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I see the preview text for google fonts has been replaced with an excerpt from the declaration of human rights. I thought this was rich coming from google, who have had numerous human rights violations.


Well thank goodness you're here to shit on every positive action anyone takes. Country saved!


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For someone who has completely quit the endless “dopamine drip” of digital content, what have you replaced it with?


* Reading

* More and better work (I work for myself, so this is actually great)

* Movies (I don't consider these to be part of the bottomless well. I would very rarely watch more than one in one sitting).

* Actively listening to music and singing (used to sing in a metal band, if I'm bored, instead of going on Youtube, I'll just growl Metallica or Megadeth around the house like back in the day)

* Hanging out with friends

I've done significantly more of all of the above since I quit.

I'm also feeling more creative and entrepreneurial thanks to the feeling of mastery over my time, and the frequent boredom that comes with not having a quick digital fix that ends up turning into hours of infinite scrolling.

My biggest drains were Youtube, Reddit, and news media. I've easily reclaimed anywhere between 10-15h just from quitting those.


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