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Re:My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens” by zodPod on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @05:03PM (#11076442)
This was my thought the whole way through.. He's treating this teen like he needs to be more like her. It sounds like she's wasting her life while simultaneously wasting her friends' lives. There's no gain to this..
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Re:My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens” by daeken on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @05:23PM (#11076605)
> It sounds like she's wasting her life while simultaneously wasting her friends' lives.

It sounds like you spent more time writing this comment than she did to respond to all of her friend's snaps from the night before. Heroin is a waste of a life; Snapchat is just a distraction, and a minor one at that.

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Re:My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens” by freshhawk on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @09:20PM (#11077827)
A distraction where continued use is necessary for your friendships to remain in place. That mediates social status among young people. While they learn how to interact with other people in social situations.

So ... no, not just a distraction. Just a new thing we haven't seen the outcome of yet (besides some evidence of a large increase in narcissism and a drop in empathy).

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Re:My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens” by zodPod on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @07:27PM (#11114210)
She clearly says that, given free time, she does nothing but snap chat. Not sure how that's a minor distraction.
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Re:My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens” by vehementi on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @08:37PM (#11077672)
I don't think you can say with a straight face that the girl's usage of snapchat is a minor distraction.
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Re:My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens” by fein on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @07:15PM (#11077301)
At least heroin lasts longer.
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Re:My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens” by ferrari8608 on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @06:00PM (#11076891)
Reminds me of my AIM, MSN, and IRC days, except I actually remember some of those interactions.
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