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People are going to be blaming TikTok, social media, or whatever else for this, but it's important to note that this is not a new phenomenon at all. Tuberculosi
by alexb_ 4y ago
People are going to be blaming TikTok, social media, or whatever else for this, but it's important to note that this is not a new phenomenon at all. Tuberculosis was fashionable during the Victorian era and shaped a lot of our modern beauty standards today[0]. Is social media really to blame, or is a desire to be different just a part of being human?
[0]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-tuberculosis-shaped-victorian-fashion-180959029/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-tuberculos...
- bufferoverflow 4y agoYou can blame social media for bringing it to a psychotic scale.
- thrown_22 4y agoYou can also blame the fact kids aren't working 16 hour days any more. Just because you can't doesn't mean you're right.
- ID1452319 4y agoExactly. Here is a story from 2010 where a storyline about a character's bi polar on a popular UK soap saw a doubling in the number of young people seeking help. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-10004491 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-10004491