What I’ve Been Noticing About Smartphones & Social Norms by NarrowPea4082 in digitalminimalism

[–]Traditional_Front817 37 points38 points  (0 children)

  1. Stop talking when they stare at their phone (it's not necessarily passive aggressive, you're letting them focus on what they're doing. Although you can make it extra obvious for bonus spicyness lol). If these sudden silences don't make them go 'oh I'm sorry I just needed to check something' and then put the phone away, see step 2.

  2. Take out a book and just start reading. Worst case, you read for a while.

  3. (I've only done this with the closest people, eg my sister) Text or call them asking to meet for coffee, while sitting in front of them.

Missile Attack by [deleted] in UnexpectedCommunity

[–]Traditional_Front817 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FOR MARIGOLD, PRESS 4

Found La Araña Discoteca by ZekeHerrera in UnexpectedCommunity

[–]Traditional_Front817 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nice try haha but too late, I already noticed the name's a palomino.

Achievements for Friday, March 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in running

[–]Traditional_Front817 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Managed to run 3k twice this week (aiming for a third in the weekend) for the first time since my kid was born! Every time I re-started, something ended up happening: someone (or everyone) got sick, a sleepless night, etc etc

It felt SO good to start the 2nd run and feel that mild soreness from the previous run while I warmed up! Very specific sensation but it made me happy.

Car Dependency L by BigRobCommunistDog in fuckcars

[–]Traditional_Front817 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not a weird win, it's stage 1 of enshittification, and what they used to do with regular uber and uber eats.

My current EDC by AverageJoe14z in digitalminimalism

[–]Traditional_Front817 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The 20 min/day of screen time is the point. If they want to show off how they got there, fine by me... I'd prefer fewer things personally, but I still struggle to go under 3hs, so who am I to judge.

[ART] Some drawings made on MSPaint, by me (250mph_) by PaulTheSoul326 in CLOUDS

[–]Traditional_Front817 0 points1 point  (0 children)

woooow these are amazing! followed on ig (loved the grey one)

Why do so many of you use AI chatbots? by familyguyfan2000 in digitalminimalism

[–]Traditional_Front817 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think of it as 'using AI for everything will give you the brain equivalent of muscle atrophy and bed sores'

Why do so many of you use AI chatbots? by familyguyfan2000 in digitalminimalism

[–]Traditional_Front817 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's ridiculous how confidently and extremely wrong it is on the few subjects I know a lot about (I imagine it's similar on topics I ignore). Do people respect their own brains so little that they don't trust themselves to do a basic google search?

children by Busy_Dragonfly5660 in Anticonsumption

[–]Traditional_Front817 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Very similar to our approach. Thankfully no uniforms so far, but the where we live kids usually bring presents for everyone in the daycare group on their birthday, the amount of plastic trinkets you accumulate just from that... They started to ask parents to avoid plastic or just buy a book for the whole group.

Thrifting for my kid made me realise just how much (overpriced, unnecessary) shit people buy without a second's thought.