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The Death of Daydreaming

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707 points isolli | 2 comments | 05 May 25 12:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.451s | source
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cantSpellSober ◴[05 May 25 15:10 UTC] No.43895935[source]▶
> moments used to be given over to silent reflection or conversation with whoever is around

Noticeable on pubic transit particularly

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1. IncreasePosts ◴[05 May 25 19:23 UTC] No.43898512[source]▶
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Neither here nor there, but the photographer was Stanley Kubrick

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2. asdff ◴[06 May 25 01:40 UTC] No.43901083[source]▶
The thing is if you saw someone back then who did not put the paper or book down while say, crossing the street, going up the stairs, using an escalator, using a urinal, ordering from a cashier, picking up takeout, every waking moment there was, you'd assume they had some sort of pathology going on.