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Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by goostavos »

quietbritishjim wrote: post #83
Blaiz0r wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think we've become so addicted to smartphones because they are new and shiny, quite a leap from technology we knew over the last 20/30/40 years. Children born with smartphones around see them as ordinary and probably less addicting, it's what comes next we need to worry about for them.

Aanecdata I know, but I have a couple of young nieces (7 and 11) and they are definitely as addicted to smartphones (/iPad) as you can reasonably get. Edit: Observing their behaviour, and my own (and other adults), I'd speculate that they are inherently addictive rather than simply new and shiny (I don't view them that way any more). To be honest, I find this pretty self evident.

Additional Anecdata: I was actually kind of disturbed by how addicted by little brother (18) was to his phone when he came to visit. We had to make a house rule that you put down the phone when watching a movie. We then laughed at how he seemed to be actually twitching and jonesing for the thing.

At one point, we paused the movie due to an ambulance outside, and the boy lept from the couch to his phone to get his little fix.

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Post by jermaustin1 »

kharms wrote: post #122

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I've been doing a similar routine. But walking instead of reading. I wake at 6:30, take a short walk around the block, eat breakfast, then start work by 7:30. Take a break around noon for lunch and another 2-3 mile walk, then call it quits at 3:30 to 4:00, and either go out and do some wood working or another walk. Then shower before bed at 9:00-ish.

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by mikestew »

sdoering wrote: post #11
reagular wrote: post #7

y'all need to do shabbath

Why? What is it with pushing religious stuff into peoples faces? I believe it is offensive to people who either have a different religion or none at all. One could just say: "You should do a day of digital detox every week. Like for example people do on Shabbat. Or in other ways."

One could just say

Or you could just give people the benefit of the doubt, read it that way to begin with, and save us all a lot of grief. Regardless...

I believe it is offensive to people...

If you have a personal beef, say it clearly. The rest of us don't need you to run interference for us. I'm of a "different religion" and I think it is an outstanding idea.

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by unethical_ban »

A few thoughts:

* Comparing newspaper to infinite social media feeds and online resources is a very incomplete model

* There are clearly people who see the value in this, so don't be so quick to dismiss it. I feel the same as /u/convolvatron in that the quarantine has really screwed up my routine, and has worsened my addiction to social media/internet/interacting somehow with the digital world. The days where I wake up and make coffee/have a pre-Internet routine are better on the whole.

* Don't assume this post thinks everyone needs this - it is a recommendation for those who do, or those who simply like trying different habits.

* Finally, as a compromise, if you insist on some usage in the morning: Consider only using your alarm, and getting an email subscription or podcast of the morning's news. Though it dilutes the utility of this exercise, I believe the worst part of electronics addiction is the unbounded nature of it. Having a clear boundary of "one five minute podcast" or "only check email / SMS of friends" is much better than "Load up the times, post, reddit, HN, Facebook, messenger, Whatsapp, Hangouts, Slack, Signal, and the city paper".

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by vzidex »

third_I wrote: post #80

The idea is nice, great even, but... No but seriously. Who, in 2020, grabs their phone first thing before hitting a drink, or bathroom, or wash your face or whatever you do when you wake up? I (37M) find it weird. In 2010, sure, it was all new and I was younger maybe. Nowadays I just don't even have to refrain myself, it could be 10, 20 minutes before I look at any screen. It would usually be my laptop actually. Am I…

21-year-old here, I do that pretty often. Most days when I wake up I feel super groggy and/or have very little motivation to get out of bed, so mindlessly scrolling Reddit/Facebook or reading the news gives me a slow start to gather some energy to get out of bed.

However, recently I _have_ been wondering whether being on my phone all the time contributes to those symptoms.

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by zooli »

fanatic2pope wrote: post #88

> Well, just do it! You can join the event on facebook, Fail.

i believe that the main audience of this campaign are hardcore fb users, it's easier to target them there. but any suggestions are welcome, how to reach people nowadays?

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by hawski »

cdubzzz wrote: post #20

Lately I’ve been wondering if an upcoming generation is going to be more anti-technology, or at least anti-smartphone. I’ve got a 2.5 year old who will occasionally say, “put your phone down, daddy”, or even swipe it from my hand (though we of course try to discourage that, hah) when I’m not paying enough attention to him. As he has grown up and started doing this, it has made me much more aware of my phone time and…

My daughter says the same, but today in a play she requested a phone for her next birthday.

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by komali2 »

sosborn wrote: post #113
komali2 wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think my generation (millenial) and the generation after (zoomer?) is explicitly anti-television on average, compared to at least the 2 generations that came before us. Sure, Netflix, but I have no friends that engage in the act of coming home from work, sitting down, and letting Comcast and Fox/ABC/whoever decide what they'll be watching in 5 minute slices between 8 minute commercial breaks (or that's how it felt…

On the other hand, I have fond memories of watching TV with my family - all of us in the same room having conversations about what has happening on the screen. That is valuable family time and it gets lost a bit with current consumption patterns. Netflix/streaming also encourages large stretches of being glued to the screen, which isn't always great.

We do the same thing, but with videos of children falling over

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by m4rtink »

So I though this is about some nice astronomic phenomena one can see in the sky during May (like the spectacular post launch Starlink satellite "trains") but it is just some weird anti smartphone addiction campaign. I am disappointed. :P
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