Something I wanted to discuss cuz I never see even youtubers talk about this.
A while back I kept retreating to things like Youtube shorts and reels and often it would also just push content that would stress me out for reasons that sometimes wouldn’t even affect me.
While I did remove a bunch of those I still kept scrolling on Youtube shorts mainly. What I did was simply download this blocker app that would essentially shut down youtube any time I opened it on my phone and it actually worked for a while. Sometimes I did turn it off to watch this one short I saw on my fyp but then I’d just turn it off.
After a while it became a hassle to do so, So I actually ended up instinctually giving up on watching shorts BUT HOWEVER, I actually stared doing it on my PC for gods sake which is something I Originally frowned on when my brother did it cuz “Why the hell are you watching shorts on your PC” (he recently got it and it was new) and I didn’t solve it for a while cuz unlike my phone I didn’t try to block it at the time.
I did later put this website blocker which would literally erase Youtube shorts entirely so It wouldn’t even let me click on it cuz it wouldn’t even appear on my fyp and it actually worked a lot faster then my phone.
Unlike other unhealthy addictions this one might actually be a lot easier to solve then what people credit it for cuz you can disable it and unlike other things like drinking or smoking for example you don’t really urge for it the same way so you can easily quit it.
What baffles me is that when I do watch content that explains some ways to continue working on stuff they always talk about how they doom scroll but still work on stuff and I started doubting a bunch of people who said that.
I’d often notice that SO MANY content creators who provide educational content would often just use dirty tactics themself and in the name of “Helping you” they’d just ruin you without you realizing.
I kept noticing how so many videos would play out like a fucking cocomelon video, like wtf why is the video cutting every 5 secs? This one video which was talking about how generative AI is bad and you shouldn’t support it which sure I Agree with but GOD DAMN the video cuts. Clearly this fucker did not care cuz right after putting that statement he went on about how he doesn’t use AI so we should buy his art cuz it empowers artists or whatever the bullshit he was spewing. Guy had fucking 4M subs I think and I really don’t see why he needs us to purchase his nonsense while he screws our attention span like a toddler with unrestricted internet access.
I mean seriously, watching this guys content would do no one good other then feeling more negative and wondering why they can’t focus on their hobbies.
I did have this other problem with how some music tutorials will talk about how they have free sources and do the “give me your email” bullshit but often the video content ends up being fair so I don’t think of them as much.
Currently I’ve been tryna kick down the content consumption as much as possible, While some are helpful. The rest end up being either attention span screwer OR things I know and don’t need to reinforce in my head for no reason.
I think compared to the past I’ve definitely been able to focus on what I wanna focus on a lot better. While I’m not talented or Fast in any way I’m actually been able to do SOMETHING and Having been able to go back to check my progress has always been a positive experience mostly cuz I can tell how far I got despite always believing I’m mostly untalented fuck.
Just wanted to vent out somewhere, I usually don’t have anyone to talk about stuff like this so I usually just discuss it with myself like a shut in Neet loner so maybe I’ll just put it online instead 
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