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rorosaurus on May 23, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: I wish mum's phone was never invented

"It's okay, because it happened in the past, too." is such a weak argument in my opinion. We should strive to present our best regardless of the past.

History repeats itself, so take note and compensate accordingly.

patorjk on May 23, 2018 [–]

I am not making the argument that the behavior is ok. I'm showing that people in the past have complained about similar behaviors and stating that blaming the technology is probably not the right idea.

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