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Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
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Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#32I love this, the internet needs more of these weird concept apps. As another commenter mentioned, perhaps this could be extended for people that don't have grass around them due to season/location? Touch snow, touch sand, etc
"I love this app that gets me off of my phone!"
"We need more apps!"
Can we just sit and mediate and listen to ourselves grasping?
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#33This is a hilarious concept and would probably genuinely help. Nicely done! I used to have a similar issue with hiding inside all the time (during Covid times, of course) and to motivate myself to go outside, I started an Instagram of tiny little plants growing in cracks in the pavement. I tried to add a new tiny plant every day or two, which meant that I had to wander further and further afield to find a suitable sp…
I'm a connoisseur of plants growing in cracks in the pavement, mind sharing a link?
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#34This is going to be rough up north where I am, too much snow.
I'm up in icy Canada, but a social media hibernation might do me well.
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#35On a tangential note.. Best use of a "touch grass" reference goes to Noita devs:
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1bt7aid/streamer_sp...
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
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I’m curious how long it takes on average to “tap and say” 100 times. In other words, how much time must you spend to get the extra 15 minutes?
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#38What if someone tries to cheat and just touch a picture of grass? You need to understand that the no-touch-grass people are Machiavellian.
You’re cheating yourself in that case. Or to put it another way, if you really don’t want to comply you can just delete the app.
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#39What if someone tries to cheat and just touch a picture of grass? You need to understand that the no-touch-grass people are Machiavellian.
The only person they're cheating is themselves. Any systems designed to help you curb phone addictions only work if you do the legwork and are in the mindset of wanting to improve. The systems are only guardrails to lean on when you're tired. If you decide to vault the rails, that's not sustainable in any way.
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#40Nice idea. Would be great to have a winter mode for us that can’t literally touch grass for 3+ months a year ;)
3 months? Short winters ftw!