Ask HN: What do you do to kill time that isn't social media?

2•oceanhaiyang•7mo ago

Including Reddit and YouTube as well.

Waiting at the doctor, between meetings, or on the toilet. What is something you do to not just consume brain dead content? Feed readers is nice as well as always having a book but I would appreciate other options.

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dimitrisnl•7mo ago

Chess, I play on Lichess[1]. I started about a year and a half ago.

[1]: https://lichess.org/

codingdave•7mo ago

Sit quietly. Look around. Think.

I know the prevalence of phones had made it so that many people no longer just sit quietly. Ever. It is odd to say that the ability to just sit and be is a skill, but these days it is. So if you are unable to just sit for 10 minutes, you might want to practice that.

BillyTheMage•7mo ago

I second this, and even as a person who doesn't have a phone, I feel that thing deep down sometimes that makes me feel like I need to be doing something. I think it ties both into the hyperstimulation epidemic and use of people as machinery by the capital-owning ruling class. We've both been trained and trained ourselves to feel bad when we're doing nothing, as if we're wasting something that has value.

Croak•7mo ago

I have started reading articles on HN... That way I get to read and something to think about.

oceanhaiyang•6mo ago

I also find it a good alternative to Reddit as it more likely more interesting unless it’s outside of my field completely

Bender•7mo ago

- Lean back in my recliner, turn on IR heater and NIR lamps. Take a nap. I recommend everyone try this, hard to explain, has to be experienced.

- Play Mahjongg

- Go pet or brush the outdoor cat.

- Brush the horses and put anti-fly ointment on their faces.

- Clean up the house, organize things.

haebom•7mo ago

It's too hard to get 4 people together

Bender•7mo ago

For those cases many Linux distributions have Mahjongg in their repositories.

oceanhaiyang•6mo ago

Even harder at the doctors office or on the toilet

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