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People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?
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this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2025
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Really focusing on the wrong thing here. I hope this is satire
So are you gonna explain your point or just keep feigning shock at what is fairly normal and common IRL?
I'm starting to think you must not go outside very much, because when I look around, people who don't have earphones in are very much the exception, they stand out, hence the question, and on a personal level I honestly don't even know any people IRL who just march on alone without music or like some podcast or audiobook or something.
My girlfriend does this, all my friends do this, the only people who do not do this are usually some older people with kids when they're out with their kids, but then again they're not really on their own, and obviously I wouldn't listen to music on a walk if I was with somebody for that walk like on the weekends etc.
I didn't think I needed to explain that talking about experiencing reality as though it were a burden is...odd. Even if half the thread weren't saying that specifically.
I use headphones a lot, too much, but I would probably seek therapy if I ever had my headphones stop working and subsequently thought hearing the natural sounds of the world around me was notable enough to talk about negatively.
When there's no novelty of course it's a burden lol, staring off into things I already have seen and know is not exactly intellectually stimulating or enjoyable.
And idk, it's not odd at all, we humans have put massive amounts of time and resources into entertainment for this very purpose, the vast majority of people don't enjoy staring off into nothing till their eyes unfocus, only the extremely online people think that's what people want.
Like I said elsewhere, the few people who do not have earphones in going about their chores stand out, they are very much in the minority, and they are few and far between and I don't know a single person like that IRL.
Were this not the case, we wouldn't even have entertainment, nevermind billions of dollars spent on movies, shows, albums, fiction and non-fiction books, newspapers etc.
Heck I'd go as far as to say that all religion, science and philosophy that did not serve immediate purpose of finding the next meal was created so we could better our lot - which inherently is maximizing happiness, and that inherently includes intellectual stimulation and fulfillment.
I prefer to keep my brain going all the time if I can, it feels much better, always engaging with new art or new ideas inner and outer alike.
This is really, really sad. If this had always been the case, most of the world's inventions and art, including entertainment, wouldn't exist today. It's objectively a fact that people need to be bored/idle to be at their most creative.
You really think artists don't also consume art? Heck, what inspired me to make music is listening to music.
Also, I do like your misuse of the word "objectively" and "fact".
No, that's not true at all. Proneness to boredom is actually a predictor of negative mental health outcomes: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019188691930217X
Huge strawman. No one would ever ever ever ever ever say that and you're well aware.
Did you mean to reply to yourself?
If you have any care for your mental health, use any search engine to search the phrase "benefits of boredom". You will find hundreds of articles telling you what I am.
Meanwhile you ignore an actual cited source. It's like poetry, or something.
I never said boredom doesn't have benefits either. I said that your claim of:
Is not objective, it's not fact, in fact - it's insane hyperbole and an insane thing to claim in general, very obviously so.
What you've done is develop an unhealthy addiction and you think literally everyone else has too. But they haven't. You literally miss the entire world around you and declared it boring. I assume you're quite young and developed an addiction to screen time since an age before you can actually remember any other way. Talk to any mental health professional, they'll tell you what I'm telling you.