return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored?message-squaremessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down114
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-squareWhat did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 months agoIt looks like a fair bit of it was TV-watching, which is now being displaced. https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/15224.jpeg https://cdn.cablecompare.com/2022/2/1644941050238-1._Average_Daily_Time_Spent_Watching_Television%2C_United_States_2014-2023.png
minus-squarepaddirn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/15224.jpeg
https://cdn.cablecompare.com/2022/2/1644941050238-1._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