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What’s a "pre-smartphone" habit you actually miss? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by prettykat@lemmy.world to c/ask@piefed.social

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I was thinking about how much the world has changed since I was a kid. I kind of miss the days when you actually had to wait to see someone to tell them a story, or when getting a CD was a huge event. What’s something 'old school' you wish hadn't disappeared?

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Logging off.

The internet used to be a place. You kept it in one room of your house, or one classroom at school. And this was mirrored by each site being its own fiefdom, mostly owned and operated by A Guy, and if you didn't like one site's rules or content then you just went somewhere else.

Now there's like four sites that matter, and all of them allow an angry mob to endlessly harass you if the wrong nutjob speaks your name, and your seven-inch pocket watch will buzz with each notification that someone told you to gargle thumbtacks.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

This is why I've either deleted my account or stopped interacting with strangers on the big tech platforms. Lemmy is pretty much the only place I actively talk with strangers, since it's the only place that doesn't have massive ulterior motives and algorithmic promotion of toxicity.

I keep my phone nearby in the evenings, but I really only check on it every once in a while or if I get called. I'll still be plugged in to whatever I'm doing on my computer, but I can more or less "log off" in the evenings. I miss being entirely unreachable sometimes like I was back in the early 2010s.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've turned off notifications for everything except email, sms and calendar, and it's on do not disturb from 9pm to 6am. You especially don't want that shit on for social media sites.