UraniumBlazer

Instant gratification from unknown sources under the direction of a 9 year old is a serious problem and people like you who pretend its not are probably part of the generation damaged most by it.

Eh, I have to agree begrudgingly. I remember having this discussion with someone I know about mental health post smartphones. We came across a few studies tracking mental health of adolescents for the past few decades. To compensate for lack of data (due to lack of mental health awareness, yadayadayada), they tried to inductively predict this missing data using various factors. The interesting part however was the increase in mental health issues in the early 2010s. Now of course, while their data might be quite error prone, I think it makes sense logically.

1. More exposure to fked up world events (like Gaza, Ukraine, lack of climate action and so on) leads to one being depressed of course.
2. In my experience, faceless trolls are much worse than in person bullies.

So yeah, I do agree with you. The situation is not black and white. Unfortunately, the uncool boomers (sorry for the lame term,-I use it to not generalize all boomers) do not see it that way. Banning smartphones in schools is one of the stupidest things to do. Uncool boomers purely blame smartphones, and almost always engage dialog in bad faith. It's mudslinging basically.

Now, if I present a nuanced opinion here, it won't be considered at all. Essentially similar to the "leftist long paragraph" meme. Therefore, to combat this, mudslinging back is most effective. At least it drives home some idea (in this case, the idea of walkable city design). Is this bad faith? Yea, unfortunately. But does it make sense to try to have a good faith dialog with someone who doesn't want to have one?

Have you actually met trans people? Have you talked to them about their childhoods?

Uncool boomers be like: "It's the damn phones", when they've created cities where 2+ tons of metal can freely roam around wherever they like. They've created cities where kids cannot go anywhere on their own without being run over by these said metal beasts.

But ofc uncle Kevin, "It's dem damn phones. Can you at least look at me instead of scrolling through Facebook when I'm talking to you?"

Lollll now that's one way to put it!

Acshually, your heart is a muscle that pumps blood throughout your body. It's not a criminal on the run, nor does it have a driver's license or any outstanding warrants. Therefore, it cannot be "arrested".

I mean, come on, do I really need to spell it out for you? How did you manage to make it through life without figuring this out already? Maybe next time you'll think twice before saying something so dumb. /s

Yea, but it's severely under polished

It does, but it's in a very malicious fashion. You need to activate something called "Secret Chat" for a given chat conversation. Only then is it E2EE. Otherwise, it's unencrypted like discord n stuff.

Awh fren indeed

Get it? F-16?

Donald, Joseph, Lebron

Awww cute birdies

Awwww belly rubs?