賞金はなんと2,400米ドルということですから、私などは思わず食指が動きそうになりました。
Put the phone away for an hour. Or, better yet, make it 24 hours -- you might just get $2,400 out of it.
Reviews.org, a company that tests home services and products, is holding a 24-hour digital detox challenge. They'll pay their chosen challengers over two grand to survive a whole day without screens.
"If you've got the desire to ditch your devices for a day but still need to get paid, this is the perfect opportunity for you," the company wrote on its website where aspiring digital detoxers can go to apply.
(A company will pay you $2,400 to stay away from screens for 24 hours. CNN. March 22, 2021.)
(A company will pay you $2,400 to stay away from screens for 24 hours. CNN. March 22, 2021.)
さて、引用した記事の冒頭、
doom-scrolling
なる、見慣れない表現が使われています。
この単語を知らなかったのですが、世界中が新型コロナウィルスパンデミックの脅威に襲われた去年くらいから出てきた単語のようです。
You're mindlessly scrolling on your phone after a long day at work, sifting through miles of negative posts.
In what seems like minutes, hours have gone by.
Doomscrolling has become a popular word over the past year to describe the habit of mindlessly scrolling through negative news. People lose their perception of time while scrolling on their phones, said Jeffrey Hall, professor of communication studies at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
(Megan Marples. Doomscrolling can steal hours of your time -- here's how to take it back. CNN. March 26, 2021.)
(Megan Marples. Doomscrolling can steal hours of your time -- here's how to take it back. CNN. March 26, 2021.)
別名、"doom-surfing"とも呼ばれるそうですが、"doom-scrolling"の“doom”とは運命、とりわけ破滅の最期を意味する不吉な表現です。つまり、破滅へと至るスクロールという訳で、インターネット上を当て所もなくブラウズしていて、気がついたら何時間も経っていたというような、極めて精神衛生上よろしくない生活習慣を指す用語として定着したようです。
パンデミックによる外出制限でPCやスマホばかりのオンライン生活が日常になってしまいました。
あなたやあなたの大切な家族は大丈夫でしょうか。
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