I mean, people have been saying related things for years. Way before the smartphone (we're talking 80s and 90s), if I would go to the bathroom with a book my p

I mean, people have been saying related things for years. Way before the smartphone (we're talking 80s and 90s), if I would go to the bathroom with a book my parents would warn me (perhaps old wives tale, perhaps relatedly bad studies such as this?) that sitting on the toilet too long could give me hemorrhoids.