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lm28469 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Australia proposes ban on social media for those u...

> It's crazy that all the things we considered the worst of dystopia in the 80's, thinking nobody would be stupid enough to do, and that those societies in SF books were only distant fictions, are things we are actively seeking now

8 years old doom scrolling tiktok is a dystopia we are experiencing right now, pick your flavor

Nasrudith 6 months ago | [–]

Goddamn, dystopia as a word has reached a new level of dilution.

tacocataco 6 months ago | [–]

I pick social media being regulated into becoming healthy for everyone so it doesn't have to be banned for teenagers.

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