Thread 106103313

Take the analog pill and replace your smart phone with specialized tools. Go on a dopamine detox. You'll feel better.

Rate my setup and post yours!

Camera & Lens:
> Sony A7CII + Zeiss Loxia 35mm f2
Watch:
> Rolex GMT Master II
Book reader:
> Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
Music player:
> Tempotec Variations V1
Earphones/IEMs:
> Fiio FH3
Voice Recorder:
> Sony UX570F

the sony MILC alone runs you twice as much as a simple iphone lol
minimalist troons are retarded. just control your brain retard

>>106103313 (OP)
Fixing the problem by making it worse.

>>106103321
this, all the shit on that pic probably has more silicon, digital circuitry and batteries that your smartphone alone, i will ignore the watch but then again you are just flexing or are genuinely retarde and dont even know what you are talking about, kinda glad that digital ID shit gets rolled worldwide so internet can be left to die altogether

>>106103313 (OP)
Justifying stupid consumerism isn't a detox

i'm really struggling using a flip phone right now
i mean, basically i'm aware how much i've struggled for 15 years.
deleted social media, stopped texting so much, and trying to live in the moment. but i never get to go out, do social things, and so it keeps just fucking with my head.
i woke up alone, like i have for 15 years, and my mind is in fucking survival mode. i don't want to be this way. the smartphone is a fake cure, it doesn't actual make you content. but without it, i feel like i'm going crazy. and i think i always have been crazy.

>>106103332
>the sony MILC alone runs you twice as much as a simple iphone lol
Sure but it takes 4x better pictures (or more). Also it doesn't have any apps on it. It doesn't make you distracted with social media, scrolling 4chan etc.

>>106103378
Worse how?

>>106103406
>this, all the shit on that pic probably has more silicon, digital circuitry and batteries that your smartphone alone
Fair enough

>>106103437
>it doesn't actual make you content. but without it, i feel like i'm going crazy. and i think i always have been crazy.
That's the thing. Going without a phone (and internet in general) forces you to confront your problems head on. You cant just escape it anymore by getting lost in video games or by watching youtube videos.

Personally Ive started going out more, going for long walks, and hitting the gym.

>>106103594
>Personally Ive started going out more, going for long walks, and hitting the gym.
man i'm trying. i work an intense job that's like minimum 50 hours per week. probably just realizing i have to leave this job to feel normal. but i already do long distance running, started weightlifting, i've read more books the past two years than the preceding 10, etc

>>106103313 (OP)
Man, why do you need a voice recorder? I have probably never opened the voice recording app on any of my phones

>>106103422
Pretty much this.
Enjoy your reddit upvotes I guess.

>>106103313 (OP)
Curious what you use the voice recorder for. Voice notes? Field recording? Music student? Or just creepy eavesdropping?
>Kindle
I don't understand why people get these when Onyx Boox exist.

>>106103770
not OP but I would find that very useful. much better than phone notes or other things that are more cumbersome. to write notes in a notebook you have to have it right with you at that moment. a portable voice recorder doesn't have issues with that

psst..

>>106103313 (OP)
>It's the "not like other girls!" thread
Anon I'm going to be real with you, if you need to spend copious amounts of money and generate even more e-waste than the average person just because you can't be assed to uninstall social media and have some self-control with what apps you use and for how long, then you might, MIGHT just be retarded.

>>106103313 (OP)
those cameras cost a arm and a leg

>>106104659
secondhand

>>106104668
they have expensive mechanical parts that fail quickly it's not like the thinkpad situation

>>106103636
>Man, why do you need a voice recorder?
For note taking. Its way faster than typing. And without a phone you cant type anything anyway.
>>106103770
>Curious what you use the voice recorder for. Voice notes?
Yeah anything from grocery lists to new business ideas or to note something down I want to remember for later (maybe someone I talked to recommended a book or a movie or whatever).
>>106103967
>a portable voice recorder doesn't have issues with that
Exactly

>>106103611
>but i already do long distance running, started weightlifting, i've read more books the past two years than the preceding 10, etc
Good to hear that brother, keep it up

>>106103313 (OP)
>replace your smart phone bro
>replace it with the same shit but more inconvenient

>>106103313 (OP)
>>Voice Recorder:
...why?

>>106103313 (OP)
Get fucked, consumerist whore.
>camera
What a pretentious massive FAGGOT!

>>106104822
>For note taking. Its way faster than typing. And without a phone you cant type anything anyway.
use a notebook and pen???

>>106103313 (OP)
>Fent detox
>Just take meth, coke and heroin instead bro

The smartphone is not the problem, the problem is you.
Are you going to get rid of your computer too? Maybe you could get a typewriter, a turntable, a calculator, subscribe to your local newspaper and start sending letters.

