[redeeman]

> you are in a tiny minority of incredibly focused people.

oh please...

> The majority of us, through no fault of our own

it is called "personal accountability", I know its very hated on in the modern world, but please...

> The struggle against cheap dopamine hits is real

Yeah.. try go back 500 years or 1000 years and explain your struggles to the people there.

[alamortsubite]

We all have different personalities. I'm one of those focused people who sometimes forgets to even bring my phone along with me when I leave the house. My gf seems to have some serious catching-up to do on her FB horse diva group any time she picks up her phone. She might benefit from some kind of barrier, and I could do a better job of keeping in touch with old friends. Let's not bury our heads in the sand.

[LoganDark]

> > The majority of us, through no fault of our own

> it is called "personal accountability", I know its very hated on in the modern world, but please...

Look, I get the point you're trying to make, but as stated, this is incredibly insensitive. There are plenty of scenarios where someone should be held personally accountable for getting distracted or losing time, but this is not one of them. It's entirely possible and quite common for certain kinds of content to trick and manipulate the brain. It's not their personal fault for falling victim, just as it's not someone's personal fault for getting robbed.

Plus, not everyone can focus or resist distractions the same. Not everyone can expect to even be able to. Many people who suffer from ADHD, for example, have a particularly hard time with this.

[danielbln]

I get the feeling OP is one of those who tells people with depression to just stop feeling sad...

[redeeman]

you are wrong, I am however one of those people who say that if you are allergic to peanuts, you do not get to scream "make peanuts illegal", but you instead accept that you have a task of making sure what you stuff your face with does not contain peanuts.

[LoganDark]

I think it's reasonable to disallow peanuts in shared public spaces that people with allergies cannot realistically avoid. Certain people can have life-threatening allergic reactions to even the scent of peanuts.

[redeeman]

what if two people in the entire world was deadly allergic to apple or perhaps avocado?

It sucks, but if you are extraordinary, you have some precautions you have to take in your life. Additionally if you are THAT sensitive to something like peanuts, you would be totally crazy to simply trust that ink on a page would protect you. You would take precautions

[LoganDark]

> what if two people in the entire world was deadly allergic to apple or perhaps avocado?

That's the thing though. Peanut allergy is the second most common food allergy. Around 1 in 100 people have a peanut allergy. I can't seem to find data on what the average sensitivity to peanut is, but in a shared space such as a school, 1 in 100 is a real consideration.

[0xcde4c3db]

> it is called "personal accountability", I know its very hated on in the modern world, but please...

It's hated because people almost exclusively invoke it as a thought-terminating cliche instead of actually discussing the practicalities of cultivating and relying on it at scale.