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monstermoviedean · 2 months ago

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hey do you think next time i'm stuck in another pearl-clutching hysteria fest about how cell phones are ruining The Children i should tell them cell phone bans are the technological equivalent of abstinence-only sex education

#i just remembered my work meeting schedule tomorrow 🙃#i think i'm like the third-lowest-ranked employee of the 10-30 who will be in the meeting where this will happen #and it will include my boss and her boss #good idea? probably not. a cathartic conversation grenade? oh yes #i could also talk about how 'screen addiction' is not common and by comparing tech use to substance use we are undermining the seriousness #of substance use disorders and we should stop that #the proposed equivalency also suggests that substance use disorders can just be solved as if they don't have long-term impacts #and 'mental health' always comes up (I put it in quotes because the people who say phones cause mental illness are wrong)#a lot of people are going to be really surprised when you take away phones and legitimate mental illnesses with biological and genetic and #environmental roots don't suddenly magically just become cured #reducing screen time can be good for your mental health! for sure! i'm trying to do it!#but there's a difference between 'touching grass is good for you' and 'your phone is making you mentally ill'#and people really don't like to hear that #not that any of them actually know what mental illness is

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