Comment on Introverts of our era spend their time on their computers, but what did introverts do before? Like when literacy rates were lower (pre-1950s)? Or before the printing press?

• Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Any time spent on here is also time that can be spent on other things. The habit of scrolling isn’t something you have to be bound to.

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  • queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That pales in comparison to the massive time investment of having a full time job and taking care of a living space by yourself (cooking, cleaning, shopping, repairs, etc). This is unique to our era, we used to not work as many hours and we used to live in more communal family spaces where work was evenly shared so that everyone had lighter loads.

    The fact that I can squeeze in 20 minutes of posting a day isn’t the reason I can’t go on 3 hour walks like I used to.

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• turdcollector69@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Never has been free, the only difference is that there’s more junk to spend your time on now.

  It’s always been up to you if you want to spend time productively or not.

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  • queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There’s also longer work days and less work shared between the clan/gens/extended family.

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    • turdcollector69@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think actually relaxing is productive, taking the time to be at your best possible performance is time well spent.

      I just think that many modern activities are counterproductive to both rest and productivity.

      Like doom scrolling is big-time counterproductive because it blocks rest by frustrating you but also doesn’t actually yield anything of benefit.

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