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Is it? You can see the actual harm caused by web sites.

Doomscrolling in all age groups. Going to bed very late at night.

Girls having body dysmorphia cause of instagram.

Young men having porn addition and having no ambition to interact with real women




None of these sound like they are a very big problem compared to many alternative things people do. People talk about social media as though it's lead paint.

I particularly liked that one Facebook study that is usually taken out of context.


The latter is the scariest but the least binded to a social media (except of underground ones which will never have age verification anyway).


> young men having porn addition and having no ambition to interact with real women

this made me lol so much. porn addition is not the cause, but the consequence.

do you have any idea how hard it is for males to find a willing mate nowadays? most females have men fighting over them, while most men must always do the fighting to get even one low-quality female in their entire life.


I wish you could see your comment as most people see it.

When you refer to "males" and "females", and especially use terms like "low-quality female" you sound absolutely unhinged.


or realistic maybe? people are too keen to forget that we share 98.8% DNA with chimps...




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