Seriously, please don't waste your time this way. If you are really bored, create something lasting by editing Wikipedia or OpenStreetMap instead.
Chill out, he said please.
How much time have you wasted on HN over the last few years?
When I should be doing something productive, but can't be bothered, HN is a "compromise" for me. Basically 90% of the time is wasted, but at the same time I do learn a fair bit in the other 10% of the time. I can kid myself I am doing something productive, (when 90% of the time it isn't).
> Sometimes it can be relaxing to peer into a fish tank and just pass a few minutes in quiet contemplation. Just you and the fish. But if you’re at work, this isn’t really a very practical way of de-stressing.
I usually prefer to grab a coffee and talk to a real human being. A little pause is sometimes useful to pick a new solution method for a problem when you are at a dead end.
Plenty of people like to de-stress away from humanity, in the woods, near water especially think waterfalls, oceans, waves, beach, river... Nothing wrong with that. Everyone is different.