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by scaradim 1056 days ago
yeah... improve focus on what really matters: tiktok, instagram... :-)
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Can't really blame them since those products are designed to be as addictive as possible. Rather blame the companies behind them?
They are designed to be addictive yes, but that doesn't make the user non-complicit. It's easy to stop using these products, especially if you have other interests in your life.
> It's easy to stop using these products [...]

Well, the definition of addictive is quite literally "cannot stop doing once you have started" (Cambridge dictionary), so not really.

I do see your point, though, I grew up without social media nor internet so I have plenty of offline things I like doing. But you have to consider that most of these young kids grew up with social media and mobile games as their primary, and often only, source of entertainment. Their addictive nature makes it really hard for them to find other interests in life, especially considering that parents often leave their kids on the smartphone to keep them quiet.

It must be a depressing view, to think people's vices double as their ambitions.
Meh, people in the 70ies were literally spending money on pet rocks, I don’t know who’s dumber.
> yeah... improve focus on what really matters: tiktok, instagram... :-)

another hot boomer take. how you feel about kids on your lawn?

i remember my grandparents saying similar things about nintendo in the 90s.

my dad told me stories about them complaining about his white water rafting hobby before that.

What is your argument? That focus on social media is actually a good thing and on par with whitewater rafting? Or are you just trying to take shots at GP?

Calling someone a “boomer” for having a different opinion is only slightly less useless and childish than calling them a “Karen”, especially when the reasoning boils down to “you dislike things I like, and my only argument against your opinion is actually a personal attack.”