Here in the US, a huge population goes straight to their phone any time they have more than 20 unoccupied seconds. It's just reflex for many, not sure it's specific to any given country at this point.
It’s quite sad that this is the case.
Why is it sad
Why? IMO, if someone can’t go 20 seconds without needing to doom scroll, that’s sad.
Who says they're doom scrolling. If I have 2 minutes to kill I'm certainly checking slack or Lemmy or whatever. Why not?
Again, from my experience, it’s been doom scrolling. That is not going to be the case for everyone though.
It's almost as bad everywhere in the world. The only true way to avoid this is to do activities outside where using your phone is inconvenient.
Another alternative is the "cellphone box". I got a friend who does this all the time when he invites us to his home; you put the cell phone in a cardboard box as you enter his house, and forget about it until you pick it up as you leave. He does this because he wants people to actually chat and drink instead of staring their cell phones, it works great.
...that makes me wonder if, due to the decreasing role of religion and the lack of other decent "third spaces", the internet isn't filling this role, not just in Brazil but across the globe. I mean... at least in my city the third spaces would be mostly bars and malls, that's fine for some but not for most people.
From my experience most younger people have this problem. I do have a Brazilian friend that is abnormally chronically online though, and definitely uses the internet differently. He always finds the weirdest, most disturbing stuff from WhatsApp and Facebook.
Mostly true. It reaches the point of being anti-social behaviour disguised as socialisation - you can't hold a decent conversation with some people any more, as they don't stop staring their bloody cell phones. And if you don't have IG/FB/TT (like I don't) they look at you like you were an alien.
Why do you think this has anything to do with Brazil? And why is this necessarily a bad thing? You think people should just be staring at the wall while they wait for you?
I noticed it the most with my colleagues/friends who are Brazilian. It sparked my curiosity so I asked. I mentioned in my post that my sample size is small (in the grand scheme of things) and my data might be skewed.
No. I was curious and asked a question. My question was more related to how often these things happen and for how long.
My screen time average is 9.30, I use my phone for work which probably knocks it up a bit, but people chat on their phones now. I don't think this is a Brazil thing, just a now thing.
This article suggest your partner is bang on average.
That was an interesting read, thank you
My DND group has a Brazillian Doctor. I can't speak for all of Brazil, but he was as active as I am, until he started working.
The internet is good filler when nothing else is happening for you.
Can confirm, almost everything is done through apps here, especially the green one, consequently the screen time is very high.
I remember from my time spent there that a lot of time was spent on the green one. I was taken aback by how much time it was, but it also makes sense when you consider that a lot of business is also done through that app
Brazilian here, from the capital. Just this morning I saw a bit on the news saying that we (Distrito Federal) have the highest cell phone use time per day of the country.
As personal anecdotes and observations (also very limited to my geographic location), people here still care way too much about tiktok and instagram. For a lot of them, it's where they get their news, as the very local (amateur) news have a profile on either or both. Besides that, shitty memes galore.
Me being the "weirdo" that scoffs at social media, I can't say much besides what I can see. My screen time is almost entirely on computer, the phone getting my attention just to message people on whatsapp.
I think people should worry more about keeping their attention span in check rather than solely focusing on screen time.
Most people these days are going to spend a significant chunk of their time online, so I don't think it's only just Brazil.
I notice people getting bored in the middle of conversations and pulling up their phones. It's quite annoying but I got used to it.
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