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Re:How to overcome Phone Addiction by yeos_ on Saturday January 02, 2021 @10:43PM (#25619194)
Personally, I would rather spend my time doing things I find fulfilling instead of killing an hour+ scrolling through Reddit and getting distracted by the internet. I don’t care that if I’m spending all my time on my computer if Im doing things I find meaningful. Compulsively checking my phone and scrolling Reddit is in no way meaningful to me anymore.
Re:How to overcome Phone Addiction by username90 on Saturday January 02, 2021 @10:51PM (#25619232)
Similarly I'd rather spend my time doing things I find fulfilling instead of killing an hour+ talking about the weather with acquaintances. I don't see the difference.
Re:How to overcome Phone Addiction by tartoran on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:01PM (#25619299)
Who mentioned talking to relatives about the weather? Is that the only alternative you have to being on the computer all the time? How about spending some time outdoors?
Re:How to overcome Phone Addiction by username90 on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:07PM (#25619335)
> Who mentioned talking to relatives about the weather?

Who mentioned spending all time on reddit on new? We can't just take the good non computer activities and compare them to crap computer activities. I don't see why unfulfilling computer activities would be more worse than the unfulfilling non computer activities and vice versa.

Re:How to overcome Phone Addiction by tartoran on Monday January 04, 2021 @12:25PM (#25634637)
Great for you if you can. Many of us have a harder time doing so and end up doing things which we end up regretting. For one I think I spend too much time on HN. I did a few detoxes and eventually sucumbed to it again.