Whoa. I need a break from this. Posting my doodle for those still in thrall and my self prompt reminding me to bugger off and do something more creative. Even if it’s just a nap. #DoomScrolling
#doomscrolling — Public Fediverse posts
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🎭 Oh dear, another techie having an existential crisis over AI at 2 AM, because apparently, that's the only time they're allowed to feel emotions. 🤖 But don't worry, they're totally in a position to benefit from all the AI #doomscrolling. 😂
https://mondobe.com/ai-makes-me-sad #techiecrisis #AIemotions #existentialthoughts #humor #HackerNews #ngated -
Be honest:
What’s harder to stop?Vibe coding or doomscrolling?
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Subject: 1970s gaming
To: @Beiz and gamers
Image: Large custom RISK board
Short link: https://dansu.org/1970s-gamingBeiz said: “Back in the day, every kid 🧑🏻 would obsess over gaming. LAN parties was a weekend activity. And so so many would engage with map making, modelling, scripting, modding, and so on … Now? This has all been replaced by #doomscrolling #facebook or #tiktok. So maybe I’m becoming an old man yelling at clouds, but wtf world!?”
You’re old? 😀 You’re talking about LAN parties, modding, and computers, and you’re the old man 👴🏽 yelling at clouds? [Or, perhaps, cloud servers.]
The group gaming that we had in my area 50 to 60 years ago consisted largely of RISK [from Hasbro] and Avalon Hill games that were played on printed hexagonal grids. ⬡
Chess tournaments ♖♘♟️♕ were common as well. It isn’t exactly the same thing, but it occupied a noticeable part of the game space. Note: Contrary to stereotypes, in my city, quite a few people of all types played #chess both at school and at home.
In the High School Chess Club, we had a triangle-shaped ranking board. Base at the bottom, point at the top. At the top, as in the “Highlander” movies later on, there could be only one! Akhil Amar and I used to take that slot back and forth from each other.
The closest thing to a video game which I had myself was that a friend and I played a space-battle game using pen, paper, a ruler, and a gravity chart from a Physics textbook. 📘 For those who know me, the friend was Twisted Time.
The rules for the paper video game were that spaceships and missiles were to travel a fixed distance in each turn [probably one inch] and their trajectories were to be computed using the gravity chart. We ended up with space battles 🚀💥 that were realistic enough, but they weren’t quite real-time. 😛
The largest #game event that I recall from the period involved connecting two RISK boards together. This was circa 1975. The attached photograph is of somebody’s custom RISK [or RISK-type] board, as opposed to our two-board setup, but it provides the general idea.
Electronic games weren’t common in the 1st half of the 1970s. The closest match that I recall to this type of thing was the handheld electronic calculator.
Things changed in the 2nd half of the decade. PCs started to appear. 💻🖱️There were small handheld games. My brother Ken took apart one of those in an attempt to build a minimal PC.
And a 13-year-old told me about a relatively new game, popular with his set. The new game, which dated back to 1974 but wasn’t widely known until 1977, was an up-and-coming framework named Dungeons & Dragons. 🐉
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Back in the day, every kid would obsess over gaming. LAN parties was a weekend activity. And so so many would engage with map making, modelling, scripting, modding, and so on.
Those who didn't engage in these activities was engaged in other more physical choices. Tinkering with engines. Computers. Engaged with Sports. Horses. Warhammer. Magic. You name it.
Now? This has all been replaced by #doomscrolling #facebook or #tiktok. So maybe I'm becoming an old man yelling at clouds, but wtf world!?
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@ZenHeathen
Nanuq would like to interrupt your doomscrolling with this piece of advice.“When I sad, I chew on ball for a bit and I happy again”.
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If you find yourself caught in patterns that feel bigger than willpower — doomscrolling, anxiety, compulsive behaviors, or just a persistent sense of disconnection — you don't have to figure it out alone.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4zKUExD
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ABC News (Australia): Gen Z grew up with phones and are now grappling with their social media habits. “Oliver Breadmore first downloaded a social media app when he was 13 years old. Now, more than a decade later, the 25-year-old Brisbane man has spent the past year trying to overcome his phone dependency…. This digital fatigue has led Mr Breadmore on a journey to distance himself from his […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/22/abc-news-australia-gen-z-grew-up-with-phones-and-are-now-grappling-with-their-social-media-habits/ -
Good Intentions, Same Rectangle
After deleting Facebook, I still miss the local, human uses of it. Parkrun & gardens. -
O Olauncher, para Android, permite criar um ecrã minimalista no telemóvel. Podemos escolher um tema escuro ou claro e alterar o nome das apps ou reordená-las para combater o #doomscrolling
Link para download e funcionalidades: https://github.com/tanujnotes/olauncher
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I really need to get off the computer and actually sort some stuff out rather than doom scrolling and wasting time :blobfoxbonk:
#terribleart #procrastination #doomscrolling -
"Under the scheme, readers accrue points that can be redeemed for a few cents. People will have to log 50 daily reading sessions on a government website to earn S$1 (80c). A session of 15 minutes or more is rewarded with 20 virtual coins, with 1,000 coins needed for a dollar payment. One reading session is allowed daily."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/singapore-pays-citizens-read-books
#news #reading #books #doomscrolling #MentalHealth #SocialMedia #bookstodon
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#Singapore pays people to pick up a #book in battle against #doomscrolling
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/singapore-pays-citizens-read-booksAffluent city-state hopes plan will improve critical thinking and imagination ‘in a world of extraordinary abundance of stimulation’
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A confession from this week's post.
