'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span
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They probably said this about disco and sliced bread too.
Sliced bread, that's it, grab your torches and forks!
Who eats sliced bread with a fork?
Pitchforks
It's weird to eat bread with pitchforks too
How do you eat your french toast?
Like Winnie the Pooh! With my bare hands slathered in honey!
And reading too.
Those weren't designed to be addicting the way platforms like TikTok are
Didn't read, sorry. Reddit brain made my brain work not so good.
Obligatory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edx9D2yaOGs
I dare you to watch this entire video
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I mean yeah we've known this for a while now but the phrasing makes it sound deliberately panic inducing
So would you say that is unjust, seeing the massive effects and repercussions of this on society as a whole? As a father of a young girl I'm very happy to see more attention on this by news media.
But as your father it's your responsibility to limit her screen time. TikTok brain isn't "coming for your kids" you're enabling it.
People act like taking away Internet is abuse and it's weird
"Everyone else has killed their attention span apart from me"
I say as I scroll past several posts without a through.
Hasn't it already?
You guys try talking to people online outside the Fediverse (and even here sometimes)? It's like Idiocracy is happening IRL.
If you're looking that good, you don't have to know anything.