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Using Home Assistant, adguard home and an $8 smart outlet to avoid brain rot

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370 points remuskaos | 4 comments | 22 Jun 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.853s | source
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p1necone ◴[22 Jun 25 21:50 UTC] No.44350595[source]▶
I don't know if this'll help anyone else or if it's just specific to me but I'll throw it out there anyway.

Drop the idea that short form content like youtube shorts or tik toks or whatever is somehow ignoble and worthy of scorn. Recognize it's just a fun way to kill some time.

Internalized that? Cool.

Now find a comfy place to sit or lie down and binge that shit. For hours. Do it for as long as it brings you joy. Had your fill? Cool.

Keep doing this, whenever you've got some free time and there isn't something else you want to do more binge that short form "brainrot" content. Do not let the thought that you're somehow "wasting" your time enter your mind. You're having fun, and that's all that matters.

If you're anything like me once you've internalized the idea that it's just dumb short videos for fun and you've watched hours of them, you'll just get bored of it. Maybe you'll spend 20 minutes scrolling occasionally but your brain aint gonna rot.

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kaashif ◴[23 Jun 25 00:02 UTC] No.44351282[source]▶
Actually, I've already tried that and found it boring from the start, not just after a few hours. I found context switching between videos to be exhausting, not worth it given the low amount of content per switch, and I prefer vegging out in front of a movie, documentary, or even 30 min YouTube video to be lower effort. This is independent of any consideration of nobility or scorn.

I think the fact that people are scrolling through this stuff and NOT getting bored or tired is interesting, people are different to me in some way I don't understand.

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HeWhoLurksLate ◴[23 Jun 25 01:29 UTC] No.44351737[source]▶
This is probably in the same vein as people finding out they have ADHD by taking drugs at a party and being able to focus for the first time in their lives; you might consider getting a psych eval
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1. kaashif ◴[23 Jun 25 04:47 UTC] No.44352523[source]▶
You're saying that because I like long form content, movies, and documentaries, I need a psych eval?

I realize that my comment may have been written poorly and I'm sorry. If it was unclear, I meant that I find watching long videos to be lower effort than watching many short videos, one after the other.

Now that that's clear, I will refuse the psych eval and continue with my day.

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2. bluefirebrand ◴[23 Jun 25 05:32 UTC] No.44352703[source]▶
I may be wrong, but I think the person who mentioned ADHD is suggesting that you should get checked if you are neurodivergent because you are talking as if your experience is typical but what you describe seems like a pretty big outlier
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3. kaashif ◴[23 Jun 25 13:14 UTC] No.44355508[source]▶
I don't think anything I have described warrants being evaluated for neurodivergence.

Can we not just say different people are different and call it there?

I know a lot of people that can't stand tiktok and insta reels.

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4. aaronbaugher ◴[23 Jun 25 13:21 UTC] No.44355566{3}[source]▶
I remember discovering Beavis and Butthead in the 90s and showing it to my parents, and their being more confused than offended by the short (for the time) and scattered 15-minute episodes. I'm pretty sure if you went back 50 years and showed TikTok to people who were used to things like Columbo and Loveboat, they'd just be confused and wonder what the point is.

If anything, I'd say the people who enjoy absorbing entertainment in 7-second chunks have been reprogrammed and desensitized in a way that's not normal, though I wouldn't slap any psych labels on them either.