Before I sat down to write the section on doom scrolling, I was scrolling through YouTube videos that meant nothing to me. First it was Twitter, now it's YouTube, and on my phone it's the Google feed.
The dopamine loop doesn't go away, it just changes app. And I can't simply quit, because YouTube is also where I learn things.
https://www.ctnet.co.uk/internet-cognitive-ability/
#DoomScrolling #DigitalWellbeing #Dopamine #Habits #Internet
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Just added a little #doomscrolling indicator to #Nightboard83
Say what you want, but a significant upside of #AI is that you very, very quickly can try out new ideas...
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A 2024 study put a name to what that instinct costs you: doomscrolling reliably stirs up existential anxiety — that low, gnawing sense that the world is unsafe and people can't be trusted.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4zKUExD
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"A landmark study published in August 2026 analyzed 11 years of survey data from over 183,000 adults — one of the largest datasets ever examined on social media and depression." https://bit.ly/4zKUExD
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Yesterday, my daughter had a lesson at school where they learned how #doomscrolling damages mental health and impairs cognitive skills. We were telling her pretty much the same thing from time to time, but yesterday she heard it from someone who isn't her Boring Parents™.
Today she deleted #Instagram from her phone and set screen time limits. I can't be more proud of her.
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Australians Could Soon Opt Out of Social Media Algorithms Altogether
“The Australian government is proposing to give social media users the option to switch off the default algorithmic feed, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Tuesday. Under the draft legislation, “Digital Duty of Care”, users could opt to see only posts from the peopl...
See https://gadgeteer.co.za/australians-could-soon-opt-out-of-social-media-algorithms-altogether/
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Australians Could Soon Opt Out of Social Media Algorithms Altogether
https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-95ce0ab2-709cc5641f902705
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Apfelblüten im September, an einem halbtoten Baum.
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Ah, the modern-day existential crisis: 🌀 “Doomscrolling Ourselves to Death.” But first, let’s tackle the real apocalypse—disabling JavaScript and cookies. Welcome to 2023, where your deepest anxiety requires a browser update! 🍪💻
https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/doomscrolling-ourselves-to-death #Doomscrolling #ExistentialCrisis #BrowserUpdate #Anxiety2023 #TechTrends #HackerNews #ngated -
Doomscrolling Ourselves to Death
https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/doomscrolling-ourselves-to-death
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585627
#HackerNews #doomscrolling #mentalhealth #socialmedia #awareness #technology #addiction
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Wer instagram nutzt, das Grundrauschen minimieren will, kann den explorefeed über ein Browser addon sperren, z.B. leechblock NG im Mullvad Browser (firefox), sperre www.instagram.com/explore/ .
Eine weitere Möglichkeit, z.B. auf dem smartphone, ist die app timelimit, darüber lässt sich die Nutzung von apps zeitlich einschränken. Oder curbox bzw. macrodroid, das ist komplizierter aber auch feiner konfigurierbar.
#instagram #detox #digitaldetox #brainrott #doomscrolling #sucht #sozialenetzwerke
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TechSpot: Roblox is cracking down on games that reward kids for doomscrolling. “After going viral and attracting around half a million concurrent players, the Roblox experience ‘Steal an Egg’ is now facing brand-new restrictions. The widely popular user-generated gaming platform is prohibiting younger players from accessing SAE and similar experiences because they are supposedly designed to […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/01/techspot-roblox-is-cracking-down-on-games-that-reward-kids-for-doomscrolling/ -
https://www.europesays.com/it/657680/ Doomscrolling, FOMO e nomofobia: quando lo smartphone smette di essere uno strumento e comincia a comandare #doomscrolling #europa #fomo #GamingDisorder #HBSC #Health #ICD11 #instagram #IT #Italia #Italy #nomofobia #OrganizzazioneMondialeDellaSanità #PhantomVibration #Salute
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There's one beneficial thing about DoomScrolling that nobody mentions, it cuts down on the number of fags I smoke...
#socialmedia
#socialmeedja
#benefitsof
#doomscrolling
#socialmediaisalsohealing
