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You're going to drop a bombshell like "social media is as bad as alcohol and cigarettes, we need to ban it" and not provide any evidence? There are a lot of st
by heavyset_go 7mo ago
You're going to drop a bombshell like "social media is as bad as alcohol and cigarettes, we need to ban it" and not provide any evidence?
There are a lot of strong feelings around social media, and I'm no fan, but I'm not going to walk head first into a moral panic, or participate in witch hunt, without knowing the facts.
In the end, ad hominem arguments don't affect the validity of evidence. I was hoping to have an interesting discussion, but I see that if you aren't politically correct on this topic, evidence will be outright dismissed and the messenger shot for delivering it.
- dgxyz 7mo agoI think you went off the rails a bit there. Also hyper focused on a small part of the comment rather than the general issue which is somewhat unfair. The point was simply things which are costly to society should be taxed. I am not comparing each thing to each other.
- heavyset_go 7mo agoSorry, I meant my original reply to be to this, not your post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514116 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514116
- dzhiurgis 7mo agoIt doesn't need a multiple research papers to figure out social media is a complete cesspool tho.