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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by kzrdude on Monday January 10, 2022 @03:51AM (#29872061)
"more enriching" is how we fool ourselves to continue diverting our attention - speaking for myself - it's just math on youtube, it's just stackoverflow/programming, etc. Unfortunately the cycle of infinite information needs to be throttled I think.
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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by sodality2 on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:39AM (#29873280)
Again, maybe this is just me being disingenuous, but I'd disagree - while your examples may be used as a time sink, I believe there is definitely a difference between scrolling on tiktok, and watching math on youtube. You're probably far more likely to use and improve your brain and its critical thinking skills.
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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by kzrdude on Monday January 10, 2022 @07:51AM (#29874011)
Maybe, I hope so, but I have identified my problem as a problem too (so.. I need to do something about it :)
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