On: Why some researchers think I’m wrong about social media and mental illness

[reaperducer]

look at a picture of folks on public transport from before phones. note that _everyone_ is reading a newspaper or magazine.

I know the image you have in your mind. I've seen it, too.

What you actually mean is "I saw this one picture on social media of a bunch of people on a train all reading newspapers at the same time because war just broke out."

Using that as a logical crutch for social media addiction is like the alcoholic saying "everybody does it."

[Gordonjcp → reaperducer]

I grew up in the 1980s. Everyone sat and read a newspaper or a book on the bus or the train back then.