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I simply add "0.0.0.0 youtube.com" to the (network wide) hosts file on my router. Problem solved. I'm simply do understand why the problem is just with "shorts"
by binaryturtle 11mo ago
I simply add "0.0.0.0 youtube.com" to the (network wide) hosts file on my router. Problem solved. I'm simply do understand why the problem is just with "shorts", most of the "longs" are not worth wasting time with either. :-)
- wvenable 11mo agoYouTube has a massive amount of edutainment content that is absolutely fantastic. Content that could never make it onto mainstream television. At this point I think I owe all my hobbies to YouTube.
- sandblast 11mo agoAnd why do you need all these hobbies?
- rkomorn 11mo agoWhy does this matter?
- sandblast 11mo agoI'm curious. It matters to me.
- wvenable 11mo agoBecause hobbies are fun.
- sandblast 11mo agoHedonism, got it.
- wvenable 11mo agoSpoiling for some trolling, are you? Having a hobby is not hedonism. There is more to life than just working for someone else.
- sandblast 11mo agoOh, there absolutely is. But most hobbies people seem to have are just pointless and waste time.
- wvenable 11mo agohobby /ˈhäbē/ 1. an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure. If you enjoy the activity then it is neither pointless nor a waste of time since the primary purpose is enjoyment. If you don't enjoy it, it's not a hobby. No doubt these posts could be your hobby; you do it for pleasure but it's otherwise just a pointless waste of time.
- sandblast 11mo agoHedonism — the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the sole or chief good in life. "It's not a waste of time since the primary purpose is enjoyment" — in that sentence you place enjoyment above any other benefits the activity might have (but most often does not). Hence, it's a hedonistic approach.
- wvenable 11mo agoI was not making a global claim about ethics; I was defining what makes an activity a hobby. Saying "for hobbies the primary purpose is enjoyment" doesn't assert that pleasure is the sole good in life -- it simply notes the internal aim of leisure activities done for their own sake. That aim can coexist with other goods (skill, friendship, health, meaning) and the fact an activity fulfills its own goal means the time isn't "wasted" even if no external output results. Enjoyment here is a sufficient justifier within that domain, not in a life-wide philosophy. Labelling it "hedonism" is a significant overreach.