Emerald (she/her)What's something people use the internet for that can be done just as easily offline?
AdudethatisReading- I am absolutely horrible at this.
I’ll read anything and everything online, but never make the time to read a physical book.
Reading online fanfiction is free. Sure, the quality varies, but I can quit any time I want. I just don’t want to.
Reading anything online is free if you’re slightly motivated.
BroadfernI do this because all too often book print is tiny whereas I can adjust font size on a digital page.
I love physical books, but accessibility is sometimes a problem.
Large type books are a thing. (And a plug for the free libraries perhaps in your area. Which may also have e-books.)
Excellent points :) I do use Libby through my local library for reading e-books so it’s a great suggestion.
gerryflapRecently I was sitting in a bus for hours. My Steam Deck was already empty. Bravely, I decided to finally continue reading Dune. I was enjoying the experience (after the initial confusion from forgetting who everyone was). But somehow, despite being interested in what was written, my brain constantly wanted more stimulation. To grab the slate of glass that provides endless dopamine. To click buttons. To have a constant stream of simple information.
I’m kinda scared tbh. This shit is an addiction, and I’m addicted. But most other people around me seem just as much or even more addicted. What happened to just being able to do something for an hour without feeling the need for different stimulation. We’re all poisoning or minds until we’re incapable of paying attention for more than a few seconds.
_cryptagion [he/him]If your addiction is reading books on a device, that’s not really a problem. You’re still reading.
No it’s more just browsing social media liek Lemmy or doen specific Reddit communities that aren’t here. As a kid I used to be able to read books easily, but it’s become way harder with all this “easy” dopamine around
I also do this. But I do not necessarily think it as a bad thing.
I do not need to finish the book in one sitting, it’s fine to wander, I usually just just went on a tangent on a relevant topic though. Reading for an hour is fine, as is a 5 minute session.
Maybe immersing myself reading books just not that fun for me. But I can sit for hours studying music even without touching my instruments, just reading the chart and analysing the harmony and what not. I think reading like any other skill, needs training and I just haven’t give it enough time.
I’m a late millennial, and like it or not I’m used to being able to access relevant context and information with just a click (like Wiki).
What’s the problem with that? You’re still reading, it’s not like you aren’t improving yourself.
I mean, even if you’re reading smut, it’s still good for you from a physical and mental health perspective because reading strengthens your mind, helps you empathize with others, and also reduces your stress.
I can’t shout loud enough for people 900 miles away to hear me
Buy a plane ticket (but buying a ticket offline the day of is suspicious)
rmukI only buy my plane tickets at the airport on the day of travel with handfuls of cash pulled from a carrier bag while wearing a blood-stained shirt. I punctuate that start of every sentence by slamming my first on the desk and the end of the sentence with “goddamnit”.
I bet you aren’t picky. Just the next flight out of the state is fine.
Why would you think that?
SLAM “If I do upgrade to Business, will I be able to recline my seat without interrupting the person behind’s meal?” SLAM “And is The Grand Budapest Hotel still available onboard or do I need to download it first, goddamnit?”
DeuxChevauxPractice, practice, practice.
learn sign language and lip reading and get a telescope.
Whacking off
imaqtpieAnalog masturbation hits different. Or so I’ve been told
Personally I prefer the full range of motion offered by analogue.
How does one do that online?
You haven’t seen the latest chatGPT update?
Look up The Handy
Searching the filesystem. There’s no reason Windows Search needs to access the internet. Fucking Bing.
miguelIt does what now? Why would it do that?
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 it does what now
It’s been doing it since Windows 8.
HollowNaughtI had to manually stop it from doing exactly that. Every time windows updated I had to do it again
I do not regret swapping to linux
talIt helps use Microsoft’s Windows monopoly to promote Bing.
I imagine that at some point the EU antitrust people might get grouchy about that.
It’s just a search bar located in the start menu and on the task bar, that combines local search with web results. For pro users it is pretty terrible, but I wouldn’t be surprised if many regular users like it. You still have a normal local file search from within the file explorer.
No we don’t. It keeps opening web pages that are completely irrelevant.
IronKrillIf you’re on Lemmy, I would wager you’re not part of the “average users” that were referred to.
That’s not true, all my files are stored on onedrive nowadays, which is super fast and responsive. Oh wait… it’s actually slow and laggy and randomly deletes stuff from your pc and you’re not even allowed to give your files perfectly normal names like .aux files in a LaTeX project.
At least we have Everything for local search.
Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🌈True story!
chickenConvenient indexed search was the only real improvement Windows made since XP and now they’ve ruined it. Windows XP is once again superior.
It took 5 minutes to get my father in law to open teamviewer because he kept clicking on the first result which for some reason brought him to the teamviewer website instead of opening the fucking software he had installed already.
And you know what? I can’t blame him at all
KissakiI blocked bing.com on my PC because despite best efforts to disable any websearch functionality in Windows search, it still showed up.
Think.
Store important telephone numbers on your phone. No need to do a google search everytime you call your doctor/dentist/mechanic/whoever.
CatoblepasBut I might want to not use this doctor for my yearly specialty visits for the first time in over a decade!
Woah now, maybe I like googling my mom’s office line every time she doesn’t answer her cell phone! I actually never even thought of saving it
- Store passwords.
- Gaming. Some of it at least.
- Socializing
Store passwords.
I gotta disagree. It’s much harder to do this well offline. Losing access to a password database would be detrimental, so it’s not something I recommend doing purely locally.
huh, somebody better tell this to every major fortune 500 company.
Note taking
Watch videos of OPs mom
Elaine CortezFor me it’s ordering takeout. I never order takeout online, I always call up the place with my phone 🤷♀️ much easier to customize an order this way too
And often cheaper as they aren’t getting gouged by apps. My local pizzeria happily said ’ call us direct and you’ll get a discount’
I hate the phone: wayyy too much telephone tech support early in my career.
So I walk up and talk to a human.
I’ve had local places refuse to take my order over the phone.
“use our app or come in”
yeah, they don’t last long. I can imagine their last thoughts are, “why won’t anyone eat here?”
WHAT?
You are saying I could be surrounded by pretty naked chicks at the tap of a button from my bedroom?
How? HOW?
Translating and dictionary, see the app Aard 2, you download Wiktionary in your preferred language (hoping it’s available) and it’s all in your phone.
x00zAsking what people use the internet for that can be done just as easily offline.
To turn off and on light bulbs
But that would require getting up off my sofa and walking across the living room.