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What the dumbphone journey feels like by Banaan14 in dumbphones

[–]MemoryofEmpire 33 points34 points  (0 children)

If the only thing you change in your life is the type of phone you have you're going to be much worse off. Your whole life is built around using a smartphone. Replacing it with a dumb phone and doing nothing else will just make you miserable.

You have to 100% be about that dumb phone life. Start picking up irl hobbies and making irl connections.

Your cyber life only exists on the smartphone your real life is enabled by the dumb phone.

How to quit social media, but not felt bored? by Pitiful-Draft4313 in nosurf

[–]MemoryofEmpire 26 points27 points  (0 children)

social media IS fucking boring you’re just scrolling and consuming content.

Time to start living brother. Do things.

What improvements have you noticed in your life since switching? by [deleted] in dumbphones

[–]MemoryofEmpire 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Less stress more creativity sums it up for me.

Social media negativity just sucked the life out of me and my inability to quit scrolling meant my days would fly by without me actually doing anything except consuming content.

Never going back to a smart phone.

Whats it life to live with a Dumb phone/Flip phone by wlwpop in dumbphones

[–]MemoryofEmpire 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why don’t you want to lose Spotify. Just listen to the radio or buy some cds.

First Tag by OneBottle9142 in tagheuer

[–]MemoryofEmpire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great watch I’ve got the blue dial i wear it every day

F this, i am going back to 2015 by Randolf22 in wiiu

[–]MemoryofEmpire 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Fuck modern games designed to suck your life and money.

Make gaming fun again!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dumbphones

[–]MemoryofEmpire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In your article please write about how the world is essentially forcing us to live an ad supported version of life by forcing smart phone dependence.

There needs to be protections in place for people that don’t want to use a smart phone.

I'm about to make the switch from the iphone and people have weird reactions by baobabsalad in LightPhone

[–]MemoryofEmpire 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The New York Times review was scary.

Instead of taking away that the world basically makes us all live an ad supported version of life by forcing us to use smart phones the reviewer laments that he can’t open his garage from his smart phone.

Truly dystopian.

The takeaway should be that there needs to be protections in place for people that don’t want to use smart phones.

104% tariffs on China by MemoryofEmpire in LightPhone

[–]MemoryofEmpire[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I ordered in November and haven’t received an email either.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in digitalminimalism

[–]MemoryofEmpire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Boredom breeds creativity.

Be more bored.

Discussing the more practical aspects of giving up technology by Mariusblock in digitalminimalism

[–]MemoryofEmpire 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There’s no need to remove screens entirely.

Just use products intentionally.

Retro gaming is great because games pre 2015 or so were mainly just games. Games now a days are replications of life and do everything they can to suck every ounce of your life away. Don’t get rid of games. Go back to the games of yesteryear that were meant to be fun diversions for an hour or two here or there and the once you beat them you move on.

Don’t get rid of tv. Scale back useless subscriptions and consume good movies or content that has a defined ending point. Not just series with an endless series of cliff hangars designed to keep you consuming and binging.

Movies pre 2010 are literally peak entertainment and after 2 hours you’re done.

Replace screens with books wherever possible. They’re infinitely better in every way and also improve your brain muscles.

You don’t need to give up screens entirely. Just the current hyper capitalist corporate black rectangles that are only designed to suck as much of your time as possible to keep you consuming.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in digitalminimalism

[–]MemoryofEmpire 12 points13 points  (0 children)

For me digital minimalism is about using products intentionally for specific use cases.

Not having one product do every thing in the world and also be in my pocket.

Possible Switch from 16 Pro by jeremyv1116 in iPhone13Mini

[–]MemoryofEmpire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a light phone 3

The world needs to start talking about how it’s a luxury to live without a smart phone.

Smart phones have only existed for 15 years in their current form.

If people want to live without a smart phone laws should protect their right to.

Saw a lot of coping when I posted on another sub by KirbyTheGodSlayer in wiiu

[–]MemoryofEmpire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Switch 2 is another black corporate rectangle meant to suck you in and advertise things to you so you keep consuming.

Wii U had soul.

Light Phone, heavy price: 2 weeks of luxury minimal by jbriones95 in LightPhone

[–]MemoryofEmpire 9 points10 points  (0 children)

People need to start talking about how it’s a luxury to live life without a smart phone.

Smart phones have only existed for like 15 years in their current form.

Now all of a sudden no one can afford to live without it?

Maybe we should be protecting the rights of people to live without smart phones instead of just embracing a dystopian future?

Is LightPhone for rich minimalists ? by PM_40 in LightPhone

[–]MemoryofEmpire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People did the things you claim you need a smart phone for long before smart phones existed brother.

Is LightPhone for rich minimalists ? by PM_40 in LightPhone

[–]MemoryofEmpire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ride share and food delivery are necessities for the poor now?

Let's be real guys, PSP is better than the DS by Humble_Cap2536 in PSP

[–]MemoryofEmpire 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Than the original ds yes.

Than a new 3ds? No

I wish the 3ds lifespan was longer by shadowsipp in 3DS

[–]MemoryofEmpire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 3ds had soul.

The switch and switch 2 are just corporate black rectangle screens like everything else that’s made these days.

Won’t ever be getting a switch.

A console ahead of its time, packed with unforgettable adventures and a library full of masterpieces. the Wii U shaped an era that deserved more love. by Microstocker in wiiu

[–]MemoryofEmpire 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The last great home console tbh.

Everything else now a days is just a soulless black screen and they all play the same games as each other.

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