In the 1940s that was pretty much the same argument deployed against the moral panic of that time: comic books.

The difference is children back then actually did see their day expand as they were removed from the workforce, making comic book consumption "free" essentially in terms of what it might have replaced just a generation previous.

	▲	eli 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That feels like a stretch. In the 1850s it was pulp novels and in the 1990s it was video games.

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Aerroon 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And later you had the satanic D&D.

Every generation seems to pick their moral panic and then engages in "unintentional concern trolling" over it. The people mean well, but low quality evidence shouldn't be good enough to condemn things.

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ben_w 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Indeed. The question is, how good is the evidence?

Serious question, given it kinda feels like Meta's been acting like cigarette companies back in their heyday, while X is acting like it's the plot device of a James Bond villain.

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TheOtherHobbes 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

D&D isn't designed to be addictive, and hasn't been used to psych-profile its users or influence elections.

	▲	eli an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It was designed to be boring?
	▲	camillomiller 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		False dichotomies all the way. I feel like any discussion around meta and social media on this platform brings out the most obnoxious sycophants.