On entertainment

Yes. I just finished a book on the anti-intellectualism of American history, pretty interesting to look at the attitude through a ton of angles and perspectives. In a way the kind of portrayal in the movie Idiocracy (with a Maturbation channel on TV and a show called "Ow My Balls" where it's just people getting hit there) existed in embryonic form very early on.

And the fact is, if anyone can read our two posts in this thread they are smarter and better than that. Why waste our mind on that kind of numbing content?

 

Indeed. What we look at matters. We all should make an effort to avoid triggers. That's one of the reasons why I don't play video games that have sexual scenes/images in them.

 

how long do you use your phone?For me,to quit phone is much harder than PMO.

 

I have no TV, I have a projector on which I watch documentaries mostly, maybe once a week or so. I ditched Netflix and I am super happy with the decision; such a waste of time!

But I struggle with what's available on the streets, in general, all advertising, everywhere. Even for cigarettes, showing "friends hanging out in the outback", the girls have impossibly short shorts and take provocative stances. Sex sells, indeed, and so we're an oversexualised society, so much so that it's nearly impossible to escape seeing photoshopped boobs even in restaurant menus...

 

I'm thinking of tracking all media consumption by type (book, videos etc. )as well as content and amount of time spent - should be interesting..

 

Any graphic novel? Watchmen?

 

Was listening a while ago a lecture about time and leisure. The speaker was suggesting an exercise, to track all the activities one does for a month. Speaker's point was that we all have time, much more time than we think we have.