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New Yorker’s ‘Social Media Is Killing Kids’ Article Waits 71 Paragraphs To Admit Evidence Doesn’t Support The Premise (www.techdirt.com)

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[+] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. My parents, teachers, ministers, police officers, etc were glad to blame Dungeons and Dragons for my major depression and suicidality in the 1980s, because none of them wanted to look at systemic social problems that are even worse today.

So if those kids are genuinely suicidal, that means the home is not a place where they feel safe. That implies parental dysfunction.

Remember we also were quick to blame vaccines for ASD because it was too hard on parents to suggest childhood upbringing factors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can tell you for a fact that if I were to unalive myself today my parents would blame it on social media, the school system being woke, queer people "confusing" me, vaccines, or whatever else

But they'd never look at themselves and think that maybe how they treated me as a child led to consequences that still heavily affect me today. Where their "parenting" led to mental health issues that I struggle with even still decently into my 20s

(And in case you're worried, no I won't kill myself, don't worry)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I'm in my fifties, still dealing with major depression and suicidality on a daily basis. I get it. I, too, am not a danger to myself or others, although I've sometimes held on only by a thread.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It strikes me as pretty low to hand wave away the grief of these real people

Grieving people are stupid people. Call it low if you want, but ignoring them is sound policy.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It strikes me as pretty ~~low~~ reasonable to hand wave away the ~~grief~~ anecdotes because they're not scientifically meaningful.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Common thing said but pretty stupid. Most scientific discoveries are grounded in figuring out anecdotal phenomenon. This is even more true for social sciences