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.
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.
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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.
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