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This is absurd, no it won't, just as people clutching newspapers don't look cringe now. https://i.redd.it/rgy54u9x37x71.jpg https://i.redd.it/rgy54u9x37x71.jpg
by LeoPanthera 2y ago
This is absurd, no it won't, just as people clutching newspapers don't look cringe now.
https://i.redd.it/rgy54u9x37x71.jpg https://i.redd.it/rgy54u9x37x71.jpg
- _heimdall 2y agoMobile phones and newspapers are very different. I think he GP was making the comparison based on both phones and cigarettes being addictive. What's the comparison with newspapers that makes one productive of the other?
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- karaterobot 2y agohttps://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/bVb_5f6XxD4UCVvVMSMQZRzrbUA=/1200x800/media/img/photo/2018/11/smartphones-are-everywhere/s01_RTS1EOPQ/original.jpg https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/bVb_5f6XxD4UCVvVMSMQZRzr... Tell me which one already looks dumber.
- picture 2y agoThis is AI generated which makes it more uncanny than it needs to be. But honestly, what's wrong with wanting to document something by taking picture or video? It's a natural thing that humans want to do, whether by writing it down or sketching picture. Digital photography and videography has now just become much more accessible due to lower cost and near ubiquity of high resolution imaging devices.
- karaterobot 2y agoAll true, but that wasn't what we were talking about. It's which looks dumber.
- II2II 2y agoAre you sure that picture of a man relaxing with a news paper while waiting for his wife to serve breakfast/dinner isn't cringe? I'm pretty sure the post was making a reference to the addictive properties of cigarettes and smartphones. Yet, either way, society's values change.