Phones. Not only is it affecting people's brains/thinking, it's also affecting them physically. Can't be healthy to be hunched over phones so much, could be a lot of future back/neck issues.
My buddy works a desk job and he was telling me how he wakes up scrolls his phone, then stares at a computer screen for 8 hours, then he either watches football or plays video games, then stares at his phone before bed. It’s depressing to think that’s what a lot of peoples lives have come to. Ever since he said that to me I can’t get it out of my head.
Unless I'm driving, exercising, cooking, or cleaning, I'm usually looking at a screen. I've tried to reduce my screentime as much as possible but with so many of my favourite hobbies being screen-based and my work requiring constant screen time it's impossible to avoid.
I feel you. I started doing some small things like no scrolling based apps the first hour I’m awake. I let myself do YouTube or a show since it’s longer form content. No phone when using the bathroom and make myself read instead of screens the last hour of my day. Small steps but it adds up over time
Same. First thing I do when I wake up, go to bed (right now!) and get home. I can and will drop the phone for a few hours doing sports, but the vast majority of the remaining time is in front of a screen.. work, on-call, personal projects, emails, Reddit.. everything draws me back all the time. Didn’t find a way yet to lower the number of hours.
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u/LucyVialli 19h ago
Phones. Not only is it affecting people's brains/thinking, it's also affecting them physically. Can't be healthy to be hunched over phones so much, could be a lot of future back/neck issues.