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Kids don't need more tech, they need less of it (and FWIW, most adults, too). There was a "looking back" piece of WGN-TV last week about a 10-year-old and a 14
by reaperducer 2y ago
Kids don't need more tech, they need less of it (and FWIW, most adults, too).
There was a "looking back" piece of WGN-TV last week about a 10-year-old and a 14-year-old who rode their horses from Missouri to New York City to meet Roosevelt. Alone. All they had with them was canteens, and a map.
Then they bought a car with the money they raised along the way, and drove home to Missouri. Alone.
Today you can't get an adult to sit on a chair for 30 minutes without them using a phone, a water bottle, or both as a pacifier.
- qwerpy 2y ago> using a phone, a water bottle, or both as a pacifier I slowly put my phone down in shame after reading this. But I really love this sentence because of how true it is. Why is it always a phone and a water bottle?
- spondylosaurus 2y agoWell, it sounds like those kids on their horses had canteens too...
- vundercind 2y agoAll those recommendations about whatever crazy-high amount of water you’re supposed to have in a day. If you want to even get close, it’s either a few chug-sessions per day, or else carrying water to sip constantly. … also, it probably helps replace cigarettes as an oral fixation, which is what everyone used to use.
- SoftTalker 2y agoYou don't actually need that much water if you are sitting in an air-conditioned office.
- Nasrudith 2y agoDry-mouth is a very common side effect for medications and it can even stick around after you stop taking the medications. It may be a personal bias due to medication use but I think it is 'need vs want' at that point. You may not suffer dehydration with dry mouth but it is uncomfortable.
- vundercind 2y agoI know that, but it’s by far the most common reason I hear for folks who carry water bottles everywhere, including office workers: they’re trying to get close to some very-high daily water intake recommendation.
- kelnos 2y agoTo be fair, it's probably a good thing that people are hydrating. But spot on with the rest of the stuff. And the stereotypical image of an adult sitting, buried in their phone, absently sipping from a water bottle is just too funny.