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I'm all in for suing the shit out of faceplant, goggle and twerk tick... But I have to say, they're basiacally just exploiting an existing weakness. The moder
by johnea 3y ago
I'm all in for suing the shit out of faceplant, goggle and twerk tick...
But I have to say, they're basiacally just exploiting an existing weakness.
The modern youth mental health "crisis" is fundamentally caused by a willingness to believe that an instagram avitar is "real life".
Being lost in an electronicly hosted make believe land is really the root cause of the giant increase in "mental health" issues.
Why do people do it? Simple: monkey brain...
That is, especially for adolescents, people want to do what's "popular".
This is why people who give up on popularity are less affected.
But of course, every manic mellennial on ritalin is going to flame me now. Becaseu OBVIOUSLY thinking that your player in fortnight is the "real" you couldn't possibly lead to psychosis...
- fullshark 3y agoHumans are weak, that's one of the reasons we have laws and torts.
- hn_version_0023 3y ago> The modern youth mental health "crisis" is fundamentally caused by a willingness to believe that an instagram avitar is "real life". I'm not familiar with this argument, as I've never heard it. Could you provide some examples or a study or similar showing this is widespread?
- yowlingcat 3y agoI think GP is referencing the substitution effect in media [1], albeit incompletely; it's hard to discuss the ways in which social media may be "purchased" with attention in substitution to real life interaction without having a broader conversation about conventional media. I also think it's not so easy to discuss what a true control is -- how often are people aware of the fact they are consuming a fantasy, and at what point does the line between reality and fantasy blur? Are we really so sure that the youth cannot distinguish between someone's online persona and real life persona and which parts are scripted? [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B978044463685000019X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B97804...
- yamazakiwi 3y agoAre you ok? I'm genuinely asking.