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Pay attention to those around you on their phones.
Supposedly, the common habit of doomscrolling — endlessly scrolling on your phone, consuming negative content — could indicate someone’s income bracket.
“Do you know what I think will be one of the biggest class indicators going forward, not even that long from now, I think in the very near future? It’s going to be overreliance on the use of technology,” a woman named Jamie said in a recent Instagram post that has since gone viral.
Jamie went on to explain how these days, most people have a dopamine addiction and scroll for hours, including her, because she feels “overwhelmed by everything going on. I need a break.”
She pointed out that those who often doomscroll and need a “break” from well, life, are the ones who are overworked and burned out — which is most likely not those who live a life of luxury.
She makes a valid point and The Post reached out to her for comment.
This wise content creator believes doomscrolling could tell us more about people than we realize. Ilona – stock.adobe.com“People that make more money, are richer, are wealthier… you don’t see them or their kids being iPad kids. You seem them putting their kids into activities…kids that grow up well aren’t the ones overreliant on technology,” she went on to explain.
It makes sense — the more burned out people are from overworking themselves just to make ends meet in this wild economy, the more scrolling they’ll do just to have a mental escape from life’s stresses.
Many people in the comment section of the post were both shocked and in agreement with this revelation.
Doomscrolling is a bad habit many people resort to after a long day. Gorodenkoff – stock.adobe.com“when I realized that ‘iPad kids’ was a class issue, I stopped criticising the parents,” someone admitted.
“so interesting because while it’s viewed as relaxing and a luxury it’s a dangerously draining / toxic form of relaxation,” another viewer commented.
“Billionaires don’t doomscroll because they don’t have any conceivable doom to face,” a claim another commeter wrote.
Regardless of who’s doomscrolling, experts say it’s a bad habit that could ruin people’s health — especially if it’s taking place before bed.
“These social media sites are designed to attract you onto the app and then hold you there,” Rachel Beard told news.com.au.
“So by the time it gets to bedtime, people are making that intentional decision to sacrifice or delay sleep to either scroll on their phone or watch TV. It’s using sleep as the thing you sacrifice throughout the day,” she said.
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