you wanted).
                              5. Sitting on the couch, playing it outside/while traveling is great with it.
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                                A couple weeks ago, I deleted social media off my phone. Insta and reddit was all that was left, but I noticed how much of a useless time sink they were becoming. My daily mood has also improved.

                                Now, I've been reading manga and playing chess online to fill the gap. But I'm still looking for suggestions on what else there is to do besides doom scroll. It's not like I'm outlawing the internet entirely, I still have interests and hobbies etc, but I'm open to just about anything.

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                                Duolingo. My whole family has caught the bug. I hear the little ba-ding! noise from all corners of the house all evening long.

                                Y todavía no puedo hablar bien español 😕

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                                  A couple weeks ago, I deleted social media off my phone. Insta and reddit was all that was left, but I noticed how much of a useless time sink they were becoming. My daily mood has also improved.

                                  Now, I've been reading manga and playing chess online to fill the gap. But I'm still looking for suggestions on what else there is to do besides doom scroll. It's not like I'm outlawing the internet entirely, I still have interests and hobbies etc, but I'm open to just about anything.

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                                  I mean, people were fine without social media before, I dont think we need those. 🙂 At least not the big tech ones.

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                                    A couple weeks ago, I deleted social media off my phone. Insta and reddit was all that was left, but I noticed how much of a useless time sink they were becoming. My daily mood has also improved.

                                    Now, I've been reading manga and playing chess online to fill the gap. But I'm still looking for suggestions on what else there is to do besides doom scroll. It's not like I'm outlawing the internet entirely, I still have interests and hobbies etc, but I'm open to just about anything.

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                                    Find the lesser posted contributors to your field/s of interest, read them, post them, share your thoughts.

                                    This means you are actively using social media, actively considering different texts in subjects you already have an interest in, and actively using your brain to make considered contributions.

                                    This is my go to. Take a look at my post history in aussie-enviro. I continually go out of my way to find environmental or conservation organisations themselves instead of waiting only for a news site like Guardian to do a write up themselves.

                                    I'm finding my reading speed and attentiveness has improved, and i've better knowledge recall, especially on key details. Its of course fun as well.

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                                      A couple weeks ago, I deleted social media off my phone. Insta and reddit was all that was left, but I noticed how much of a useless time sink they were becoming. My daily mood has also improved.

                                      Now, I've been reading manga and playing chess online to fill the gap. But I'm still looking for suggestions on what else there is to do besides doom scroll. It's not like I'm outlawing the internet entirely, I still have interests and hobbies etc, but I'm open to just about anything.

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                                      I read comics/manga, browse Lemmy and read news mostly, and not in any particular order. Otherwise I do games like Wordle or just look up how to do home projects on YouTube.
                                      So go into learning more about your hobbies?

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                                      • quarterswede@lemmy.worldQ [email protected]

                                        Not sure what your personal in-person social circle looks like but playing physical games (board/card, etc) with people is great. Spent 2 weeks with family and we had a blast playing some games every night.

                                        A few I really enjoyed:

                                        • 5 Crowns
                                        • Phase 10
                                        • Cribbage (good grief the rules are nuts)
                                        • Hues and Cues
                                        • Organ Attack
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                                        Organ attacks a good one.

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                                          Tighrope most days https://www.britannica.com/quiz/tightrope

                                          Other than that just Lemmy.

                                          Keep meaning to try learning Chess so I can play it online a little.

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                                          Is this Phil Dunphy?

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