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Re:Heavy social media use associated with lower mental healt... by simias on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:44AM (#25930366)
Of course there was always violence and sexual content on TV and elsewhere, but comparing Japanese anime and Tom and Jerry to stuff like https://www.reddit.com/r/DeadorVegetable/ (NSFL) or the hardcore porn you can find basically everywhere online is disingenuous. I don't think I'm very squeamish but there's stuff online that still profoundly disturbs me in my mid thirties. Meanwhile, and at the risk of bragging a little, I can watch any Tom and Jerry easily even late at night and still sleep soundly. Hardcore, I know.

You couldn't see the surveillance footage a guy being dismembered by a lathe or weird Japanese rape porn in 1080p by "pushing a couple of buttons" before the internet. Well, at least not where I grew up...

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Re:Heavy social media use associated with lower mental healt... by Person5478 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @12:24PM (#25930941)
No one is comparing it, the other poster suggested completely restricting access to the internet because this content exists.
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