this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2025
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Me:

  1. Open Hexbear dot net
  2. Sort by new
  3. Check the main megathread
  4. Back to main page
  5. Check modlog for drama (why do I do this?!?!??)
  6. Twitter
  7. Never open the news thread (sorry ๐Ÿ˜”)
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[โ€“] Eldritch@hexbear.net 4 points 21 hours ago

No, I'm banned from every social platform because I tell landlords they deserve the guillotine when I see them gloating in threads. That pretty much settled my doomscroll addiction.

[โ€“] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My habit is opening up Hexbear and posting random words

[โ€“] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Saying piss and poo over and over isn't random. smuglord

[โ€“] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Get an infinite set of monkeys to type an infinite set of random letters, at least one of them's gonna say piss and poo over and over

[โ€“] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Like monkeys are real. smdh.

[โ€“] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

Prove it, i have an infinite set of monkeys in my garage but I'm seriously lacking in typewriters or word processors

[โ€“] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes it is! bird-screm-2 you can't prove it isn't

[โ€“] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

I think you'll find I have all the evidence I need at the bottom of this bathtub.

[โ€“] Lussy@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Check modlog for drama (why do I do this?!?!??

Ok, Iโ€™ve caught myself doing this but only during some truly dark periods lmao This is when you throw your phone out the window and read a book

[โ€“] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ADHD meds help me w this

But I am doing it now so

[โ€“] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

You reminded me to take my vyvanse thanks.

[โ€“] Beaver@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

I'm just generally bad about hopping between hexbear, reddit, and twitter. Bluesky sometimes, but that's mainly just libs congratulating each other about how cool bluesky is.

[โ€“] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Usually at some point I end up checking the news thread, get really depressed, and that stops the spiral.

[โ€“] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Heaps of respect to the news threads peeps, but their convos are often intense af. Like:

poster 1: I can't believe that Slovenia would import the F-21s

poster 2: No they were actually unporting F-23s [links 4 different sites to prove it]

poster 3: No you're both wrong. Slovenia is just in your imagination. [links detailed Telegram thread which proves their point inconclusively.

poster 1: I am ashamed to call myself a leftist. I will deny myself food for 3 days as punishment.

poster 2: [deletes account to join a monastery]

[โ€“] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago

Tagline material right there.

[โ€“] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

Damn, you're kinda selling me on the news mega...

[โ€“] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

For somebody who claims not to read the news thread you've got the most accurate read on it

[โ€“] peppersky@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

Half a year ago I turned off my YouTube view history, which severely hinders their algorithm and makes it a lot less efficient at making you watch endless trash. This has not done anything to stop my spiraling depression though

[โ€“] blight@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

1-5 yea

I have never had a Twitter hahaha quiver before my might

News thread has a ton of posts to consume, you're leaving slop on the table here.

So i do the hexbear loop until I'm convinced there's nothing new to see and nobody replies to my comments, causing me to escape the loop with this process

  1. Open the one idle game i have on my phone to buy upgrades

  2. Open pokemon tcg live even though I know my phone will freeze during a match. Phone freezes during a match causing me to stop looking at my phone

  3. Idk pretend to work for a bit until i get bored again

I deleted TikTok from my phone. I go for a while without it and it's not painful to stop, but when I have it I take forever to get up in the morning

[โ€“] someone@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does Grindr count as social media?

Uh, asking for a friend.

[โ€“] Huldra@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Recently I've taken to just idly browsing secondhand and auction sites to look at funny vintage clothes and the weird phrasings people come up with.

Lots of what I assume to be attempts at gaming search results by typing "BRAND NEW VINTAGE/ANTIQUE" in the title and shit like that.

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Don't usually get bored, usually read a bunch of reactionary sites like reddit-logo to get my blood pressure going (its either that or caffeine) if I'm having a groggy slow morning and to figure out chud/lib trends since its a matter of time before I read something that makes me wide awake with what-the-hell . I like to read here or Lemmy when I can as a winding down sort deal.

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