Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM to Humanities & Cultures@beehaw.org · 10 months agoThe costs of a phone-based childhood (gifted link)www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up116
arrow-up116external-linkThe costs of a phone-based childhood (gifted link)www.theatlantic.comGaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM to Humanities & Cultures@beehaw.org · 10 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareFIash Mob #5678@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoWatching what social media has done to our culture over the last 20 years has made me very glad I grew up without, and even more glad that I’m constitutionally able to delete my FB, Twitter and Reddit accounts and never touched TikTok.
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoI was a horribly depressed youth for a variety of reasons. I can’t imagine how I’d have turned out if social media had existed when I was growing up.
Watching what social media has done to our culture over the last 20 years has made me very glad I grew up without, and even more glad that I’m constitutionally able to delete my FB, Twitter and Reddit accounts and never touched TikTok.
I was a horribly depressed youth for a variety of reasons. I can’t imagine how I’d have turned out if social media had existed when I was growing up.