The habitual act of scrolling on a phone—often through social media, news, or notifications—as a way to briefly pass time, calm oneself, or relieve boredom, similar in function to the ritual of smoking a cigarette.
A short, often mindless session of phone use undertaken for comfort rather than necessity.
A short, often mindless session of phone use undertaken for comfort rather than necessity.
The kids were restless in the waiting room, so I slipped them a screen cigarette to keep them occupied.
I had five minutes before my train, so I lit up a quick screen cigarette.
She doesn’t smoke anymore, but she still needs her screen cigarette after stressful meetings.
Nothing like a screen cigarette on the toilet.
I had five minutes before my train, so I lit up a quick screen cigarette.
She doesn’t smoke anymore, but she still needs her screen cigarette after stressful meetings.
Nothing like a screen cigarette on the toilet.
by ciggyD September 19, 2025
Get the screen cigarette mug.The consensus among many parents that it is preferable to cultivate healthy screen time habits in children from a young age, rather than addressing the challenges of smartphone addiction later in life.
Most parents agree that shaping healthy screen time habits early on is crucial, as it can prevent the difficulties of dealing with smartphone addiction down the road.
by Emotional Cruiser September 19, 2025
Get the healthy screen time habits mug.A tendency, particularly among Millennials, to make significant purchases—such as booking flights—using larger laptop screens rather than mobile devices. This preference is often driven by the desire for a more detailed view and easier navigation during the purchasing process.
Many Millennials exhibit a big screen preference when it comes to making important purchases, like booking flights, as they find it more convenient to use their laptops for better visibility.
by Emotional Cruiser September 19, 2025
Get the big screen preference mug.The phenomenon where it's easier for you to eventually start limiting your own screen time (though it initally requires you to "lose" your "appetite" to binge-watch YouTube like usual). As your parents impose strict behavior requirement to get more screen time to watch YouTube that you're simply unable to fulfill, no matter how "good" your behavior is.
After my parents imposed strict rules on my screen time, I ended up going on a screen time detox and found I actually enjoyed exercising more!
by Emotional Cruiser September 20, 2025
Get the screen time detox mug.After an hour of Screen Time Bargaining, I finally convinced my parents to let me play video games for an extra hour!
by Emotional Cruiser September 21, 2025
Get the screen time bargaining mug.The phenomenon where until smartphones have been around for sufficiently long periods of time, there are multiple different conventions on how well a child should behave in order to get more screen time. Even though by now, there have been found the following deciding factors on whether someone (children or otherwise) should (be allowed to) have screen time: a) the desired duration of screen time, b) the purpose of having screen time, c) personal susceptibility towards the effect(s) of excessive screen time.
In our household, screen time conventions are strict; we have to consider behavior, purpose, and how long the kids can actually handle it without experiencing brainrot.
by Emotional Cruiser September 21, 2025
Get the screen time conventions mug.The phenomenon where you always think, "If I exhibit behavior A instead of behavior B, I will X additional hours of screen time per day from my parents" even though your parents don't akcually operate under such conditions.
He’s stuck in a screen time delusion, thinking if he cleans his room, his parents will reward him with extra gaming hours, even though they’ve never promised that.
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