I suggest watching the video, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QkC1aK7jfLo but the article has an OK summary.

Also a Mastodon shout-out in the video.

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[–] 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I do those things... and social media/phone users tell me I'm an asshole for not being addicted to my phone.

It's socially isolating for a lot of people if they aren't doing what everyone else is doing and aren't following social media trends that most people are freaking out about.

I've had to socially isolate myself a lot more the last few years because it's so intensely pervasive. Like I meet people, they ask me what my social media handle is, and they get ANGRY when I say I don't use it. And even ANGRIER when they ask me what I spend all my time doing and I say I read paper books, watch films from the library, etc. and they tell me that makes me anti social and a pretentious douchebag.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    That's rough man. Wise woman once told me tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are, probably just as well to loose some of that crowd. Probably the same folk that before phones would be regulars at the same bar 7 days a week, and only befriended bar mates.

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