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All due respect, smoke causes cancer, images don't cause mental health problems. If cigarettes weren't addictive they'd still be REALLY bad for you. The probl
by tj-teej 8y ago
All due respect, smoke causes cancer, images don't cause mental health problems.
If cigarettes weren't addictive they'd still be REALLY bad for you.
The problem with Facebook (or current Social Media) is that it IS addictive, and therefore bad, if it wasn't addictive it wouldn't necessarily be bad for you.
- GauntletWizard 8y agoI disagree. I think there are a large number of mental health problems that are directly attributable to images you see and words you read -most notably depression, but I think anorexia is the case study here. I don't think that the people who've contracted it through social media weren't already at risk, but the availability of models and pro-ana groups that encourage and enable such behavior has profound effect.
- wolco 8y agoTalk to child exploitation workers who have nervous breakdowns over the images they see. Images do cause mental health issues.
- tj-teej 8y agoThat’s completely true, I wasn’t clear in my first post, I meant images alone do not necessarily cause harm, whereas a cigarette does necessarily cause harm. You’re completely right that there are images which can cause harm
- bg4 8y ago> images don't cause mental health problems This is categorically false.
- artursapek 8y agoThe health problems caused by smoking can be easily visualized as a pair of black lungs. Social media is harmful in a more invisible way.
- collyw 8y agoHere is just one article. Have a google, there are plenty. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/19/popular-social-media-sites-harm-young-peoples-mental-health https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/19/popular-soci...