Re:TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale
by 7thaccount on Thursday April 17, 2025 @12:34PM
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A movie requires following a plot line for a sustained amount of time (like 1.25 hours). YouTube shorts are like 30 second dopamine hits that make a movie seem like a chore. Think about that. What we used to do for fun is considered by some to be exhausting now.
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Re:TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale
by Symbiote on Thursday April 17, 2025 @01:10PM
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I was really shocked last week when I met two women in their early 20s in a bar. Someone mentioned The Lord of the Rings. I said I'd read it.
They were shocked! They were asking about the film.
And I was probably more shocked when they said they don't read books because they don't have the patience. One said she once read a whole book and it was really good, but hasn't don't so since.