return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 16 days agoWhat did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored?message-squaremessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down115
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareWhat did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-216 days agoIt looks like a fair bit of it was TV-watching, which is now being displaced. https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=cdn.statcdn.com%2fInfographic/images/normal/15224.jpeg https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=cdn.cablecompare.com%2f2022/2/1644941050238-1._Average_Daily_Time_Spent_Watching_Television%2C_United_States_2014-2023.png
minus-squarepaddirn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 days agoAbout the only time our TV gets turned on anymore is for 1) videogames or 2) watching youtube. It’s mostly just a giant monitor at this point
It looks like a fair bit of it was TV-watching, which is now being displaced.
https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=cdn.statcdn.com%2fInfographic/images/normal/15224.jpeg
https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=cdn.cablecompare.com%2f2022/2/1644941050238-1._Average_Daily_Time_Spent_Watching_Television%2C_United_States_2014-2023.png
About the only time our TV gets turned on anymore is for 1) videogames or 2) watching youtube.
It’s mostly just a giant monitor at this point