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Babel wrote:
I honestly think it's important to set some rules for your children with screen time.

I remember reading an article about us humans starting to develop something in our neck, so it doesn't hurt to look down as much as we do every day. Here is a link And I honestly think it's scary how used we've gotten to the phone and other screen time. I am actually starting to develop this as well.

It also is bad for development of children in some ways, because they don't learn to connect to other humans, if they're dependent on screen from an early age. There's also the whole social media thing with "the perfect life", comparing yourself to others online and this constant stress of being ""woke"" and worry about all of the world's problems at once.

With that said, Jesus Christ they don't make it easy to live without your phone or other electronics on you anymore. I remember getting the covid vaccine last year, and instead of taking my phone with me I took a book with me to read, and when I got to the place where the vaccines where, they wanted me to scan a QR-code to get all of the information I needed before getting vaccinated. I think I have an app for all the places I shop now because they don't make physical cards for it anymore and all of the identification and permissions I need to give are also given from my phone now. I literally can't log on to my university website without getting a code from my phone, and therefore I literally can't do the assignments if the battery is dead. Every single application has to be sent from a computer as well.

There's also the whole school thing you've mentioned. It's hard not looking into the screen every day for tons of hours, with the amount of work you need to do on a computer - both as a child and as an adult.

Solar
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Solar wrote:
the exercise thing ..... i don't exercise at all lol and reading things like this actually kind of scares me. like 2 days a week with weights?? i'm nowhere near that at all
makes me wonder what long term effects that will have on me

Solar
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Solar wrote:
also i have like 5-6 hours screentime a day on my phone, not counting the screentime of my laptop or gaming. honestly i think i have like 12 hours screentime a day or something

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Babel wrote:

Solar wrote:
the exercise thing ..... i don't exercise at all lol and reading things like this actually kind of scares me. like 2 days a week with weights?? i'm nowhere near that at all
makes me wonder what long term effects that will have on me

Exercise actually helps with the health of your bones, so if you don't exercise enough it might make your bones more brittle and easier to break as you get older. Combined with what a lack of exercise means for your muscles and balance, it might give you a nasty break on your hip if you fall.

There's also the whole blood flow and heart thing. Your max heart rate falls with age, but it can also fall due to lack of exercise, and your heart pumps blood and therefore oxygen out in your body, which it needs to work out, so it's important to maintain this as well.

Exercise might also keep cardiovascular diseases at bay for a longer time (more than 50% develop cardiovascular diseases after they turn 55)

If you have a hard time with exercising in general I'll recommend Ring Fit Adventures on the Nintendo Switch, because that removes the fear of hitting the gym, and gives an average/nice workout that is easy to do every day. This, of course, means that you'll have a screen in front of you, but if you don't want to hit the gym or can't motivate yourself to exercise in another way, it's 100% worth it (and it's kind of fun too)

Another important thing is to move around while you're doing stuff on your computer. We had a guy come tell us about health while working in a computer-environment, where we don't move a lot while we're at work, and he said it's important to just switch sitting position once in a while because it helps with the blood flow.

Edit: You might also be lucky and not feel a difference at all as you get older. That's also still a possibility.

Solar
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Effer wrote:

Solar wrote:
the exercise thing ..... i don't exercise at all lol and reading things like this actually kind of scares me. like 2 days a week with weights?? i'm nowhere near that at all
makes me wonder what long term effects that will have on me

Exercise actually helps with the health of your bones, so if you don't exercise enough it might make your bones more brittle and easier to break as you get older. Combined with what a lack of exercise means for your muscles and balance, it might give you a nasty break on your hip if you fall.

There's also the whole blood flow and heart thing. Your max heart rate falls with age, but it can also fall due to lack of exercise, and your heart pumps blood and therefore oxygen out in your body, which it needs to work out, so it's important to maintain this as well.

Exercise might also keep cardiovascular diseases at bay for a longer time (more than 50% develop cardiovascular diseases after they turn 55)

If you have a hard time with exercising in general I'll recommend Ring Fit Adventures on the Nintendo Switch, because that removes the fear of hitting the gym, and gives an average/nice workout that is easy to do every day. This, of course, means that you'll have a screen in front of you, but if you don't want to hit the gym or can't motivate yourself to exercise in another way, it's 100% worth it (and it's kind of fun too)

Another important thing is to move around while you're doing stuff on your computer. We had a guy come tell us about health while working in a computer-environment, where we don't move a lot while we're at work, and he said it's important to just switch sitting position once in a while because it helps with the blood flow.

