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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by watwut on Saturday August 02, 2025 @09:23AM (#44767407)
I mean, even in my younger years going to a bar or club was not an everyday activity. People watched TV most of the evenings. Or read junk books, which was popular before TV came along.

> I’ve been wondering recently what impact banning social media would have on birth rates. I’m confident it would be positive but I’m not sure on what magnitude.

People can and do use anticonception. They do not have kids just randomly out of bored stranger encounter anymore.

Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by JKCalhoun on Saturday August 02, 2025 @10:40AM (#44767981)
Agree. TV fucked us up. The internet has only piled on.