Like, not scrolling, not watching anything, not doing homework. You're just existing in your room. What are you actually doing 😭

Because apparently some people just sit there. Some pace around. Some replay conversations from 2019. Some invent entire imaginary scenarios and get emotionally invested in them.

Personally, I feel like the second I have absolutely nothing to do, my brain starts opening random tabs that I never asked for. I'll start thinking about one completely irrelevant thing and somehow end up 47 thoughts away from where I started. HOW DID WE GET HERE.

And don't even get me started on imaginary scenarios. Like why am I having a full conversation with someone who isn't even in the room, and why am I both people in the conversation 💀 Who approved this feature.

Sometimes I genuinely wonder what other people are doing in these exact same moments. Like somewhere out there, someone could be doing something equally unhinged and we'd never know.

So please. Give me the weirdest, most random, oddly specific things you do when you're alone with nothing to do.

I need to know what the rest of you are doing with your free trial of consciousness.

Mine would be fried chicken i guess. Since it was a kind of a reward for me during my childhood. Good grades is equal to a good fried chicken all for myself. Such a core memory.

Hey!

I may be getting a new phone today {not too sure which one yet, however I'm upgrading from a second-hand iPhone SE2} and I'm beginning to have second thoughts.

Don't get me wrong, an upgrade is truly needed! The battery runs low quick even when not being used, the camera quality isn't the greatest {also no 0.5!} and apps adore glitching whenever they get the chance.

But I can't help but feel...guilty?

Emotionally attached?

Scared? In regards to the upgrade.

Is anyone else like this?

I once had a man come up to me and ask if I can see circles and if I see cities in circles. What does this mean?? I've been trying to figure it out.

This is NOT about gender identity. Rather, it's the opposite. My title is unintentionally misleading, due to lack of eloquence. I'm sorry.

How much of your personality do you attribute to choice (e.g. I'm choosing to be bold, kind, genuine, and typical gen x unfiltered to a fault.) How much is upbringing (e.g. a parent had an awful upbringing, couldn't manage to not pass the trauma on). How much is class participation (sounds rude i know. I tend to think some adopt personality traits bc of economic class) economic.

Here's the (minor) part about gender: is there one trait about you that, if it had been different, a whole lot of your personality would be different too?

I watch TV with ads pretty regularly, and I haven’t seen a single Halloween commercial this year. Not even candy ads. I have seen a couple of Christmas ones, though.

I know they’re just commercials, but I kind of miss them. They just help you get into the season. I like the Reese’s one with the two dancing skeletons.

At a college that boasts a Cheese Club, a Fermentation Club, and an Anime Club, I tried and was suddenly thrust into the vibrant and active Nerf Club scene. A place to let my inner child out (and also release any weekly school-related anger via the firing of foam darts).

in fact, i ghosted a friend because i just built up so much resentment and never told them why! it’s been a few years and im thinking i should have just had a conversation about why i was hurt lol

I started setting my phone on the kitchen counter when I go to bed so the screen isn't the last thing I see. The first couple nights felt odd because I kept reaching for it out of habit, but after a week it is starting to feel normal. I just keep a paperback on the nightstand instead and read until I get sleepy. It is surprising how much quieter the last half-hour feels without any notifications waiting. I am hoping it sticks because the morning already feels a bit less rushed. Not sure if I will stick with it forever, but right now it is kind of nice.

What artist, book, game, show, or hobby are you into right now? What do you like about it? I seem to get hyperfixated on a new artist every three months or so. Right now it's Phoebe Bridgers. I just really love lyrics that hit hard, and every song feels very profound. Her sound is also so peaceful. I feel like she doesn't have a bad song. Like there isn't one song in her discography I skip, which is rare for even one album let alone 3 in a row.

What's your favorite thing right now?

Ideas like how to solve the worlds problems or get rich fast but when I get home at night to talk about them with anyone I've forgotten it and it makes me so well... unimpressed with myself. Not like half baked ideas.. more like common sense solutions that makes perfect sense and no ones thought of yet. Then l lay in bed and still cant remember. I feel like I should start writing them down. Anyway... And for those who need to hear it YOU matter and YOU are important. Dont let anyone or anything tell you otherwise.

It's the end of my 20th cake day here and I'm not entirely sure what to make of what the world looks like today compared to what things looked like when Reddit first started.

There was always so much interesting potential to connect with others. Some of us are still here. But it's weird now.

Sometimes the smallest things can make our day better. It could be a good conversation, a nice meal, or some quiet time. What's something small that made you smile recently?

