Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoEvery generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?message-squaremessage-square556fedilinkarrow-up1684arrow-down118
arrow-up1666arrow-down1message-squareEvery generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square556fedilink
minus-squarePrefix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoAgreed. Feels weird how normalied addictive social media behavior has become.
minus-squareandrew@lemmy.stuart.funlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI think it’s because we’re social, we find it more normal to do parasocial activities than some other addictive behaviors which are often antisocial. But the reality is parasocial is just 3x antisocial in a trench coat.
minus-squareRubanski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAlso how impossible the thought of a social media free future already is
Agreed. Feels weird how normalied addictive social media behavior has become.
I think it’s because we’re social, we find it more normal to do parasocial activities than some other addictive behaviors which are often antisocial. But the reality is parasocial is just 3x antisocial in a trench coat.
Also how impossible the thought of a social media free future already is