Fun things to do instead of bending over for advertisers, streaming services, social media, and AI:
• You can pirate literally anything. do it.
• Read books, comic books, manga. I can't tell you how much joy and peace comic books have given me.
• Don't have money? Go to the library. The library also has video and audio media. Go to a bookstore and pick something out and just sit down and read it.
• Invest in physical media instead of digital media. Your dvds and cds can't be taken away with the click of a button. Look through locally owned thrift stores, Facebook marketplace, and yard sales for good deals. Sometimes you'll find free stuff.
• Burn your own playlists on cds. Give these as gifts.
• Create a physical photo album. You can get disposable cameras, polaroids, or just print any photos you want. You can print things from your phone at the library for cheap. You will cherish these forever.
• Try a new hobby until you get bored of it and then try another one. You can try something new every week and never run out of things to do. Try everything. It's a wonderful way to live.
• Go outside, get some birdseed, crumbs, fruit, etc. throw it on the ground and admire the creatures that come eat and benefit from your gift. Nature is beautiful and you are missing out on it. One day you will not be able to do this anymore.
• Read and write fanfiction. Draw fanart. Engage in fan spaces. Yes they are messy and wild and unhinged. They are also passionate and powerful and dedicated. That is what is so beautifully human about them.
• Write something. A journal entry, a poem, a joke, a random sentence, it doesn't matter if it's shit. That's one thing written that didn't come from a bot. You didn't have to take someone's job to do that, you didn't rob someone of their drinking water. You have the power to write at no cost. And its good for you.
• Research if any native plants near you are edible. Go foraging and see if you can make yourself a snack. Be smart and safe about it ofc.
• Go plant a flower or something in your yard or the closest land near you.
• Leave a penny heads up on the sidewalk.
• Splash around in a puddle.
• People watch in a park or public space.
• Bake something you really want to eat.
• Spent some quality time with your pets.
• Dance alone in your room.
• Do something nice for someone for no reason.
• Tell people you love them.
• Cry, laugh, scream, make mistakes.
Do not let them try to make you into a machine. You are not a number. You are not a tool. You are a person, you are complicated and beautiful. Please do yourself a great favor and live more. Do not do what all these monstrous corporations want and rely on numbers and fast moving pictures to fulfill your desires. You have the power to fulfill yourself. So go do it.
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