Those that unabashedly drown themselves in Insta and TikTok and chan sites, but can somehow keep up a job and family life too
Those that unabashedly drown but are losers like me who can’t do anything else, who can’t juggle online with a real life
Those who fight tooth and nail against screen addiction and are winning the fight because they can keep up a a job and a family life with the time they free up
Those who fight the screen but can’t manage to do anything else because the fight is all encompassing
Those who effortlessly stay offline (or they don’t even have access to tech), and can have a job and a family
Those who effortlessly stay offline but they don’t do anything else.
Since pandemic first started in 2020, I’ve gone from that f category to the d category. I spend so much energy and effort trying to live more away from screen, with mediocre success and not much grass actually being touched. I don’t even have socials, just like Wikipedia and the notes apps and Emacs or just fiddling with settings or watching movies, but it’s enough for me to be glued to the screen for hours on end.
So on the one hand I’m kinda jealous of category a who can manage a full life and still indulge in a li’l doom scrolling, but I’m grateful that I’m not in category b because that sounds like hell. I’d rather keep fighting forever than succumb to the appified society.
