As a Gen-Xer, I am part of one of the few generations left (besides Millennials and some Boomers) who know what life was like before the internet and constantly-online life became very normal, and we saw how it was becoming common for more and more people to lose focus/have shorter attention spans, etc., all leading to less focused concentration/deep work, as well as less quiet time in our personal lives, like just sitting still and having coffee/tea with our friends/family, reading books, taking walks outside, etc.

So I am not surprised that this is where we are now, with constant notifications and background updates, etc. And with long-form media consumption being popular, I have found myself often playing some podcast or another in the background while doing other things (usually mindless chores/things I do all the time, like cleaning, cooking, packing orders) instead of just having it be quiet.

Years ago I forced myself to disable all sounds on my phone except for calls from certain contacts, and that has helped a lot. Even taking a 2-minute call that leads me to a 15-minute task is an interruption that can throw me off for an hour.

I think boredom is still a thing, but people who find themselves bored will often say it's because they have gotten caught up on their social feed or whatever (lol) and have nothing else to do. They have plenty to do, but have chosen the dopamine-delivery machine of web applications to become their primary activities, in a lot of cases. Productivity is no longer a goal for people whose highway of life to find things to do is the internet.

These kinds get told to go touch grass, and while it's probably a fair jab, I can understand how the normalization of constantly-online or constantly-notified of online activity can really pull people from what can potentially be more meaningful (or more rewarding) activities offline.

However, I also understand and appreciate the value of what the web has brought to technological advances in work (and life) enhancements that lead to satisfaction.

I myself am personally grateful every day for the growth of the web, since my day job revolves around web development and serving up websites, and if it weren't for online shopping (now made ever better with Bitcoin payments), I would be hard-pressed to be employed in other ways, especially in the job market we are in now.

If it weren't for online community, I might never have found folks locally who were all against the nonsense in 2020 which led us to forming our own community that gathers periodically to do freedom stuff...including sharing skills like permaculture/gardening/food preservation, money outside banks, buying and trading things amongst each other, privacy/security-focused tech and communications. etc.

I'll be there with my jerky! Several variety pack samplers available!

My booth: Ketolishus Jerky

Hope to see you all there! https://bullishmarket.onrender.com/

Snagged mine! I even was able to choose the side I want the slogan printed on (left hand!) TY

I'm going to try this soon. Thank you

I liked Shipyard but it stopped working a few months back.

This will be a game-changer for brands and other people who just want to get a note off but it's 3 AM lol

Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6NRfitSCxw

I've seen a few of the replies from him about it. I tend to stay over on AGORA territory so I don't keep up with all of SN nor do I care to. There are topics/territories for this reason.

Also I don't even stack much. I've been on here since last year and I think I might have earned about 8k in sats and I spend them back into other posts/replies because all I have is cowboy credits (hence why I said I don't have a problem sending and they are CIRCULAR, meaning I get them and I spend them back into SN)

Maybe SN should allow us to display what we spend on our profiles, IDK but it was still rude to come off right out of the gate that way instead of inquiring nicely. You'll notice I zapped your reply which I often do, and I didn't need a gun to do it...have a nice day.

This is wonderful, thank you

I'm sorry what? I don't know what arsemilk is. I find this comment rather insulting, as I tried a dozen times to add an outgoing wallet and it would not work, first of all, and secondly, I send sats all the time, but they are circular. Do you always talk to older ladies this way?

OK. I only use bitcoin as money and I don't invest in it, nor consider it a precious asset. I have almost zero gains as I don't hodl, but circulate it.

Thanks again for doing this!

Seems to be another marketplace for vendors...anyone selling anything (but doesn't appear to be auction style, but who knows?)

Thanks for clarifying, so it looks like should start out with email to make sure I don't screw up!

😬

I was getting ready to register but now I have a question... should I set up my Take My Sats via an email/password combo, or Nostr login? I accidentally went the email route with Fountain ages ago (before I was using Nostr) and now I can't log in to Fountain to zap anything, I've got to go find the podcaster or artist and zap them manually on nostr :(

I just bought some bear-shaped soap from Dawn on nostr 🐻

Toady, someone asked me what I missed after switching to GrapheneOS

I told them, "Absofuckinglutely nothing."

Currently not working (well, since late Sept)