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YeahYal Mixtapes's avatar

You talk about destroying devices as if that were a rational solution. I’m not muddling anything—and protecting oneself from endemic technologies is not always as simple as opting out.

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YeahYal Mixtapes's avatar

Assuming that the only reason I disagree with your flawed logic is because I have a social media problem, is not only incorrect it’s obtuse. Eliminating smartphones for those who you feel lack the fortitude to resist SM’s ills still doesn’t address the ubiquity of it’s influence and it’s naive of you to believe that you are invulnerable simply because you don’t log in. Social media is responsible for shaping elections, invoking financial collapses, and triggering mental health emergencies all of which affect those who also choose to opt out. These tools are here to stay, but their detrimental impact on society will change as we find new ways to use them differently and learn to create better protections. I do take issue with your earlier attack on an internet stranger simply because she self-identified herself as being susceptible to a known and designed feature of social media. To believe that simply removing (or destroying) the screen addresses anything is thick.

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Roseanne T. Sullivan's avatar

Preach on, oh god among men.

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Roseanne T. Sullivan's avatar

I understand you are trying to offer suggestions. And maybe that's what is needed in this discussion. I guess I thought if suggestions were offered, they wouldn't be couched in what seems to be arrogance and condescension. Maybe less goading and more sensitivity?

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