For me it’s calculating. Too many people put math into their search engines and not their calculator.
Searching the filesystem. There’s no reason Windows Search needs to access the internet. Fucking Bing.
It does what now? Why would it do that?
it does what now
It’s been doing it since Windows 8.
I had to manually stop it from doing exactly that. Every time windows updated I had to do it again
I do not regret swapping to linux
Masturbating.
Masturbating would imply physical genital stimulation, something that the Internet cannot perform.
If you’re gonna use that logic, then there’s nothing you can do on the internet, because you still need your physical body to interact with the device.
true, you got me
Reading- I am absolutely horrible at this. I’ll read anything and everything online, but never make the time to read a physical book.
Recently I was sitting in a bus for hours. My Steam Deck was already empty. Bravely, I decided to finally continue reading Dune. I was enjoying the experience (after the initial confusion from forgetting who everyone was). But somehow, despite being interested in what was written, my brain constantly wanted more stimulation. To grab the slate of glass that provides endless dopamine. To click buttons. To have a constant stream of simple information.
I’m kinda scared tbh. This shit is an addiction, and I’m addicted. But most other people around me seem just as much or even more addicted. What happened to just being able to do something for an hour without feeling the need for different stimulation. We’re all poisoning or minds until we’re incapable of paying attention for more than a few seconds.
Reading online fanfiction is free. Sure, the quality varies, but I can quit any time I want. I just don’t want to.
Ordering a pizza
Listening music and E-Magazines. You download them and of you go. Specifically for music, I download songs on my phones using newpipe, or I listen CD’s from my collection, no need for youtube or spotify all the time.
I’ve had the thought to go back to downloaded files but discovering new artists/song is just so easy with a streaming service. It’s not like I add new songs to my playlist every day, but I do it enough that I’m not listening to the same songs over an over. I don’t really have an idea on how that would keep going when switching.
Calculators. Why use the Google calculator, when there’s one pre-installed in every device you own.
Usually convenience if you’re on a computer and already have a browser open.
But even then half the time I pull my phone out to use the calculator app instead. And I don’t think I’ve ever used a browser as a calculator while on my phone.