>>106103313 (OP)
>~$12,000
>For everything you can do on a $150 phone
Holy shit please please PLEASE tell me that zoomers are not this retarded

>>106105300
at this point every single application on your phone is designed to maximize "engagement" and user retention. Every single one. Through
>notifications from every single app (can disable but your average zoomer will not do this)
>pretty colors, stimulating animations, and high refresh rates
>personally tailored skinner box algorithms

they were literally raised by smartphones and ipads. They were designed to be addictive and they literally are addicted. I don't blame them one bit for finding some way to "detox" from it, since their brains have been shaped by it. Life pre and post smartphones was drastically, immensely different. Human brains were not designed to have something that requires your attention at your beck and call at literally all times. There was a study done that measured the blood pressure and heart rate of students with and without their smart phone in the room while they did some random task. Universally, they all showed signs of stress when they weren't allowed access to it.

They're fucked. If it takes being a "consumerist" to break free of this hell, I wish them the best. You weren't labeled a consumerist whore in 2000 for having a
>flip phone (note that texting plans were still expensive and only really being adopted by college kids)
>digital camera
>mp3 player

That was all you needed. Shit has gotten out of hand

>>106103313 (OP)
What a waste of money

>>106103313 (OP)
BUY BUY BUY BUY MORE E-WASTE
SPEND SPEND SPEND MORE ON MORE MORE MORE JUNK

>>106105935
>at this point every single application on your phone is designed to maximize "engagement"
If only you could uninstall them.

>>106106663
the issue for zoomies is that their lives are tied up in social media apps. There is no IRL vs internet divide anymore, they're one and the same. It doesn't matter if they can uninstall the app if they have no social life without it. There's no reason to have the phone if you don't actually engage with any apps.
>camera
use a real camera and photo editing software on your PC
>email
you don't need a smartphone for this. There are LTE enabled devices everywhere at this point
>messaging
same thing as above. Being available 24/7 is cancer anyways
>calendars
Does anyone remember what a PDA is?

Tech stopped serving users. It now exists to exploit them

>>106103313 (OP)
luddite thread

>>106106844
>Tech stopped serving users. It now exists to exploit them
Unless it's a pinephone.

Imagine this, but with camera, no mobile, but GPS and wifi, so yo u can get on internet if you really need to, find some wifi hotspot, and can download offline GPS maps. you can take random photos and listen to music. would be perfect. this would actually be some sort of larger smart watch format, could probably fit all of those. some shitty camera nothing special

>>106103313 (OP)
it's not the phone, it's the fucking computer that i need to detox from god DAMN

>>106103313 (OP)
>Rolex
lol fell for the meme
wearing a rolex is like carrying a louis vuitton bag or driving a ferrari
meanwhile, a cheap casio would keep time better and not make you look like a retard

>>106108111
>meanwhile, a cheap casio would keep time better and not make you look like a retard
Perhaps, but would a Casio get him bitches?

Just uninstall the apps and block the websites you don't want to use on your phone, it's not that hard

>>106108547
I do like wearing a watch though and e-readers are great

>>106108067
so, a ipod touch?

Don't buy Sony cameras, you can get similar performance for less if you go with Canon RF and an adapter for older EF lenses.

>>106108067
>Imagine a phone without a sim card

>>106103313 (OP)
>Book reader:
By a proper book, you idiot

>>106103313 (OP)
what a faggot. replacing your phone wont fix the problem, because the problem is (you).

>>106103313 (OP)
You're still posting this on 4chan so clearly you're missing something

>>106110009
Why wouldn't you want access to every book ever written (for free) on one device that is just as comfortable to read from as physical paper?

>>106108320
didnt james bond wear a casio

>>106103313 (OP)
ok but what about calling and texting.

>>106103313 (OP)
no, thank you
i only use my phone for music when i'm outside + some signal messanging or browsing

>>106103313 (OP)
my setup:
phone

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I don't need a "detox" because I am not mentally ill

>>106103437
One time my smartphone died and I dug pic related out of a drawer, because it could accept a SIM card, and I thought oh at least I'll have something until I can get a proper replacement. It was awful. I don't use social media but you don't realize how much you reach for a smartphone for so many tasks. Want to look up what else that actor's been in? Want to take a photo? Want to use a fitness app? Want to listen to your music collection? Want a map and directions to someplace? Well fuck you because you're not gotta be able to do all those things with one device.

>>106103437
well shit. i bet you're crazy if you can't control yourself. there's no detox as long as you are in control. if you lose your control of yourself. might be better to find a rope. otherwise. keep yourself in control, using smartphone is okay, like you use your desktop/laptop.

>>106103967
man, writing is so much about control your physical (finger) and your brain.

>>106105127
looking cool, i guess, wow i bet he's a journalist. so cool.

>>106108067
if its got a web browser, you're still gonna waster your time on 4chan/x/reddit/etc. Mobile sites are a thing

>>106103313 (OP)
I don't carry a phone. Attached is my gear-doxx. I'm a simple man.

>>106104268
Almost every phone has something like ultra power saving mode with limited launcher and just basic phone functionality.

