Modern Luddites: On Being a Digital Minimalist Family in a Tech-Saturated World

Re:Modern Luddites: On Being a Digital Minimalist Family in ... by nxpnsv on Thursday July 18, 2024 @09:26AM (#40995368)

Shorts are terrible, they suck you in and 15 mindless videos later you can't even remember what you've seen. I almost only want to search for videos or check subscriptions, the main page with recommendations is full of traps...

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Re:Modern Luddites: On Being a Digital Minimalist Family in ... by Workaccount2 on Thursday July 18, 2024 @09:51AM (#40995579)

I was talking to my friend about this the other day. How you can watch video shorts for an hour and come away with no new knowledge at all. Nothing sticks.

It's like shorts are a brain glitch where you can artificially quench your desire to do stuff with empty filler.

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Re:Modern Luddites: On Being a Digital Minimalist Family in ... by s1artibartfast on Thursday July 18, 2024 @11:31AM (#40996544)

This is often my experience reading the comment section on Reddit or HN.

a lot of hot takes, stimulating social disputes, interesting logical constructions, but it is all gone within 5 minutes of getting up.

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Re:Modern Luddites: On Being a Digital Minimalist Family in ... by roland35 on Thursday July 18, 2024 @11:50AM (#40996840)

They're like pop tarts! I can eat those all day and still be hungry

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Re:Modern Luddites: On Being a Digital Minimalist Family in ... by JohnFen on Thursday July 18, 2024 @10:00AM (#40995665)

I agree. I never want to watch shorts (and now they've added games I never want to play). I wish there was a way to exclude both of those.

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