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How to passively stop or slow friends and family wasting hours daily scrolling or consuming content. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 days ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I see friends, family, strangers, subconsciously go for their phones during thoughtless times daily. Have a moment to think... Scroll. Showering with their phone propped up watching a video. First wake up and spend an hour or two frying the mind.

It has gotten so bad in my friend group and close family I swear they could not function emotionally without consuming content. When you bring it up or any negative about it. Anger, distasteful emotions. How do you talk, convince, gain real traction towards slowing or decreasing time spent. Once or twice a day could be ok. These people do it for sometimes hours daily. It's sickening. Advice?

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[โ€“] 101 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I'm gonna be probably a little too real here... This...uh...might not be the best place to ask. It's kinda like running into a bar and asking everyone how they stay sober. It's a nicer bar than the divey place down the road but...it's a bar.

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  • [โ€“] 36 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    I kinda agree, but it's also a very small bar with mostly empty shelves.

    I'm usually reading my all-feed, and after like 20-30 minutes I'm into single digit upvote counts (if I even read to the end). So you're gonna have a hard time spending "hours" per day here, unless you're also on other platforms.

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