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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

It's not an all or nothing concept!

If there's a crack - you fill it and keep going

We do our best and when we falter we do our best again ❤️

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

Give it a go!

Bring paper to doodle and write, music, a book, and all the other things that can provide that distraction without the attention machine grabbing you

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

To be fair nothing about No Net November prevents the usage of messaging services to organising meeting your friends to mash bodies

That would still very much be within the rules and spirit of the effort

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

So this is my last post, in theory, until December

I'll allow myself one hour for replies to scratch that itch that comes with the notion of "what if someone responds!?"

Then it's commitment time

Let's see how well I do.

See you on the other side, fuzzy friends ❤️

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

One month is NOT a very long period of time, so if you feel uncomfortable, or even anxious, at the notion of not being able to scroll

Think about what that says about your usage of the internet

We are not built to need this!

You can be entertained through other means!

Give it a try!

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

I invite anyone who feels the same way, and experiences the same sadness and discomfort with how they have found themselves interacting with internet, and how it's impacted the other aspects of their lives, to join me in that endeavour

Let's see if we can make our internet interaction healthier

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

So without a hint of irony, and only a little bit of self awareness, I'm announcing here on one of the very attention demanding machines of the internet that I'm talking about

I'm taking this month & doing my VERY BEST to avoid all those parts of the internet

A secular digital lent for my health

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

Which is why I feel that the much healthier and less sex-punishing version of NNN is a useful idea

Time to step away from the stress causing, life manipulating, activity difficulty increasing machine for enough time that you can make it easier to decide how much & which parts you interact with

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

I love my furry friends and looking at furry art and suits and having a community here

But alas BSky is built from a similar attention demanding and false-satisfaction-drip-feeding material as the rest

ANYTHING with infinite scroll is telling you

"I exist to keep you looking as long as possible"

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

That's what this stuff is DESIGNED for

We're used to the idea of the internet as a place where we search for something to solve a particular problem, or scratch a particular itch

Social media takes that notion and convinces us that satisfaction is JUST OVER THE NEXT HILL

But there's always more

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

See if you can relate:

It's 2am - you're on social media - you keep telling yourself "just one more post" - you feel like, somehow, you're looking for something specific, you don't know what, but when you find it you'll know and you'll be satisfied and done for the night

But it never comes...

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

Unless you're able to go on a rollercoaster every time you sit down on your couch in the evening, you have nothing that shakes your brain as aggressively with as little effort as the attention seeking internet

But it becomes increasingly uncomfortable

Sitting on your phone looking for "the thing"

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

Which progressively makes ANY activity with a higher barrier than scrolling - which is, incidentally, EVERY activity - harder to do

They also have less powerful stimulation in most cases, so you feel discomfort trying to do them because they're harder to start AND stimulate you less

Why not scroll

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

Because the barriers are so low, the novelty is high, and the stimulus is constant, despite it being stressful and tiring, it feels EASY to do

Easier than any other activity!

Why read a book, watch a show, do your hobbies, even just listen to music, when it's easier to sit with the stress machine

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

If you haven't got an imagination that can conjure your friends at will, then you are the exact kind of person who might benefit from a month off the addictive parts of the internet

ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

But it DOES have costs

These sites keep you on them using incredibly high stimulus posts and content that cause you STRESS

Stress you don't even notice at the time, but stress that you learn to crave because stress can be addictive

So you find yourself feeling tired, overworked, and wonder why

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

You can goon to the porn in your mind

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

The internet has been slowly turning into technology explicitly dedicated to keeping you looking at a small cluster of sites for as much of your day as possible

To make you feel DISCOMFORT when you're not using them

To make it feel SO easy to be there you don't notice the time & energy costs...

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 5d

Forget No Nut November

Masturbation isn't a problem

It's time for No NET November

Time away from the internet attention devouring machine.

No social media, short form, YouTube, random searching or scrolling, porn, tiktok, browser games, or sites you visit without planning it in advance

A reset

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 6d

Hey whatever your equivalent is, you just better get COSY ❤️

ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 6d

That sucks but when you get home and you get dry and you have a hot chocolate sat on the couch under a blanket watching the rain through the window you are going to get SO cosy

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 6d

So preeeeetty though

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 6d

Yes you can do that too, I give my blessing

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 6d

That's how you become a lich

No near eternal slumbers!

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ZipDeer @zipdeer.bsky.social · 6d

Doesn't mean "don't do aerobic work" either

I don't want anyone saying "Zip told me not to go for a run because it won't change anything!"

Not at all

Go for a run and tell 'em zip sent you

Then go learn to squat and tell them Zip said to do that too

Then have a nap

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