When parents get to reintroduce screen time limits to their children as soon as COVID-19 pandemic ends, after 2 years of unavoidable increase of screen time durations during the lockdown caused by this pandemic
Once the pandemic was over, it was time for the reintroduction of screen time limits; my parents were ready to put those limits back in place after all that extra screen time during the lockdown caused by the pandemic.
by Emotional Cruiser September 22, 2025
Get the reintroduction of screen time limits mug.In this phenomenon, there are always countless other people with way more screen time than the amount of screen time you're able to have. It's because the country with world's highest screen time (Indonesia, 6.05 hours per day) is also the 4th most populous country in the world, housing 270 millions of inhabitants.
Every time I check my screen time stats, I feel the pressure of the screen time rivalry, especially knowing Indonesia has the highest average at over 6 hours a day!
by Emotional Cruiser September 25, 2025
Get the screen time rivalry mug.Being the contraction of "I ought to get more screen time from my parents", this slang term refers to the phenomenon where your parents always limit your screen time that you suddenly lose your "appetite" to binge-watch YouTube. Hence, it eventually "shapes" your habits of limiting your own screen time whilst paradoxically teaching children how to get more screen time from their parents.
Ever since my parents started limiting my screen time, I’ve developed this ought-screen mentality—now I barely want to binge-watch anything, even though I’m always scheming ways to convince them to let me have more!
by Emotional Cruiser September 25, 2025
Get the ought-screen mug.When being in front of screens, e.g. doomscrolling on your smartphone for hours on end, now becomes the only hobby your have. This is because screen time has made you lose the interest on the hobbies you once enjoyed, hence you now prone to missing important things in life.
Ever since I got a new iPhone, I experience the phenomenon of screen time as the sole hobby; I spend hours doomscrolling and completely ignore my old passions like painting and hiking. It’s like I’m missing out on life while stuck in a digital bubble.
by Emotional Cruiser September 29, 2025
Get the screen time as the sole hobby mug.The anxious paralysis that strikes when a student or professional stares at a blank screen, unsure how to begin a task—especially when AI tools are available but ethical use is unclear. Often triggered by perfectionism, decision fatigue, or fear of misusing technology.
He stared at the Canvas assignment page for 20 minutes, then Googled ‘how to start a paper.’ Classic Empty Screen Syndrome.
by Briton Phillip October 1, 2025
Get the Empty Screen Syndrome mug.The misconception that a robot or AI's behavior can be attributed to excessive "screen time", similar to how it affects human children, ignoring the fundamental differences in programming, autonomy, and design between machines and humans. It's just a matter of coincidence that such humanoid robot was conceived and "born" at a lab with as many screens as a sci-fi spaceship.
Blaming the humanoid robot's inappropriate actions on a 'screen time fallacy' is just ridiculous; it’s not like it was sitting in front of an iPad binging brainrot contents!
by Emotional Cruiser October 16, 2025
Get the screen time fallacy mug.The phenomenon where you have low self-esteem due to screen time limits imposed by your parents, usually if your screen time limits imposed by parents are the strictest amongst all your classmates
With this screen time—self esteem syndrome, I worry if my classmates still continue to chat with me on WhatsApp even when my mom has said, "Get off your phone."
by Emotional Cruiser October 19, 2025
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