In tempo di pandemia e di lockdown il fenomeno del doomscrolling è aumentato in maniera esponenziale. Per chi ancora non lo sapesse si tratta di un neologismo inglese entrato nell’Oxford.
When was the last time you awoke to the sound of birds chirping? Not very recently. It is fair to say that most of us wake up to the sound of never-ending text messages in today's fast-paced society. We often find ourselves checking social media platforms right after we wake up before going to bed. Doomscrolling, also known as Doomsurfing, is the act of "spending an excessive
Having a well-rounded life is hard. Having to balance work, family, friends and more, while also making time to take care of your mental and physical health sounds almost like an impossible task.
With so many tasks and stressors on our minds, many of us are constantly on the lookout for an escape through social media yet studies reveal that these social platforms often do more harm than good to our mental health.
From promoting a sense of inadequacy about your life and appearance due to self-comparison with friends and strangers, to spending too much screen time doomscrolling if you resonate with any of the points mentioned above, it might be time for an unfollowing spree to make space for new content in your life.
Dictionary.com got a lot more cromulent this weekend, having embiggened its database of acceptable words even though “embiggen” supposably isn’t even a real word. And yes, we said “supposably,” because both supposably and embiggen are among the hundreds of new additions to Dictionary.com that the site announced recently, thereby making them
official real words (assuming you get your words from Dictionary.com). Other new words include “sponcon” (short for “sponsored content”), “deepfake,” “BIPOC” (Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color), “doomscrolling,” and “Zoom.”
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The addition of Zoom would be considered sponcon if the Zoom people paid for it to be included, unless the President Of Zoom’s authorization was forged through the use of deepfake technology. Going back to embiggen, it was initially popularized by
I have a nasty habit. Maybe you have it, too. I have a drive to stay up to speed on what’s happening in the world, which is, in itself, a good thing! But this drive can quickly turn into an unhealthy tailspin of compulsive behavior wherein I am refreshing my go-to news websites over and over until I get a bit spun-out, depressed, angry, anxious, or, most likely, some combination of the above. If this is something that you can relate to, then I’ve got a simple strategy that may help you remain an informed and engaged human but also avoid the newsy doom-spiral.