‘What did we do before we could just scroll on our phones?’ – 17 downtime habits from the pre-brain-rot era
10.
‘Played snake, on our Nokias.’
-DamoclesBDA
11.
‘Think, ideas take time to develop, boredom is the mother of invention.’
-Headlight-Highlight
12.
‘Rewatch whatever you have on VHS, again’
-dod_murray
13.
‘I’ve started knitting and crochet. Still twiddling my fingers but at least I have a few bespoke sweaters now.’
-JLaws23
14.
‘Have 7 kids instead’
-j0nnnnn
15.
‘I was a teenager when mobiles first became an everyday thing but there was no scroll ability then.
‘I’d spend time cleaning, reading, redecorating, building stuff, learning new hobbies, actually watching something on tv rather than having it as background noise with my phone in my hand.’
-ooh-sheet
16.
‘I think it’s easy to forget how much dogshit TV people just used to sit and stare at , or have on in the background just to fill silence. Now we don’t need it’
-jizzyjugsjohnson
17.
‘Sometimes, just nothing. Think, and just exist. I miss that.’
-Specialeyes9000
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