My phone detox is just not using my phone when I don't need to, it's that simple.

>>106108067
>Imagine this, but with camera, no mobile, but GPS and wifi, so yo u can get on internet if you really need to, find some wifi hotspot, and can download offline GPS maps. you can take random photos and listen to music. would be perfect. this would actually be some sort of larger smart watch format, could probably fit all of those. some shitty camera nothing special
Nice. Now imagine this without proprietary OS. Wait... It is called smart phone with LineageOS without gapps in airplane mode and I have that.

>>106113522
Based. What's that thing on the left that looks like a phone?

>>106113522
Based.
I got a second phone number and now I only use a smartphone for work.

>>106103313 (OP)
>Kindle
Yuck
And for the record. You don't care about making any statements in regard to being anit-smart phone. I feel the same way too, but what you're doing right now is just showing off your tech toys and are offering nothing of value to me or anyone else in this shitty board.
Just buy a dumb phone and buy what you actually use. You're just being a mouth breathing consumer.

>>106115540
You sound jealous

>>106108320
Why would anyone want to get a materialistic roastie slut in current year? Not even the likes of Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates could keep their wives faithful with their wealth.
>>106108067
Those Ipod Nanos are crap. They are harder to repair than most smartphones. When my battery went bad on my LG Velvet 5G, I popped off the back cover, replaced the battery, and applied adhesive back on the glass panel.
On an Ipod Nano, you have to solder a new battery and the process to getting there is a hassle.
>>106115540
Jealous of what? I'm not a photographer or a journalist. Why do you have a voice recorder?

>>106115568
>>106115590
Okay. I messed up. This board is rotting my brain.

>>106112886
>wow i bet he's a journalist
journalists don't use tape recorders.

>im detoxing from my phone by replacing every single one of it's functions with multiple discrete adhoc devices xD

ok.

>>106103313 (OP)
I don't take pictures. I don't listen to music. I don't need a watch because there's always a clock somewhere around me. I don't record audio.

I do use a book reader and read paper books.

99% of my phone usage is work messaging and testing websites on mobile at work. The moment I get home, the phone goes in a drawer until the next day (or if it rings). Friends and family duly instructed to call if they actually want anything from me.

>>106112523
>Want to look up what else that actor's been in?
I'll look it up on my computer (and queue up a torrent if interested)
>Want to take a photo?
I haven't taken a photo in decades.
>Want to use a fitness app?
What the fuck?
>Want to listen to your music collection?
What music collection?
>Want a map and directions to someplace?
No. I live in a city with proper signage.

>>106103636
>>106105127
some people really like the sound of their own voice it's a whole personality

I think that's a bit stupid if you have at least a minimal amount of self control.
But there's a point to some those. A watch as an accessory, most people wear one still. A book reader has a different type of display altogether. The IEMs I don't get, you can use those on a phone too. Voice recorder is kind of a niche thing.
But a camera, I found out is a nice excuse to get the fuck out and a hobby (an expensive one unfortunately). I borrowed a DLSR camera (Rebel T7 with the kit lens that it includes) and I wasn't even remotely interested in anything regarding photography, but now I kinda am. I take pictures every now and then with it. I understand it to be really low tier equipment that costs considerably more than better stuff out there but I didn't spend money on it. Unlike most of those other things though, it's weird to use a camera in public. People think it's ancient technology or a weird artifact.
I've been taking a few pictures in very usual spots that surely have been photographed to death, and some people there follow suit with their phones, some look at me weird, some guy asked me to take a picture of him. Socially speaking cameras draw a bit of attention. Phones do not, at least not as much. I've taken quite a few pics with my phone and nobody gives a flying fuck. It's like gaming on a phone and on a handheld. Phone replacements like these seem either pointless or a bit enthusiast.

>>106103313 (OP)
>analog pill
>Look inside
>Quartz watch and four digital devices

>>106103313 (OP)
nigga, literally all those devices are digital, except for that watch. Truly analog setup would be something like a walkman, small analog camera and this watch, but this is just not very practicaly in TYOAL 2003+22. If you want a smart detox, just get yourself something like a hammer phone, as it has a phone + basic digital camera + audio recorder (on some models) and the watch. There is also a lot of decent, basic digital watches like casio F91W for example.

>>106103313 (OP)
Great idea poorly executed. I agree with you OP but everyone's clowning on you hard and I don't blame them.

All you really need is a pen and paper, a multi tool, and if you insist on taking pictures a disposable film camera.
> maps?
Write on pen and paper before going out
> books?
Just read actual books at home. Grow your own library
> camera?
Unless you're a hobbyist just use film. If you are still wired for instant reward be a basic white bitch and get a polaroid camera. I only use cameras to capture very special occasions.
> music?
Just get familiar with your local radio stations and listen while driving. Walking around with earbuds is a bad idea

>>106103313 (OP)
>digital detox
>now lugs around 5 devices instead of 1