touching grass
Stepping outside briefly
Touching grass means going outside and engaging with the physical world, used as advice to someone who seems too absorbed in online discourse or digital life.
The phrase implies that excessive internet use has distorted someone's perspective: You need to touch grass suggests they've lost touch with reality.
Often shortened to touch grass as a dismissive retort.
- digital detoxPeriod avoiding electronic devices
- unpluggingRemoving from power source
- greeneryCollective plant life
- green spaceVegetated public land
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
go outside · go for a walk · outdoors · open air · fresh air · natural light · trees · soil · hiking · internet addiction · social media break · grounding techniques · stress relief · mental health day · mental clarity · gardening · parks · sunlight
- pregamewarmup, warm-up, stretching routine, stretching, pep talk
- sports superstitionslucky socks, lucky jersey, rally cap, playoff beard, lucky charm
touching grassdoom-scrolling
Compulsive consumption of negative news
doomscrolling · chronically online · terminally online · scrolling · screen time
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