The act of endlessly scrolling through bad news on social media or news websites, often causing increased anxiety or feelings of hopelessness. Originates from the video game "Doom" and represents the chaotic and never-ending flow of negative content.
"I couldn't sleep last night because I spent hours doomscrolling through my Twitter feed, and all the bad news kept me anxious."
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It’s like falling into a black hole of Insta videos you think you’ll watch one, and suddenly three hours have passed, your eyes are burning, your fingers feel like molten lava, and you wonder if you’ll ever surface from the endless scroll- doomscrolling
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The act of endlessly scrolling through depressing, chaotic, or brain-melting content online. fully aware it’s ruining your mental health but too far gone to stop. Often accompanied by existential dread, bad posture, and the phrase “just one more.”
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Get the Doomscrolling mug.Being unable to stop scrolling on social media. As in a doomed task for it isn’t productive. Can be positive and staying in touch with friends and family but unable to stop.
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Similar to doomscrolling in that you scroll through a feed mindlessly. But instead of scrolling past what is mostly bad news. You scroll through a feed of pornography, likely while masterbating.
Similar to doomscrolling in that you scroll through a feed mindlessly. But instead of scrolling past what is mostly bad news. You scroll through a feed of pornography, likely while masterbating.
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Get the Coomscrolling mug.Doomscrolling for Boomers: Instead of scrolling their cell phones being overwhelmed by the global news, the Boomer flips through all the local evening news channels every night to learn about the ridiculous Florida Man antics of people in their area.
Dad's been Boomscrolling too much recently, and is convinced everyone in his tiny town is going to be carjacked by people in clown suits within the week.
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