What did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored? - eviltoast
  • Furbag@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I mean, if you want an answer to that you could just stop using your smartphone for a few weeks and see what your brain comes up with. Here’s a short list of some examples that were popular when I was a kid and smartphones did not exist yet:

    Magazines, the daily newspaper, books, going out and exploring, shopping at malls, doing a hobby or craft, personal projects, television, chit-chatting with friends or even strangers, video games, puzzles, play with your pets, exercise, play sports, sitting quietly and being alone with your thoughts.

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      4 months ago

      For toilet time there was riveting reading material such as: Shampoo ingredients. Hand soap ingredients. Bodywash ingredients. The latter two assuming it wasn’t bar soap.

      Maybe someone was around to bring you a magazine… or tell you to hurry up and finish and get it yourself.

      Clearly I don’t read even now, as my comment is a more or less the same as others here, and a day late.