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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by slowmovintarget on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:54PM (#34711908)
Teenagers having the idea reinforced through social media that being different is bad, is bad. Left to their own devices, that is the default social order that children create.
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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by oneoff786 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:09PM (#34712137)
But come on. Diversity is not actually bad. People being diverse even if they think it’s bad is not bad. And memes are not a meaningful driver of diversity.
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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by mech987 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:04PM (#34714080)
I don't think any of the people you are having a discussion with are making the claims you think they are making.
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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by oneoff786 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @09:16PM (#34718907)
I’m responding to

> less cultural cohesion due to hyper diversity in memes resulting in fewer shared experiences

My take is it’s a bunch of people who are out of touch with the youth assuming that the youth feel out of touch with each other.

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by slowmovintarget on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:05PM (#34714095)
Intent does not an outcome make.

"Social media" accelerates unmoderated interaction with other irresponsible people, which, generally speaking, is not healthy for teenagers.

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by oneoff786 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @09:17PM (#34718917)
> unmoderated interaction with other irresponsible people

Other irresponsible people means their peers right? Like teens talking to teens without adult supervision?

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by caeril on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:36PM (#34714627)
What?

Merely existing on the playground, on the field, or in the cafeteria in the 80s and 90s reinforced the idea that being different was bad.

How is this unique to post-2012? At least Instagram doesn't hold you up against a chain-link fence while TikTok punches you in the gut for being different.

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