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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every time I see something like this I'm reminded of Plato recording Socrates' whinging that books are destroying society and no one can remember anything anymore.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Damn smartphones, ruining society!

Damn internet, ruining society!

Damn computers, ruining society!

Damn VIDYA GAMES, ruining society!

Damn TV, ruining society!

Damn radio, ruining society!

Damn Newspapers, ruining society!

Damn 2 piece swimsuits, ruining society!

Damn books, ruining society!

Damn clay tablets, ruining society!

Damn language, ruining society!

Damn alphabet, ruining society!

Damn humans, ruining society!

Damn society, ruining society!

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Looks at the world's mental health issues post smartphone...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Smartphone or social media?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say that's more to do with dropping stigma leading to better/more reporting rather than smartphones being some major cause of mental health issues. I'm sure they do cause some issues, but probably not much more than any other vice

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

And there's a lot of things that were just straight up not recognized.

People bitch about how there's "more" ADHD, but when I was a kid, the prevailing knowledge was that girls don't have ADHD. Cue the meteoric "rise" in cases.

(There's a million other things I could've used as an example but I used ADHD because I wasn't diagnosed until I was 36.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Look at the world's mental health pre smartphone.

This ain't nothing new.