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Where do you see "screens" used in the pejorative?

by cush 1y ago

IshKebab 1y ago
On the linked page: > Discover simple, screen-free activities The implication that screens are bad is obvious to normal people. The evidence is less clear: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d0l40v551o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d0l40v551o
- cush 1y ago
  I don't think pejorative means what you think it means
  - IshKebab 1y ago
    You made me doubt myself so I looked it up: > expressing contempt or disapproval. Exactly what I thought. "Screen-free" is clearly implying disapproval of screen time. What do you think pejorative means?
    - cush 1y ago
      > "Screen-free" is clearly implying disapproval of screen time. This is entirely an assumption on your part. Just because parents are looking for screen-free activities doesn't mean they're anti-screen. They're two totally different things. Most parents want to balance screen time with screen-free time. This doesn't imply anything. When you see a gluten-free option on a menu, do you feel so attacked? While some people may be so gluten-free that they impose their preachy anti-bread beliefs on others, most folks don't and are either looking to avoid wheat or have an allergy.
      - IshKebab 1y ago
        > Just because parents are looking for screen-free activities doesn't mean they're anti-screen. The fact that they're highlighting the screen-free nature of these activities is what makes it perjorative. Otherwise they would just be "activities for kids". This sort of thing: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/kids-activities/ https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/kids-activities/ > When you see a gluten-free option on a menu, do you feel so attacked? No, because some people genuinely can't tolerate gluten. Putting "screen-free" in there serves zero purpose except to guilt people who let their kids watch videos occasionally into thinking they're doing something wrong. It's obviously not a good idea to let your kids watch TV all day. Nobody thinks that. But you don't need to feel guilty about letting them watch Saturday morning cartoons or whatever. That's my issue with this "screen-free" guilt trip.
- eddythompson80 1y ago
  > The late Steve Jobs famously didn't let his own children have iPads when they were young Is this from his biography or something? I haven't read it. But the iPad came out in 2010 and Jobs passed away in 2011. I'm not sure how the timeline works there.
  - jjulius 1y ago
    This claim has been passed around for years and comes from an article in 2011. >“So, your kids must love the iPad?” I asked Mr. Jobs, trying to change the subject. The company’s first tablet was just hitting the shelves. “They haven’t used it,” he told me. “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” https://archive.is/u3bbA https://archive.is/u3bbA
    - eddythompson80 1y ago
      Thanks! It makes a lot more sense in context.

Where do you see "screens" used in the pejorative?

by cush 1y ago

Where do you see "screens" used in the pejorative?

On the linked page: > Discover simple, screen-free activities The implication that screens are bad is obvious to normal people. The evidence is less clear: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d0l40v551o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d0l40v551o

cush 1y ago
I don't think pejorative means what you think it means
- IshKebab 1y ago
  You made me doubt myself so I looked it up: > expressing contempt or disapproval. Exactly what I thought. "Screen-free" is clearly implying disapproval of screen time. What do you think pejorative means?
  - cush 1y ago
    > "Screen-free" is clearly implying disapproval of screen time. This is entirely an assumption on your part. Just because parents are looking for screen-free activities doesn't mean they're anti-screen. They're two totally different things. Most parents want to balance screen time with screen-free time. This doesn't imply anything. When you see a gluten-free option on a menu, do you feel so attacked? While some people may be so gluten-free that they impose their preachy anti-bread beliefs on others, most folks don't and are either looking to avoid wheat or have an allergy.
    - IshKebab 1y ago
      > Just because parents are looking for screen-free activities doesn't mean they're anti-screen. The fact that they're highlighting the screen-free nature of these activities is what makes it perjorative. Otherwise they would just be "activities for kids". This sort of thing: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/kids-activities/ https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/kids-activities/ > When you see a gluten-free option on a menu, do you feel so attacked? No, because some people genuinely can't tolerate gluten. Putting "screen-free" in there serves zero purpose except to guilt people who let their kids watch videos occasionally into thinking they're doing something wrong. It's obviously not a good idea to let your kids watch TV all day. Nobody thinks that. But you don't need to feel guilty about letting them watch Saturday morning cartoons or whatever. That's my issue with this "screen-free" guilt trip.
eddythompson80 1y ago
> The late Steve Jobs famously didn't let his own children have iPads when they were young Is this from his biography or something? I haven't read it. But the iPad came out in 2010 and Jobs passed away in 2011. I'm not sure how the timeline works there.
- jjulius 1y ago
  This claim has been passed around for years and comes from an article in 2011. >“So, your kids must love the iPad?” I asked Mr. Jobs, trying to change the subject. The company’s first tablet was just hitting the shelves. “They haven’t used it,” he told me. “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” https://archive.is/u3bbA https://archive.is/u3bbA
  - eddythompson80 1y ago
    Thanks! It makes a lot more sense in context.