Edit: You might also be lucky and not feel a difference at all as you get older. That's also still a possibility.

wow thank you for taking the time to write that all out !! O:
actually gives me a good perspective of what i want in life lol. i should try to exercise again, i used to like a year ago (at home as well). hmmm

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Solar wrote:

Effer wrote:

Solar wrote:
the exercise thing ..... i don't exercise at all lol and reading things like this actually kind of scares me. like 2 days a week with weights?? i'm nowhere near that at all
makes me wonder what long term effects that will have on me

Exercise actually helps with the health of your bones, so if you don't exercise enough it might make your bones more brittle and easier to break as you get older. Combined with what a lack of exercise means for your muscles and balance, it might give you a nasty break on your hip if you fall.

There's also the whole blood flow and heart thing. Your max heart rate falls with age, but it can also fall due to lack of exercise, and your heart pumps blood and therefore oxygen out in your body, which it needs to work out, so it's important to maintain this as well.

Exercise might also keep cardiovascular diseases at bay for a longer time (more than 50% develop cardiovascular diseases after they turn 55)

If you have a hard time with exercising in general I'll recommend Ring Fit Adventures on the Nintendo Switch, because that removes the fear of hitting the gym, and gives an average/nice workout that is easy to do every day. This, of course, means that you'll have a screen in front of you, but if you don't want to hit the gym or can't motivate yourself to exercise in another way, it's 100% worth it (and it's kind of fun too)

Another important thing is to move around while you're doing stuff on your computer. We had a guy come tell us about health while working in a computer-environment, where we don't move a lot while we're at work, and he said it's important to just switch sitting position once in a while because it helps with the blood flow.

Edit: You might also be lucky and not feel a difference at all as you get older. That's also still a possibility.

wow thank you for taking the time to write that all out !! O:
actually gives me a good perspective of what i want in life lol. i should try to exercise again, i used to like a year ago (at home as well). hmmm

home exercise is 10\10 tho imo esp if u starting out at low level. u can go a far by just using your body weight or easy tools for a while.

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Babel wrote:

Solar wrote:

Effer wrote:

Solar wrote:
the exercise thing ..... i don't exercise at all lol and reading things like this actually kind of scares me. like 2 days a week with weights?? i'm nowhere near that at all
makes me wonder what long term effects that will have on me

Exercise actually helps with the health of your bones, so if you don't exercise enough it might make your bones more brittle and easier to break as you get older. Combined with what a lack of exercise means for your muscles and balance, it might give you a nasty break on your hip if you fall.

There's also the whole blood flow and heart thing. Your max heart rate falls with age, but it can also fall due to lack of exercise, and your heart pumps blood and therefore oxygen out in your body, which it needs to work out, so it's important to maintain this as well.

Exercise might also keep cardiovascular diseases at bay for a longer time (more than 50% develop cardiovascular diseases after they turn 55)

If you have a hard time with exercising in general I'll recommend Ring Fit Adventures on the Nintendo Switch, because that removes the fear of hitting the gym, and gives an average/nice workout that is easy to do every day. This, of course, means that you'll have a screen in front of you, but if you don't want to hit the gym or can't motivate yourself to exercise in another way, it's 100% worth it (and it's kind of fun too)

Another important thing is to move around while you're doing stuff on your computer. We had a guy come tell us about health while working in a computer-environment, where we don't move a lot while we're at work, and he said it's important to just switch sitting position once in a while because it helps with the blood flow.

Edit: You might also be lucky and not feel a difference at all as you get older. That's also still a possibility.

wow thank you for taking the time to write that all out !! O:
actually gives me a good perspective of what i want in life lol. i should try to exercise again, i used to like a year ago (at home as well). hmmm

No problem! I had a gym teacher who really went through how important exercise is for the body, and he made it sound like we would all die before 50 if we didn't run 10 km every week and did weight lifting like a bodybuilder, so some of his advice stuck and is something I try to live by
You can also just order some cheap weights and use them for some simple weight lifting at home (just holding a 4 kg weight while squatting makes a huge difference) But please remember to order home delivery, because it's horrible to have to go get them at the postal office.

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kruspersille wrote:

Eostre wrote:

Maxolotl wrote:
jokes on them i don't sit i lay

I lay\shit in the sofa. Sitting on a chair got nothing on it anymore. They just make my back, ass and knees hurt : )

I truly aged badly. U turn 20 and suddenly I'm a fragile package.

Pixel
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Pixel wrote:
weird to be micromanaging your grown kids screen time lol