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user-inactivated  ·  3828 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Friends Without Benefits

I hear you on all of this. The whole "teens addicted to social media" thing has always struck me as a "back in my day, blah blah blah" sort of thing.

Technology changes, and we adapt to those changes. Older generations will always feel like newer generations are going to end the world as they know it, that they're lazier and more reckless. I'm surprised people forget what it's like to be a kid. Feels like a lack of self-reflection.

Besides that, the whole article makes teens out as caricatures. The "anecdote as evidence/data" ploy doesn't do a very good job, in my opinion.





b_b  ·  3828 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I read the whole thing and there is literally zero data in it. That should make anyone skeptical, especially given that teen pregnancies (likely a decent proxy for teen sex, or at least unsafe sex) keep dropping.