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Reminds me of "WebMD caused a spike in cancer" stories; anyone remember those?

morley 4y ago
And video games cause violence, and DnD leads to Satanism, and TV rots brains, and movies lead to illiteracy, and books lead to dangerous thought.
- ominous 4y ago
  > video games cause violence They don't. Nothing harmful can come out of reading a book. > DnD leads to Satanism It can't, ever. No subculture can wander so close to satanism that would lead their elements to coopt it. > TV rots brains It doesn't. There's no way of consuming TV that has a negative impact on people. > movies lead to illiteracy They don't. Having the choice of a movie never prevented anyone from having to practice spending time learning to consume literature. > books lead to dangerous thought They don't. Nothing dangerous can be transmited in print. Well done, everything is harmless.
  - 2000UltraDeluxe 4y ago
    I suspect the gp had an implied "/s" and was referring to things like the infamous Chick tracts and so on.
    - AlexandrB 4y ago
      Pretty sure the parent was being sarcastic in response, given obviously false statements like: > Well done, everything is harmless.
      - 2000UltraDeluxe 4y ago
        D'oh!
  - dghughes 4y ago
    Isn't the inability to detect sarcasm known to be an early sign of dementia?
    - z9znz 4y ago
      My money is that the reply was itself sarcasm.
      - dghughes 4y ago
        As was mine.
  - booleandilemma 4y ago
    And HN usage leads to the inability to recognize sarcasm. Google it, it's true.
    - MichaelCollins 4y ago
      Sarcasm in response to sarcasm is evidently twice as easy to miss.
  - z9znz 4y ago
    [flagged]
    - z9znz 4y ago
      Downvoted with no replies... does that mean "it's true but I don't like to read it", or does it mean "it creates a cognitive dissonance that I can't deal with, and I don't know how to respond... so I downvote and hope it goes away"? This is HN. Step up and disagree with words, assuming your brain has not turned completely to 4th grade mush.
- yathaid 4y ago
  What you are saying is a false root cause, i.e. "TikTok causes rare mental disorders". Which is not what OP is saying.
- matt321 4y ago
  TV, Videogames, and moviesactually dorot brains since normally people would otherwise be picking up new skills to make themselves more able.
draw_down 4y ago
powerhour 4y ago
Yeah, but this time China is involved, so we must take it seriously, I guess.
ralusek 4y ago
Normalcy bias.

And video games cause violence, and DnD leads to Satanism, and TV rots brains, and movies lead to illiteracy, and books lead to dangerous thought.

ominous 4y ago
> video games cause violence They don't. Nothing harmful can come out of reading a book. > DnD leads to Satanism It can't, ever. No subculture can wander so close to satanism that would lead their elements to coopt it. > TV rots brains It doesn't. There's no way of consuming TV that has a negative impact on people. > movies lead to illiteracy They don't. Having the choice of a movie never prevented anyone from having to practice spending time learning to consume literature. > books lead to dangerous thought They don't. Nothing dangerous can be transmited in print. Well done, everything is harmless.
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y ago
  I suspect the gp had an implied "/s" and was referring to things like the infamous Chick tracts and so on.
  - AlexandrB 4y ago
    Pretty sure the parent was being sarcastic in response, given obviously false statements like: > Well done, everything is harmless.
    - 2000UltraDeluxe 4y ago
      D'oh!
- dghughes 4y ago
  Isn't the inability to detect sarcasm known to be an early sign of dementia?
  - z9znz 4y ago
    My money is that the reply was itself sarcasm.
    - dghughes 4y ago
      As was mine.
- booleandilemma 4y ago
  And HN usage leads to the inability to recognize sarcasm. Google it, it's true.
  - MichaelCollins 4y ago
    Sarcasm in response to sarcasm is evidently twice as easy to miss.
- z9znz 4y ago
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  - z9znz 4y ago
    Downvoted with no replies... does that mean "it's true but I don't like to read it", or does it mean "it creates a cognitive dissonance that I can't deal with, and I don't know how to respond... so I downvote and hope it goes away"? This is HN. Step up and disagree with words, assuming your brain has not turned completely to 4th grade mush.
yathaid 4y ago
What you are saying is a false root cause, i.e. "TikTok causes rare mental disorders". Which is not what OP is saying.
matt321 4y ago
TV, Videogames, and moviesactually dorot brains since normally people would otherwise be picking up new skills to make themselves more able.

draw_down 4y ago

powerhour 4y ago

Yeah, but this time China is involved, so we must take it seriously, I guess.

ralusek 4y ago

Normalcy bias.