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Re: Don't use your phone while you poop

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Post by epihelix »

huhtenberg wrote: post #41

Back when we lived without phones, we used to read instruction labels on all and any household cleaning products that were stored in the bathroom. I bet there too was some obscure newspaper column that advised against that. Yet, lo and behold, we survived!

Personally, I just took a book in with me. (I thought everyone did, but apparently not.)

Many share houses, when I was a student, put the film calendar for the local art house cinema on the back of the toilet door. It was the accepted place for it.

Reading on the pot is a time-honoured tradition.

Re: Don't use your phone while you poop

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Post by unsupp0rted »

huhtenberg wrote: post #41

Back when we lived without phones, we used to read instruction labels on all and any household cleaning products that were stored in the bathroom. I bet there too was some obscure newspaper column that advised against that. Yet, lo and behold, we survived!

Don’t forget the SEARS catalogue

Re: Don't use your phone while you poop

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huhtenberg wrote: post #41

Back when we lived without phones, we used to read instruction labels on all and any household cleaning products that were stored in the bathroom. I bet there too was some obscure newspaper column that advised against that. Yet, lo and behold, we survived!

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Re: Don't use your phone while you poop

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Post by jrflo »

This is the thing I've become increasingly radicalized about. I built an app (link below if you're curious, it's $5 [1]) to cure my particular brand of phone addiction.

I've been using my phone for probably ~1hr per day for the last 6 months and I've realized how many ills of our society today can be traced back to phones and social media. Political polarization, misinformation, mental illness, the loneliness epidemic, brain-rot - we'd be in a very different place if we could moderate our use of this technology more.

The thing I've come to realize is that when I look at my phone it's so boring now, and that's how it should be.

[1]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scrolless-feed-blocker/id67588...

Re: Don't use your phone while you poop

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Post by bitmasher9 »

saghm wrote: post #87
tartoran wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is a real phenomena for a chunk of the population but I'm trying to understand what it is. Is it ADHD?

It might also have to do with how long someone tends to take. I tend to have a pretty slow metabolism and only need to defecate a couple times a week (to preempt any armchair diagnoses from people who think this is weirdly infrequent, every doctor I've had has always said this isn't a huge deal), so when I do, it tends to be in larger amounts. I've also found that it's better for me to take it slow and not strain as…

The healthy range of frequency is roughly 3/day-0.3/day.

Re: Don't use your phone while you poop

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Post by recursivegirth »

epihelix wrote: post #91
huhtenberg wrote: post #41

Back when we lived without phones, we used to read instruction labels on all and any household cleaning products that were stored in the bathroom. I bet there too was some obscure newspaper column that advised against that. Yet, lo and behold, we survived!

Personally, I just took a book in with me. (I thought everyone did, but apparently not.) Many share houses, when I was a student, put the film calendar for the local art house cinema on the back of the toilet door. It was the accepted place for it. Reading on the pot is a time-honoured tradition.

My grammy had a curated bathroom library. Usually those "1000 Odd Facts" type of books that you could pickup and flip through.

Re: Don't use your phone while you poop

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Post by duxup »

epihelix wrote: post #91
huhtenberg wrote: post #41

Back when we lived without phones, we used to read instruction labels on all and any household cleaning products that were stored in the bathroom. I bet there too was some obscure newspaper column that advised against that. Yet, lo and behold, we survived!

Personally, I just took a book in with me. (I thought everyone did, but apparently not.) Many share houses, when I was a student, put the film calendar for the local art house cinema on the back of the toilet door. It was the accepted place for it. Reading on the pot is a time-honoured tradition.

The Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri manual was a personal favorite of mine.

Re: Don't use your phone while you poop

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Post by retired »

01100011 wrote: post #63

Pooping is interesting. Having a toddler reminded me how pooping is this uniquely vulnerable, sensitive time for humans. I think a lot of us use books/phones/etc to distract ourselves from a sensorily intense activity. I'm not saying that's a good or bad thing, just noting it. I will say that playing my Nintendo DS on the toilet many years ago gave me hemorrhoids that still persist decades later. Don't camp on the to…

I remember Nintendo doing a commercial about that!

Re: Don't use your phone while you poop

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Post by colechristensen »

Henchman21 wrote: post #77
echelon wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The reason we have declining birth rates is phones. It's not the economy. People have overwhelmingly been historically poor. Our ancestors ate rotting and festering meat and they had plenty of kids. Your great great grandparents went through some shit. HN community demographics are the exception to the rule. The problem is every man and woman is sucked into a phone. They're never bored. There's no need to plan for lo…

Right it has nothing to do with pollution or endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the environment. Yeah its definitely phones .

It's really not. Nor is it phones.

Real estate is too expensive and rent is too high and people don't want to raise a family in a tiny apartment where both people have to work long hours. Combined with the fear TV sold to people such that they have to hover over their children 24/7 for most of their lives.

Re: Don't use your phone while you poop

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Post by Noaidi »

echelon wrote: post #48
Retr0id wrote: post #24

If pooping is the only time you spend away from your phone, you're not spending enough time away from your phone.

The reason we have declining birth rates is phones. It's not the economy. People have overwhelmingly been historically poor. Our ancestors ate rotting and festering meat and they had plenty of kids. Your great great grandparents went through some shit. HN community demographics are the exception to the rule. The problem is every man and woman is sucked into a phone. They're never bored. There's no need to plan for lo…

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