Comment on How do you combat boredom?
anothermember@feddit.uk 3 weeks agomindless Internet scrolling, pot and masturbation
That part seems more like succumbing to boredom than combatting it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m guilty myself.
Comment on How do you combat boredom?
anothermember@feddit.uk 3 weeks agomindless Internet scrolling, pot and masturbation
That part seems more like succumbing to boredom than combatting it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m guilty myself.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The only difference between those and “real” hobbies are your own prejudices.
anothermember@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Why, do you know me from somewhere? The key word there is “seems”; if you truly get fulfilment from mindless Internet scrolling, pot and masturbation then go for it. That’s just not my experience. When you posted that here did you not expect other people to share their own perspectives?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It was a tongue in cheek comment, but, since you asked…
If I said fishing, would you have considered that succumbing to boredom, or overcoming it?
I’m going to guess overcoming, because that’s a legitimate hobby. You sit there, tug your rod for a few hours and then go home. And, if you’re a catch and release fisherman, you’re going home empty handed. Really nothing more fulfilling about wasting an afternoon fishing than jerking it, but society has deemed one a hobby and the other a “dirty thing we don’t talk about”
anothermember@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Well mine was a tongue in cheek comment too, and I thought quite friendly, and then you decided to call me prejudiced. The main point I was picking up on was mindless internet scrolling which is something I do when I’m unhealthily managing my boredom, it’s a warning sign for me, maybe it’s not for you, but I thought I would share my perspective, as I did in a non-judgemental way. Masturbation is perfectly fine, it can be healthy, it can be not, when combined with mindless internet scrolling it didn’t sound healthy to me but that’s just me. I don’t get fishing either but I wouldn’t judge someone for it, just like I didn’t judge you, but you responded like I did judge you, it’s like we’re on Reddit or something.