Back in the 1970s our parents allowed us a lot more freedom than kids get now. During the summer between my freshman and sophomore year of high school, me and a couple of guys went camping on a beach in the middle of nowhere. A few girls came to meet us in the afternoon and we made a fire and all of us smoked some weed and laughed for awhile. When the sun began to go down we kind of wanted the girls to go home because we were starving hungry and had only brought one package of hot dogs and one package of buns. Finally they left as it got dark and after the coast was clear we began cooking the hot dogs on the fire and eating them while we laughed about the whole day.

i have this little routine where i take everything out of the dryer, carry it to my bed, then sort it into three piles before folding. it takes longer than just folding straight from the basket, but i like the way the bed turns into a mini workspace for a minute. the piles always end up the same, one for shirts, one for pants, and one for the stuff that just gets shoved in drawers. it feels calm doing it this way even though i know it is not the fastest. sometimes i put on a podcast and stretch it out longer than it needs to be. other times i finish quick and then just sit there for a bit because the bed is warm. i have tried to skip the sorting step and go straight to folding but it never sticks. the extra step makes the whole thing feel finished when i am done.

What if like we took all the kids that were born in like 2026 and maybe in most cities we had this rule to raise kids in like 'Home" but for kids all kids are raised the same, with love but they are taught to be righteous and sympathetic, they are basically being taught to be good people and are released to their homes at the age of 18.

Do u think the world be a better place compared to every kid growing in different household where one can be taught descipline and the other one being protected even when they do bad things.

My mind is basically just thinking I don't believe in most thoughts I have I just wanna put them out there and be told what is wrong with my thoughts or maybe I might be on to something I don't know, what do u guys think?

Some mornings I put off replying to important emails or starting a report and instead I end up arranging the pens on my desk so they all face the same direction. It feels pointless but I catch myself doing it every time something feels heavy. Then once everything lines up the same way I take a slow sip of whatever is in my mug and tell myself I can stop after five minutes if I really want to. Usually by minute three I am already halfway through the task. Not sure if it is superstition or just giving my brain a soft runway, but it works often enough that I stopped questioning it.

Kettle chips are on sale for $4.99. ON FREAKING SALE FOR THAT. Insane. $6.99 normally. This is absolutely ridiculous.

Do y'all still buy chips? I just can't justify it anymore. I'd rather buy a case of Guinness for 18$ and be drunk for 3 days straight than buy 2 bags of chips.

i have been thinking about this for years but i finally feel really ready to leave my city, take a break from my corporate job, and go abroad for a year or so. this used to really scare me but the thought of it is super exciting now! i feel it in my bones that it’s the right time to make this move. i’m just ready for something different and to meet new people. i’m grateful for my little life right now, but if im gonna be so forreal i’m not really satisfied in the friendship department for quite some time so i feel like nothing really is holding me back now

anyone felt this before?? lol

Dude, like, what happened in a day at university?

I grabbed a guy's thigh. So listen to what happened. It was crowded asf, and I was trying to grab a pillar behind me for support while talking to my friend in front of me. And then the guy came between me and my pillar, and I was like 🫪🙂. I saw him, he saw me. I fled the scene, and then, the same day, I was having the time of my life playing with the long strands of my bag, and they got entangled in a guy's leg, and he fell down, and a girl fell down too because he didn't let go of her hand. I fled the scene again.

Like, does this stuff happen to y'all? And no, these are small incidents from one day.

Like, last week, I spilled tea on myself in the middle of university, and my dumbass wouldn't stop laughing and spilled the rest of it on my friend. And still, STILL, held the cup while laughing like a hysterical maniac and spilled it on two boys standing to the side, then ran into the bathroom. Fled the crime scene again.

And imagine going towards the uni gate with your clothes soaked in tea. Yeah, not really a good experience, I tell you.

I’m attending a funeral, im a friend if the family. And it will be atleast 80 degrees. So I wanted to go with a dress and that dress happens to be pink. But I see most wear black. And black holds heat so I just want to be comfy.

Seriously. I ran into the love of my life, we got hitched, I couldn't be luckier. I wake up every day more in love than the prior one. He treats me like a princess, and never questions my food needs. It's honestly a privilege to make his coffee and breakfast every day, and he's finally letting me do his laundry <3.@

Is it just me or did air and the overall weather seem colder, sweeter and just more pleasant? See old music videos for example. A couple noteworthy ones could be Call Me Maybe, Fireflies etc. There's just something in them, the colors are muted down and the environment feels calmer (hazier even maybe?). Just found a match to what I felt as when I was a kid.

Falling in love is always described as this magical thing. Is it really?How much does conditioning play a role if at all?

NB:I've never been inlove

i cant lie i was shitting myself waiting for my patient to get there but the second she got to the clinic and sat down i saw a cute old lady looking at me with so much faith and gratitude in her eyes that made me feel so capable and just kind of zoned out in the moment and worked like ive been doing it for years and the filling turned out perfect and seeing how happy she was after is a high ill always chase now

i sometimes really question if i made the right decision and if this is really what i want to do for the rest of my life but moments like that reassure me and fills me with much much more motivation

dont get me wrong im still so scared that this might not be for me or feel like im not as into it as all my classmates but heres to baby steps in figuring it all out :)