• TheEmpireStrikesDak
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    9 hours ago

    Reading. I was such a bookworm before YouTube became accessible on phones.

    I would always have two books going at a time. Reading was part of my bedtime routine. Now I just fall asleep watching YouTube stuff that I’d be no worse off if I didn’t watch. Except ma girl Moriah, she’s influenced a lot of my art and craft projects.

    My nephews and nieces were raised on YouTube and mobile games. They literally do not know how to play imagination games, they need so much coaching and direction. As kids, we were always acting out our own scenes from TV shows or just our own imaginations. We’d play at lost explorers, under the sea adventures, Captain Planet, etc. It’s sad that the kids in my family just have everything fed to them by YouTube, they don’t know how to imagine games like this.

    Heck, we used to dig up bits of broken crockery and be so proud of this bit of random teacup we found. It’s definitely an antique and not just a cup someone broke a few years ago.