Yes I actually get mad at my mother for doing this and lecture her and I'm somebody who loves tech. I have a very love/hate relationships with phones like you I seem to be the only one with the self-control to not be flicking through it constantly but I feel like you can't even do anything that interesting with a phone anyway, it's baffling to me.
Just remember it's all on fucking purpose and it's trying to drag you in to zombify you as well, don't let it get to you. If you have to deal with somebody who can't hold a conversation to save their lives and just keeps looking at their phones just walk away, not worth it.
It's just so damn ironic because I'm the tech guy and I love going on the internet constantly but maybe it's precisely because I have all this knowledge and the self-control that I know the cancer to avoid and generally do positive stuff using the tech that I have.
Yes I actually get mad at my mother for doing this and lecture her and I'm somebody who loves tech. I have a very love/hate relationships with phones like you I seem to be the only one with the self-control to not be flicking through it constantly but I feel like you can't even do anything that interesting with a phone anyway, it's baffling to me.
Just remember it's all on fucking purpose and it's trying to drag you in to zombify you as well, don't let it get to you. If you have to deal with somebody who can't hold a conversation to save their lives and just keeps looking at their phones just walk away, not worth it.
If you're not into shitty social media, shitty propaganda, and shitty mobile games, there's nothing there for you.
"But I just like cute cat videos, my tiktok is all cute cat videos."
"Can't you just google 'cute cat videos' and look at all the videos you want whenever you want?"
"No I need to follow a feed of the cutest cats every day."
Obviously there's music, podcasts, productivity, learning, and business/banking tools but those aren't what's capturing everyone's attention 24/7.
It's just so damn ironic because I'm the tech guy and I love going on the internet constantly but maybe it's precisely because I have all this knowledge and the self-control that I know the cancer to avoid and generally do positive stuff using the tech that I have.