[folksinger]

How is it bad advice to avoid gorging the mind and body on garbage, no matter the technology at one's disposal?

Reading an awful novel to avoid the people or duties in your life is clearly as bad as using Twitter for the same reason.

Your argument is basically: "Don't make me think about the ethics of my actions, regardless of the calendar year."

[otakucode]

That's not the advice. The advice is 'avoid this particular form of expression/communication' with the 'garbage' aspect only tossed in as an intellectually bankrupt attempt to form negative associations in the mind of uncritical readers with the form discussed.

[folksinger]

Speaking of uncritical readers, you clearly didn't read the same article as I did.