I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore
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#2This is exactly how I've felt for the past few years. Besides Facebook, I think a large part of it is not being quite as young and open to new things.
E.g. I'm under 30 but I never got into Youtube, I don't even know how to find good content on it.
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#3This is exactly how I've felt for the past few years. Besides Facebook, I think a large part of it is not being quite as young and open to new things. E.g. I'm under 30 but I never got into Youtube, I don't even know how to find good content on it.
I'm above 30 and oh man, I am wasting my life on Reddit/Youtube.
It depends what you're into. Are you into music? Youtube has all the music (you type "youtubedaft punk" and you're there... and you can put it on repeat using $TRICK if you desire). Are you into music-playing or fitness or anything? There are thousands of guitar/piano instruction videos, and countless fitness videos (on how to have correct form when you're lifting), and after you watch a couple you sort of... just keep watching. There are a number of "fitness personalities" and at some point it becomes something of a series show, that you want to watch each new video that they put up every other day.
It's really bad. I want it to stop, but I have poor self-control. Following r/politics, following the Trump trainwreck will add zero positive value to my life, I'm aware that following news in this day and age is a pure waste of time: but I can't take my eyes off of this trainwreck, I wish I could stop because it's affecting my work and career.
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#4This is exactly how I've felt for the past few years. Besides Facebook, I think a large part of it is not being quite as young and open to new things. E.g. I'm under 30 but I never got into Youtube, I don't even know how to find good content on it.
I'm above 30 and oh man, I am wasting my life on Reddit/Youtube. It depends what you're into. Are you into music? Youtube has all the music (you type "youtube daft punk " and you're there... and you can put it on repeat using $TRICK if you desire). Are you into music-playing or fitness or anything? There are thousands of guitar/piano instruction videos, and countless fitness videos (on how to have correct form when y…
> but I can't take my eyes off of this trainwreck
I wonder whether this has been his intention all along.
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#5This has been happening to me and I was just about to post an Ask HN about it.
I'm sure part of it has to do with me just being older but I'm going to the same few sites over and over and there really is no magic to the internet anymore. The 90s felt like you were part of a wild west frontier.
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#6I have been saying I've "reached the end of the internet" for awhile now. I am 44 and have been working on the web since mid 90s. I remember so much cool stuff from then. Trying to get a 56k modem to work, dealing with the fact that you couldn't always get online or if you did you could get kicked off at any time. I remember streaming the Tibetan Freedom Concert with realplayer back in '98. The first mp3 i got, napster, rotten.com, the excitement of ordering from amazon, searching for cracked passwords for photoshop and dreamweaver... in general just figuring shit out. The internet was a mess back then and even though it was frustrating as hell, it was exciting.
Now it just seems like every website online is trying to steal and sell your data. I feel like I have to have a heightened sense of awareness around anything I do. The internet used to be just barely within reach and now it's just crammed down your throat all day long. Nothing seems to work and all for the wrong reasons. Nothing worked back then but that was part of the experience.... now it's just... blah.
I have fallen into a terrible habit of looking at reddit since I don't use any social media. I read crap on r/politics before bed and end up being so frustrated that I have a hard time falling asleep.
Recently I decided to check out a book from the library (House of Leaves, very interesting so far!) and have been reading before bed and not looking at my phone at all. I have been able to fall asleep much easier and I actually have crazy dreams and wake up refreshed. For the first time in years I look forward to going to bed.
Not sure what to make of all of it. Fortunately I have found lately that I'm desiring more analog activities (reading, woodworking, hiking) than I have in a long time. It is nice to be able to use the internet as more of a tool to augment my activities rather than being THE activity.
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#7I waste time on IRC. The old internet didn't exactly leave so much as it retreated to its primordial media.
Fark, SA, and friends are still around. Slashdot is gutted.
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#8This has been happening to me and I was just about to post an Ask HN about it. I'm sure part of it has to do with me just being older but I'm going to the same few sites over and over and there really is no magic to the internet anymore. The 90s felt like you were part of a wild west frontier.
What if the novelty of the internet just wore off for you?
Just like the novelty of flying in the sky in a metal cage propelled by giant jet engines to far away lands has probably worn off.
Everything is magical, but even magic becomes mundane after a while.
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#9I feel like this problem wouldn't be limited to a person's use of the internet but would be an indicator of a person's lack of curiosity in general. The internet, at its most fundamental level, is just information. Saying you don't know how to "waste time" on the internet is like saying nothing interests you anymore.
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#10This is exactly how I've felt for the past few years. Besides Facebook, I think a large part of it is not being quite as young and open to new things. E.g. I'm under 30 but I never got into Youtube, I don't even know how to find good content on it.
I'm above 30 and oh man, I am wasting my life on Reddit/Youtube. It depends what you're into. Are you into music? Youtube has all the music (you type "youtube daft punk " and you're there... and you can put it on repeat using $TRICK if you desire). Are you into music-playing or fitness or anything? There are thousands of guitar/piano instruction videos, and countless fitness videos (on how to have correct form when y…
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