The smartphone and social communications are something which have been woven into the fabric of society, into our daily lives, our recreation and employment alike, our consumerism, our interaction with government agencies and next-door neighbors.
So unlike the dude standing in the "no smoking" section with a cigarette, this epidemic will require far more intestinal fortitude and introspection for us to ultimately confront as detrimental, and it will be far more difficult for us to extricate ourselves from its tentacles.
Lets start with taxing porn at 50%, on both ends. Anyone overweight? Slap them with a $7500 fine per pound over the limit, based solely on BMI because that is the only measure that congress can agree is general enough for all citizens. Jail everyone who even thinks about smoking. Alcohol? Well, well, prohibition 2.0, drink once, get sterilized.
You need to make a decision: are you going to continue building a livelihood off the suffering of your neighbors, and your family? Or are we going to do something about this, collectively?
Cluck cluck.
Because I would really hate it if I had to not use my phone to take pictures and do direction and listen to podcasts because some people spend too much time on Facebook.
And no acknowledgment about how many on here can't really give an unqualified opinion because of where their paychecks originate. I can, though, and here it is:
We've done this before, with cigarette companies, treating them with kid gloves and trying to avoid disrupting their business, and people kept getting sick and dying in droves until government finally acquiesced and committed to a full-court press. Laws making smoking inconvenient, and massive public service campaigns, and taxes, and more. You need to make a decision: are you going to continue building a livelihood off the suffering of your neighbors, and your family? Or are we going to do something about this, collectively?