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Re:Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? by zimpenfish on Thursday August 03, 2017 @11:33AM (#14920453)
> You're not wallowing in existential dread at 14 in any real way about your own future

You might not have been. I certainly was and I know many other people who were doing that and worse. Don't generalise, it's dumb.

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Re:Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? by scrumper on Thursday August 03, 2017 @11:44AM (#14920543)
Don't call people dumb, it's rude.
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Re:Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? by zimpenfish on Thursday August 03, 2017 @12:09PM (#14920800)
You'll note that I didn't call you dumb, merely the act of generalising. Smart people can do dumb things and calling those out isn't generally an act of rudeness. Heck, half of the comments on HN are exactly that.
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Re:Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? by scrumper on Thursday August 03, 2017 @02:02PM (#14922039)
I think your choice of phrasing was inflammatory, although the point you made is fair.
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Re:Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? by zimpenfish on Friday August 04, 2017 @03:40AM (#14927044)
A fair point, apologies. I should have made clear that it was the act of generalising that was attached to dumb.
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