[thoughtpeddler]

+1 for One Sec, a fantastic app, if one has the patience to wire it up using Apple’s first-party Shortcuts app (which is probably the main reason most normies aren’t going to use it). Really helped curb my Instagram usage down from about ~15 minutes per day to around ~5 minutes/day at most, and often now a few days go by without me checking the app at all. It is remarkable how much a 4, 6, or 10 second wait will just cause me to say “nah, forget it, I don’t care anymore”. Like, how much of a dumb ape am I?

[baxtr]

There is a nice book by Jonathan Haidt about this called The Happiness Hypothesis.

He uses a "Elephant and Rider" psychological metaphor to describe the internal battle between our rational mind (the rider) and our emotional, intuitive drives (the elephant).

We think the rider is in control. But he isn’t!

[skinfaxi]

> Like, how much of a dumb ape am I?

Don't be so hard on yourself. You are human.

[ErigmolCt]

If 6 seconds is enough to make the urge disappear, it probably wasn't a real intention in the first place

[haaland_goat]

I also love it. Made me realize how unimportant Instagram was for me.