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Except no one has been able to establish any kind of causation. The observation is real but the explanation is dubious. If you consider sex, drugs, and alcohol
by Spivak 2y ago
Except no one has been able
to establish any kind of causation. The observation is real but the explanation is dubious.
If you consider sex, drugs, and alcohol to be forms of "stuff to do" then it sorta sounds plausible but why driver's licenses? Why not sports or extracurriculars? Why not video games? Why are tabletop rpg getting more popular?
You could just as easily blame ubiquitous access to porn for most of this as well and it would be just as plausible.
- candiddevmike 2y agoTikTok brain rot. Streamers. Influencers. Teens are living their lives vicariously through other people. Capitalism has finally created the perfect consumption slave. They buy what they're told to buy via peer pressure feedback loops and stay at home contended with their entertainment bubble.
- MisterBastahrd 2y agoPeople complaining they don't have money for groceries with their collection of different colored $40 stainless steel mugs in the background.
- spiffytech 2y ago> but why driver's licenses? Anecdotally from my social circles: youth already hang out online, with any or all of their friends at the same time. Why go somewhere just to see fewer people? And once you're there, are you going to do something besides chat and play games, which works fine online? Older generations saw a driver's license as freedom, but younger generations don't see as much appeal in what a licensed driver is free to do.
- mock-possum 2y agoWell - in the case of porn, that’d be putting the cart before the horse.