the.com/screen time
The only stat that shames you more than your bank balance.
means The amount of time spent looking at a phone, tablet, TV, or computer screen, usually tracked and reported back to you as a quiet accusation.
from A straightforward compound of 'screen' (from Old French 'escren,' originally meaning a shield against heat or light) and 'time.' The phrase itself is modern, rising with televisions and then exploding with smartphones — it entered everyday worry sometime in the late 20th century, and became a built-in phone feature, and a source of household guilt, in the smartphone era.
- origin
- apple added it to make you feel bad
- irony
- you check it on your phone
- average
- humans now hit 6plus hours daily
- denial
- work tabs do not count, apparently