I'm literally unable to use YouTube. All the videos seem to be just copies of other people's videos, generally bland, extremely self-focused, essentially boiling down to people wanting to hear own voice and see own face when editing with little substance to enjoy. Good content is etremely rare and hard to come by, drops every few months at best. I cannot do it.
I tried Netflix, but it's just crap. I even was told I cannot watch some shows on ad plan, so I watched it ad-free on the 7 seas online. But I don't want to seek out shows. There's very little interesting stuff being released anymore. They ignore making products for groups in favour of making products for everyone, which results in products for no one. I cannot cope with that.
Lemmy doesn't pump out enough. I found myself seeking out videos on YT only to read their comments.
I play video games, but I won't lie, I'm tired. I bought a new game (Darktide), but it feels very repetetive. I have a few games installed, but I'm tired of them. I don't have the money to buy more.
I cannot go out, because I'm sick. How tf do modern people enternain themselves at home now? I remember when YT had tons of interesting content. It keeps recommending to me stuff which I've already seen or low quality vanity projects. It's nothing I'm interested in.
I'm so desperate I'm now asking you how you pass time. I hope someone may help.
Recommendations on YouTube are pretty bad but there is still good content. You just need to find some good channels and basically only browse the subscriptions tab. It's a much better experience
Yep. Here are some of my favorite mostly-educational quality YouTube channels. In no order. Not that I'm trying to promote YouTube, the platform itself is getting worse and I hope these all co-publish elsewhere.
- PBS Space Time
- Sci-Show
- Slow-Mo Guys
- Veritasium
- Mark Rober (engineering)
- Tom Scott (curiosities of the world)
- Tasting History
- Adam Ragusea (cooking)
- Helen Rennie (cooking)
- Weird Explorer (exotic fruit)
- Girlfriend Reviews (video games)
- Clint's Reptiles
- Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't (note, swearing)
- Adam Neely (music theory)
- Geography Now
- Steve Mould (math & science)
- Action Lab (chemistry & physics)
Veritasium
Sucks about this guy, he used to actually make interesting pop-sci videos without mangling the concepts and conclusions too badly. It was a breath of fresh air compared to the bullshit other science popularizers like Michio Kaku were dreaming up at the time. But nowadays his videos all have these extremely vague clickbait titles. And much worse than that: he clearly shills tech from sponsored companies. Not with marked sponsorship segments, but with entire videos that are essentially long form advertisements with all of the disinformation marketing entails. Other than the word sponsor being highlighted and placed before the title, there is no indication for his audience that they shouldn't view such sponsored videos as normal Veritasium videos.
The most blatant example of this was when he shilled for Waymo self driving ride share cars in an 18 minute video they sponsored. It was about two years ago, the title:
Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now
Here's a video detailing the ways in which Veritasium misleads his audience to produce corporate propaganda using the driverless car video as its main example. It's an hour long, but I still recommend giving it a watch because it's so thorough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM0aohBfUTc
I'm sure Veritasium does still make good, well researched and well intentioned videos, but after seeing the way he intentionally manipulates his audience in certain videos, I can't help but be distrustful of everything he says elsewhere.
Like people commented, having a hobby, creating content instead of just consuming, can help.
I like to draw, for example. I use Krita on my PC, it helps to pass the time. I'm creating a fun gallery with little stories behind some works. Thinking about creating some comics too.
I'm participating in a drawing workshop at college, and could replicate a bit of what we learned in my own work as well.
I gave up on video games and never really cared for internet people content. So I read books and am always on the lookout for shows I might like. Many of which are decades old.
It might be difficult to adjust to the slow paced entertainment of reading, but once you go through a bit of digital detox it will become as entertaining as a television show.
People have mentioned good options such as books, and they have mentioned hobbies, but since apparently you like video games, why not try developing some games?
It's free, just download a game engine such as Unity, Unreal Engine or Godot (my vote goes to Godot as it's open source but you can't go wrong, try whichever sounds more appealing and if you don't like one check the others out) and follow some tutorials. That's where YouTube can shine again!
It's a great way to exercise your creativity and learn some programming. If you don't like programming, you can join a team and just be a designer, thinking up gameplay concepts. Or the other way around, someone else can help you design the game while you code it.
Or... Maybe you don't like programming. Why not try making digital art? It could be pixel art, 3D modeling (both of which go really well with a game development hobby, but with 3D modeling you can transition into 3D printing) or just plain old art, digital or not.
It's just an example. It's amazing how many things are available for us to learn on the internet, you cá try anything you ever had a passing interest on. Always had trouble drawing? Go watch some tutorials and try again! Want to learn a new language? Get on Duolingo to learn some basics and then watch some TV shows or movies in other languages!
I know when you are really, truly bored, all of these will sound dreadful. But stick with it past the initial boredom and you will find something that will make you unable to stop.
Keep us updated!
Find a hobby you can continue after you're allowed outside again.
Like tech? Start tinkering with things. Find cool projects and see if you can create on your own; if/when you get stuck, start reading online and figure it out.
Watch stand up comedy. Makes you feel good to laugh, and can pass the time easily inside.
Start reading a book like the other guy said. Again, good for your brain and can even learn something from it.
Seems like you really just need to find yourself a new hobby and stick with it, otherwise you'll still be bored after you're sick.
Chub.ai and silly tavern to talk to whoever you like through ai generated chats. Kills a few hours for sure.
