It’s not about the screen, it’s about the content.
Every new technology has detractors saying it’s going to ruin the children. Books were bad, then radio, then TV, then phones. The medium isn’t the issue. There is an issue with the short form content that is predominantly watched on phones though, but it isn’t the fault of the phone.
Yes I am kind of joking. The problem is, we have seen over time, books aren’t evil or bad (sounds like religious nutjubbery to me there) however we have found how bad these devices are because they are constantly dinging and giving you dopamine highs. Tell me this; will a toddler be more likely addicted to a book, or a shiny flashy iPad (that can later be leveraged by corporations into an addiction to fortnight crates/loot box shit). So in that way, yes, the screens are bad. Now I use my phone often times for reading, but you know what 99% of the population is using it for ? Mindless 6 second tik tok brainrot. Its definitely not a good thing.
Yeah, like I said, it’s the content that’s bad. You could have a phone without any of these issues. Mine mostly doesn’t, because I don’t use any of these media services or social media, besides Lemmy if you count that.
Yeah. I was just saying I dont think we can compare it to things people previously freaked out about because scientific studies are showing that it actually is hurting our brains, and the development of kids brains. And you can see it in day to day; no one has patience any more. My friends wont watch a dvd of a movie they have because its too much effort to get up and put the disc in. If something isn’t instantaneously gratifying they drop it like a rock.
Now of course if timmy watched 12 hours of Ren and stimpy back in the day I imagine that may have a similar negative effect. But the difference is the tv wasn’t portable and attached at the hip like it is now.
Yeah, back in uni I used to do one with my friends at least once a year. We’d get about 10 people crammed into a room with a monitor, bring an unhealthy amount of snacks, plan to start at 9am, have tech issues till 11 or 12, and then watch until midnight or 1am with a break for pizza in the evening. It was great.
A marathon of the extended editions is exactly what they need. Phone locked away during viewing.
The fact that we’ve gotten to the point where looking at little screen is bad so we need to lock it up to stare at big screen, is depressing.
And I love movies, but the thought of that as a society is depressing.
But, it’s all good FreeVee isn’t it?
It’s not about the screen, it’s about the content.
Every new technology has detractors saying it’s going to ruin the children. Books were bad, then radio, then TV, then phones. The medium isn’t the issue. There is an issue with the short form content that is predominantly watched on phones though, but it isn’t the fault of the phone.
No. No its the algorithms.
Short form content is probably not too terrible.
It’s the algorithms trying to sloppify us.
We’re not using the heroin for surgery or fun, we’re using it to chain workers so they ho through withdrawl if they try to run away.
Yes I am kind of joking. The problem is, we have seen over time, books aren’t evil or bad (sounds like religious nutjubbery to me there) however we have found how bad these devices are because they are constantly dinging and giving you dopamine highs. Tell me this; will a toddler be more likely addicted to a book, or a shiny flashy iPad (that can later be leveraged by corporations into an addiction to fortnight crates/loot box shit). So in that way, yes, the screens are bad. Now I use my phone often times for reading, but you know what 99% of the population is using it for ? Mindless 6 second tik tok brainrot. Its definitely not a good thing.
Yeah, like I said, it’s the content that’s bad. You could have a phone without any of these issues. Mine mostly doesn’t, because I don’t use any of these media services or social media, besides Lemmy if you count that.
Yeah. I was just saying I dont think we can compare it to things people previously freaked out about because scientific studies are showing that it actually is hurting our brains, and the development of kids brains. And you can see it in day to day; no one has patience any more. My friends wont watch a dvd of a movie they have because its too much effort to get up and put the disc in. If something isn’t instantaneously gratifying they drop it like a rock.
Now of course if timmy watched 12 hours of Ren and stimpy back in the day I imagine that may have a similar negative effect. But the difference is the tv wasn’t portable and attached at the hip like it is now.
Yes! Lock the phone! Such a pet peeve
I own exactly one Blu-ray set, and got my Xbox series X because it plays blu-rays.
For the extended edition directors cut of lotr. 12 hours of goodness.
Did this with my 16yo a couple months back. She was sick last week and marathoned them again on her own.
I was so proud
It’s honestly one of my favourite marathons to do on a cold winter weekend, excited for my annual viewing :)
Yeah, back in uni I used to do one with my friends at least once a year. We’d get about 10 people crammed into a room with a monitor, bring an unhealthy amount of snacks, plan to start at 9am, have tech issues till 11 or 12, and then watch until midnight or 1am with a break for pizza in the evening. It was great.
That does sound great, may be time for a sleepover viewing with the friends methinks, with some pipe weed
You should be!