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Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by bilsbie on Thursday February 08, 2024 @09:17AM (#39302158)
You raise a great point. But that identifies a bigger problem. Why is it so hard to find better things to do?
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Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by k__ on Thursday February 08, 2024 @10:12AM (#39302820)
No idea.

It seems to me that neurotypical people don't have that issue.

Then again, I don't think I'm close enough to any neurotypical person to judge that.

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Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by vonjuice on Thursday February 08, 2024 @02:58PM (#39306834)
A trait of an addiction is that it significantly alters the way you perceive rewards and pleasure. It's not that it's hard to find better things to do, or that the other things aren't better, it's just they're not that. It's like it lowers the brightness on the rest of life.

If you manage to stay away from it for a period of time you start to see that it was just a lie, a skewed perspective.

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