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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

its how you use it and not the tools problem unless its specifically made for doing an evil thing like the evilinator or somethin

being a neuroscientist doesn’t instantly make anyone right

Constantly telling my doctor this, whenever she provides me with medical advice on my splitting headaches and nose bleeds.

[–] Legend@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Constantly telling my doctor this, whenever she provides me with medical advice on my splitting headaches and nose bleeds.

You know thats not what I meant .

Okay, but hypothetically speaking, what if internet applications were designed to be addictive?

Hell, what if highly functional tools were deliberately degraded as a means of increasing monetized interactions?

The evilinator thing was a phineas and ferb reference .