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No, and no intention. Irrelevant.
Both are addictive substances that interfere with brain development. One you have to drink to affect brain chemistry, the other you have to use. Social media networks are designed to be addictive.
The internet of today is going to be looked at one day the same way cigarettes are today.
Not an addictive substance.
Not an addictive substance.
I blame violent society.
Irrelevant. Anybody’s brain chemistry can be fucked with. Just look at kids going through withdrawal symptoms when they don’t have their tech toys.
You don't have children and have no plans so let me let you in on a little parenting secret:
Never tell other people how to parent their children.
I'm not gong to bother touching the idea you've got in your head that social media is an addictive substance but tv and movies are not not the idea that tech withdrawal is anything like drug withdrawal.
This comment would be better without the "I’m not gong to bother touching the idea you’ve got in your head" bit. It comes across as passive aggressive, and could be replaced with "It doesn't make sense to me" or similar without loss of meaning.
We're trying to foster chill conversation in this community, because there's plenty of other places online and on Lemmy for charged discussion.
This comment would've been a lot better without the insult. It had a good response, but starting any reply with "Fuck off", even if you felt insulted first, leads to yelling matches, which isn't what we're going for here