Re:How we lost communication to entertainment
by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 on Saturday December 27, 2025 @10:07PM
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<< Getting on a high horse and lecturing other people on social media isn’t going to do anything.
I disagree. Ostracism and generic shaming may be necessary. My kid is barely 4 and his cousin's already were fielding cellphones during our family gathering. There are times high horse riding is absolutely necessary.
Re:How we lost communication to entertainment
by __MatrixMan__ on Saturday December 27, 2025 @11:36PM
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Necessary maybe, but insufficient. Shame other plebs all you like, the predatory tech isn't going away until we start ruining rich people over it.
Re:How we lost communication to entertainment
by Aurornis on Sunday December 28, 2025 @10:07AM
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Saying something in a social setting when someone is behaving inappropriately for that social setting is reasonable.
Pulling out your cell phone to post your own angry rants about how your cousins were using social media is just pointless grandstanding.
Re:How we lost communication to entertainment
by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 on Sunday December 28, 2025 @12:34PM
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I honestly disagree. I would like to think I planted some seeds today.
Did you miss the trend in the 2010s of announcing you were quitting social media? This was already a thing. All it did was annoy people. Also 90% of the people I know who did it are back on social media.
If you want to use social media less, just use social media less. Hang out with other people who socialize instead of burying their face in their phone. Getting on a high horse and lecturing other people on social media isn’t going to do anything.