What did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored?

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What did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored? - Lemmy.World

When in the bathroom, the marketing and ingredients to all the shampoos were read.
Some people had magazine racks next to the toilet. There was a whole Seinfeld episode about George taking a book into the bathroom.
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader, new book annually, great way to pass the time on the toilet.