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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 11 months ago

What did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored?

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What did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored?

@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 11 months ago
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  • @TheBigBrother@lemmy.world
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    33•11 months ago

    We used to interact physically with other people…

    • Drunemeton
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      5•11 months ago

      User name checks out!

    • @TheMinions@lemmy.world
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      3•11 months ago

      At 10pm on a weekday? I mean I get chatting to your significant other about stuff but outside of that I don’t see anything happening even if we removed phones from the equation.

      • @skeptomatic@lemmy.ca
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        13•11 months ago

        They used to have these things called “books”, before they were all banned.

        • @TheMinions@lemmy.world
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          1•11 months ago

          That’s not physically interacting with people though?

        • @TheBigBrother@lemmy.world
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          -1•11 months ago

          LMAO…

      • @BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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        9•11 months ago

        You’d be surprised how many phone calls took place at that time.

        Mayne talking about a show, or chatting someone up, etc. You were bored, so a phone was great.

        • @TheMinions@lemmy.world
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          2•11 months ago

          Fair enough.

          I didn’t consider a phone call from a dumb phone as human contact. Guess it goes to show how much I conflate phone with smart phone now.

      • @saltesc@lemmy.world
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        4•11 months ago

        Go to bed early, sleep well, wake up for a whole new day feeling refreshed.

        • @TheMinions@lemmy.world
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          I mean that’s not interacting with other people on a weeknight is all haha.

          I don’t feel bad texting (or replying here late at night) but I wouldn’t go knock on my neighbors’s door past 8 and expect to talk to them or anything like that.

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