Now you’re trying to hard

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

what that daily average do

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Anonymous OP 15w

Oh damn the delete and reword. I reaffirm my last comment but a little harder this time.

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

i reworded with respect to the actual details reported by my screen time, which highlights average daily over total weekly. misremembered in the first draft

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Anonymous OP 15w

What problems do you think people blame on their parents that overlap with technology addiction? Because when I think of shit I blame on my parents, I think of like, attachment issues. And like, my dad killing my pets. When I think of my phone overuse, I think of like, insomnia? Lmao?

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

Funny you’re against op deleting and rewording……you could learn a thing or two from them

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Anonymous #2 15w

Totally not stalking tho

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

You’re gonna shit bricks when you realize I’m not #1 from the other post

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Anonymous #2 15w

It doesn’t really matter

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

Don’t quote Queen to me

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

mental health

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Anonymous OP 15w

Mental health is a massive grouping though. What aspects specifically do you think are being misattributed

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Anonymous OP 15w

Kinda broad, no? Mental health isn’t, like, a meter that goes up and down. It’s a way to conceptualize a bunch of smaller, broken up concepts under umbrella. My mental health is both affected negatively by my bad relationships, and also my phone use. But it’s a different kind of problem that causes different issues.

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Anonymous #2 15w

if the people this was in response to were more precise maybe i could say more but without a formal diagnosis i would say probably things broadly associated with generalized anxiety and depression

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Anonymous OP 15w

Fair assessment I suppose

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Anonymous #2 15w

also probably a fair amount of nonspecific bad feelings that others categorize as their mental health

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Anonymous OP 15w

Why would they be precise with you? What do you need to know about their lives?

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Anonymous OP 15w

Like, why is it their responsibility to tell you their problems so you don’t assume something stupid?

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

Shocking you’re against precision online

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

i am not sure what you actually want out of this interaction

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Anonymous OP 15w

A distraction from getting flamed on his other posts if I had to guess

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Anonymous OP 15w

Understanding. Minor conflict. Debate.

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Anonymous OP 15w

Argument basically. But like an earnest one. And an easy one. With someone who believes something easily disproven. Because I’m really baked.

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Anonymous OP 15w

No offense. I did truly believe this post was a joke tho. So, like. Yk. Still do. It doesn’t really matter if you’re being earnest as long as I’m having fun. But I hope you are :>

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

all i’m saying is a fair amount of the malaise experienced by gen z is attributable to spending 9 hours a day scrolling through dogshit content designed to make you really mad or really excited for 7 seconds at a time

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Anonymous OP 15w

Right but if someone says their parents caused their anxiety or depression why would you assume they’re lying? Or, I guess confused? It just seems like a big leap, and maybe a negative perspective? But then again it’s one I occasionally share when I see an annoying teenager or something. It’s just I don’t feel it’s broadly true? If that makes sense?

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Anonymous OP 15w

that was a good ass statement tho. Pointing out the bipolar nature of modern content was a good little argument nugget. I had to mull over how to reply.

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

i just don’t think you really have a core position you are arguing from, which is why the various considerations you are are raising are contradictory, and which makes actual debate impossible. also useless bc online arguments are never about rationality anyway. they are about the performance of rationality to assuage some deeper emotional yearning. so again, what are you seeking? i believe minor conflict is probably the truest answer you’ve given

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Anonymous OP 15w

Oh shit did I contradict myself?

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Anonymous OP 15w

When

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Anonymous OP 15w

I think “an argument” was pretty fuckin transparent.

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Anonymous OP 15w

Oh wait I didn’t read the whole paragraph. Ugh. Are you trying to armchair psychology me? Dude. I’m here to argue. That’s why I’m here in general. Obviously. There’s no deeper yearning, I’m actually happier now in my life than I’ve ever been. Lots of new friends and new opportunities recently. I’ve just always been like this. And, like, enjoyed arguing. It doesn’t mean my position is disingenuous or fluid. (Unless you actually caught me contradicting myself which would be wild)

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

you first said “kinda broad” as if that was a limitation and then when i responded that i don’t have precise information about things people never say you responded as though i expected them to give me that information. i dont. yall asked for more information, not me. all i’m saying is the technologies that media social life and information consumption have a big impact on how we all feel about ourselves, so the amount of blame i see people place on their parents is myopic and reductive

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Anonymous OP 15w

Do you think by saying “kind of broad” I was saying that nobody should ever be allowed to be vague about anything, including personal medical history?

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Anonymous OP 15w

Also. Thank you for bringing that back up. “What issues do you think overlap between smartphone overuse and parental abuse” “Mental health” Fucking. Hilarious.

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

you enjoy arguing. that is exactly what i am saying by a deeper emotional need. argument is not about persuasion or changing minds. the internet gamifies conflict for fun. think about how this might be connected to my original point. certainly some people experience poor mental health while at the same time spending hours a day arguing with strangers on the internet about things that they have no stake in. not saying it’s you, but it has been me

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Anonymous OP 15w

I really wanna get at this more, man. I feel like I asked you a question and you dodged it. I think that’s why I’m so focused on it.

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Anonymous OP 15w

You don’t need to know what mental health issues any given person has to know what overlap would exist between the two issues.

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

I’m more concerned the only mental health concern you have with addiction pattern social media use is insomnia

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Anonymous OP 15w

I also think there’s a really easy answer that would shut me down. And I wanna see if you find it. Or if you find another one. I mean it’s not like there aren’t more than one. I just see one response you could make that I would struggle with.

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

Not *easy*. I don’t wanna come off like I’m trying to make you feel stupid. But like, deceptively simple.

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 15w

i don’t want to shut you down???? i answered your question with the most immediate thing that prompted this post

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Anonymous OP 15w

Boo

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Anonymous #3 15w

Daily screen time average of 3h 55min

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