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Re:Modern Luddites: On Being a Digital Minimalist Family in ... by Workaccount2 on Thursday July 18, 2024 @09:51AM (#40995579)
I was talking to my friend about this the other day. How you can watch video shorts for an hour and come away with no new knowledge at all. Nothing sticks.

It's like shorts are a brain glitch where you can artificially quench your desire to do stuff with empty filler.

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Re:Modern Luddites: On Being a Digital Minimalist Family in ... by s1artibartfast on Thursday July 18, 2024 @11:31AM (#40996544)
This is often my experience reading the comment section on Reddit or HN.

a lot of hot takes, stimulating social disputes, interesting logical constructions, but it is all gone within 5 minutes of getting up.

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Re:Modern Luddites: On Being a Digital Minimalist Family in ... by roland35 on Thursday July 18, 2024 @11:50AM (#40996840)
They're like pop tarts! I can eat those all day and still be hungry
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