I’ve been on Reddit for over a decade. But I’m done with that site and want to do something else. What do normal people look at on their phones? Is it all social media? Streaming?

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    9 months ago

    My amazing wife is normie/10, she watches usually TikTok cooking recipes or makeup videos. I’m trash man husbae, so I’m on Lemmy here with you

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    Around me I see people watching the videos that just keep coming. Next video before you even had time to form a thought about the last one. I don’t think you should follow their example.

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      It’s weird! I sometimes look at teenagers browsing their phones on the grocery line and they’re doing a ton of stuff while not actually doing anything. It’s like they simply cant stand there alone with their thoughts for two minutes but need to just start opening random apps, scroll few times, switch to another app, like something, move again…

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        If I don’t distract, the demons rise up out of my subconscious and start chewing on my psyche. melancholy, ennui and existential dread follow leading to depression and suicidal ideation. Radical behavior, poor life choices are followed by death and a big mess reported on national news.

        So…harm reduction!

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        This was what people said about channel hopping back in the day.

        This time the content is just made for people to channel hop at a faster rate.

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      It’s absolutely terrifying how much content is pushed into their eyeballs so quickly. I think about how overwhelmed I was with Reddit, and even here sometimes, and this is a pretty slow feed that I get to control. Control. Having constant video shoved into my eyes- I just don’t think that can be healthy

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    Why do you have to replace it?

    Maybe use it as a way to cut down on screen time.

    I have no socials on my phone. I mainly use it to listen to audiobooks/podcasts instead.

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    I ride the public bus every day, and I can tell you its basically all social media, messaging, YouTube and phone/video calls.

    But you don’t have to do the same thing everyone else does. You can play digital card games, chess, read a book, or put your phone in your pocket and listen to podcasts or music. And if you’re not commuting, you can plug your phone in and do actual stuff.

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    I feel like any time anyone is using their phones in public they’re scrolling Instagram.

    If you want to give an appearance of normalcy while maintaining a living soul, just get a Pixelfed account, follow a bunch of photographers, and scroll endlessly.

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      there’s nothing normal about mindlessly scrolling your phone in public…

      • Normal? Very much so.

        Commonplace, absolutely.

        A result of supernormal stimuli? Assuredly.

        Unhealthy? Maybe, but you’d need some good science to indicate so. (More than anecdotal examples) We have a lot of people who will make a moral panic over anything they don’t like, and we’ve grown skeptical.

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          I mean, the main place i observe this is people commuting on the metro. If they didn’t have phones they’d be reading tabloid newspapers.

          I don’t really see anything wrong with using your phone on the metro. Some will look up art and crafts, some bird photography, others makeup tutorials or video game content. If they can explore their interests rather than just waste their time completely that’s fine by me.

          Of course it’s also a dopamine trap, and Instagram use trends to get a bit out of hand. Still, it seems to me some Lemmy users are a bit too quick to write off “normal” people as broken down zombies.

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            My experience on public transit is seeing people texting or chatting with their loved ones. The frequency with which someone smiles over a text exchange (whether it’s from funny exchanges or affirming sentiments) showed me that we’re still social on the bus, only now with those we associate with rather than strangers on the same transit line.

            I’d say it’s a win, though yes, the degree to which mobile games have microtransactions and revenue enhancers, and with which the end-user contract destabilizes with updates is problematic. My susceptability to motion sickness served in allowing me to dodge that bullet on public transit, only to discover it later in waiting rooms.

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    Normal people? Probably mostly Facebook, Instagram and candy crush. You can just take a look at the top free apps in your app store but I’ll give you a spoiler: it’s 99% junk.

    Okay so I actually checked. The top 3 are Temu (a ripoff shopping app), WhatsApp and Tiktok in my region

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      Just checked too

      Temu (sHoP LikE a biLLiONaIRe lol)

      Shein (Shiet)

      WhatsApp

      Clearly the french like shit quality and chatting

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      I get the busy train to work every day and can confirm this statement. Everyone on Thier phones is either scrolling an app with pics/vids or messaging someone.

      The few left look at a wall, no other category