Phone notifications.

I pick up my phone to look up that guy who was in the thing with the blonde dude, turn the phone on, and there’s a notification. “Better check it now since I might forget it after I look this up.”

Forty-three minutes later, I finally put the phone down.

A few minutes later I remember I was going to look up that guy who was in the thing with the blonde dude. “Fucking hell.” I turn the phone on, and there’s a notification. “Better check it now since I might forget it after I look this up.”

Eighty-two minutes later, I finally put the phone down.

A few minutes later I remember I was going to look up that guy who was in the thing with the blonde dude. “Fucking hell.” I turn the phone on, and there’s a notification. “Better check it now since I might forget it after I look this up.”

Scrolling

Someone is wrong on the Internet.

This is a weird one maybe but not sleeping. There is a sort of mania that comes from sleep deprevation which can be so satisfying but this isn't exactly hijacking my dopamine system in the way I think you mean. More close to what you were wanting is short form content like tiktok. I just don't use them anymore because of it.

Maladaptive Daydreaming. It’s very hard to stop once a dramatic or interesting storyline/plot has started to form.

For anyone else who might have these, adderall seems to help. Idk why, but I seem much less likely to have them or compulsively keep them going when I’ve taken my meds

World building for the game I run.

Instead of, you know, actually preparing enemy NPC stat blocks, or maps, or writing dialogue, or making sure combat will be balanced and not a TPK.

World building is fun

It's any unfinished project that I can probably finish in about 20 minutes. Just 20 more minutes. Don't worry, I'm almost done.

on New Years Day I'll go through the comments

and rank the top ten on how many upvotes they get

and edit this post with the results

as well as make a new post.

Maybe even make a New Years Resolution based on it!

Sure bud. Just like how I'll save this post and definitely remember to go back and look at it.

To answer the question, and sure it counts, but on Vvaynce it's cleaning. I feel like I understand the meth heads now. Except why do they never end up with a clean place.

Alcohol

Expensive hobbies.

Reading internet to drown out own thoughts

My phone. Please send help.

Discovering a good show with MANY seasons.

Video games

Someone being completely wrong about something I'm autistic about.

Going through pages and pages of nexusmods creating a build of a game I don't even think I like anymore but never seem to run out of work I can do on it

Most of mine are taken but I will say https://marple.itch.io/orb-of-creation

Also on steam.