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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 month ago (4 children)

AFAIK, standing all day isn't any healthier than sitting all day. No idea about the last panel tho ...

[–] platypode 46 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Pure anecdote, but as someone with a long, shitty back, I definitely noticed a marked improvement in how my back felt when I switched to a standing desk.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Maybe that's part of the reason I can't sit still too long, for I too have a long, funky back.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My back feels better, but my hips are killing me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'd get pain in my feet (flatfoot) and my lower back about one hour in.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you standing all day, or are you swapping between sitting and standing throughout the day?

[–] platypode 5 points 1 month ago

I stand all day. When I first switched I alternated when my legs got tired, but that only lasted a couple days.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You’re suppose to move around throughout the day. Being sedentary is what makes it unhealthy. Standing in the same place all day is as bad as sitting in the same place all day.

Offices are bad for our health.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Back in the day, every single video game used to have a little note on the box, in the manual or even on screen when starting it up that you should stop playing every 15 to 20 minutes to walk around and look at something other than a screen.

Haven't seen that warning in multiple decades now. And I doubt it was ever shown on office software.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hybrid desks are where it's at. As soon as I start to get uncomfortable sitting in up like a meer cat. Then twenty minutes or so later back down I go.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

A Home Assistant standing desk controller exists. I don't have a standing desk, but if I did I'd have it automatically rotating every half hour.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I heard hanging all day can have some adverse effects

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Would this actually be healthier, or would it be just as bad as sitting?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago

I don't know, but I actually do want to try it

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The constant bouncing would definitely be a lot more exercise than sitting.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hmmm... does this mean bouncing my leg all day counts as exercise? :P

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Are those supposed to be the bouncy things rhat young children have?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

They exist for adults too, but I've only ever seen extreme versions at carnivals.

[–] agentshags 1 points 1 month ago

Johnny jump ups I think they are called

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Wow, I’d forgotten about this strip! I used to start my day with several comics and they were one but that was years ago now