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| ▲ | robertlagrant 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | > This time is no different, hysterical parents How do you know this? | | |
| ▲ | skeezyboy 3 days ago | parent [-] | | because it it were so toxic to health the parents themselves would stop using them | | |
| ▲ | robertlagrant 3 days ago | parent [-] | | This seems to forget the difference between adults will fully-developed brains, and children who are still forming. I hope you'd agree with the principle through this analogy: an adult who looks at pornography would not want to show their child pornography. | | |
| ▲ | skeezyboy 3 days ago | parent [-] | | > I hope you'd agree with the principle through this analogy: an
adult who looks at pornography would not want to show their child pornography. but its nothing like pornography. were talking about "screen time" which is a vague generic idea, just the same as "social media" encompasses pretty much any major tech companies website/app instead of actual mediums for socializing like IRC, forums etc that were around for decades prior just never called that | | |
| ▲ | robertlagrant 3 days ago | parent [-] | | But you agree with the principle that parents doing things they don't let their kids do is not evidence that the thing would be fine for their kids. |
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| ▲ | darkwater 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Well, maybe it actually didn't work out so well because in a society where information can travel so fast, we have more and more people thinking hoaxes are real because they've been trained to do it...
I'm not saying there is a conspiracy behind this, just that maybe we are ignoring the bad outcomes and mark them as "bah, it's normal, we always behaved like this" |
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