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[–] Woht24@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every generation has said stop X it'll rot your brains.

Like you said, it was books at first, children told to go outside, then book readers centuries later told their children to stop watching TV and read a book. Now video games are the latest

[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Woht24@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The other day I heard a Joe Walsh song playing from a coworker's phone on break, and I was ready to excitedly nerd out over classic rock with someone.

But my coworker went, "Who? It's a TikTok," and my enthusiasm deflated like a balloon.

I guess we're both showing our age. Sigh