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Re:With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, th... by enraged_camel on Sunday January 28, 2018 @09:49PM (#16254999)
>>Before I even started reading, I knew it was going to be an attack at the phone. A few centuries ago, they'd attack books.

Books are categorically different from smartphones. For one, they don't constantly interrupt regular conversations by beeping and buzzing and demanding the owner's attention. For another, they tend to be about a single subject, and tend to explore that subject in depth.

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Re:With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, th... by foxylad on Sunday January 28, 2018 @10:08PM (#16255066)
Yes, and books don't tell you everyone hates you and show that awful photo where you look fat and stupid every second minute and how much better everyone else is at everything and how a person even stupider and more obnoxious than you ends up as president and that really cute guy/girl has millions of friends and you're not one of them...
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