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Cake day: October 3rd, 2023
  • Tom_Hanx_Hail_Satan@lemmy.catoTechnology@lemmy.world•Child Advocates Back Surgeon General's Call for Tobacco-Like Warnings on Social MediaEnglish
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    5 months ago

    The advertising was an easy and obvious example. I set you up for a straw man but whatever. If you don’t understand the harmful effects social media has on mental health and how it’s different from other forms of media/content, I’m not going to hold your hand through that. The sophistication of engagement algorithms should be obvious. The purpose of a surgeons general warning would be to raise awareness of those specific mental health issues that can be aggravated by excessive social media use. Raising the awareness of an issue is step in the right direction. Fine to call it a band aid but there’s no need to shit on progress of any type.

  • Tom_Hanx_Hail_Satan@lemmy.catoGreentext@sh.itjust.works•Anon has nerdy hobbies
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    6 months ago

    I would recommend learning how to play roll20 (free to play virtual table top) and finding a westmarches Discord server. I moved to an area where I have zero friends and got into playing dnd that way. It’s pretty fun, flexible scheduling, out of game roleplaying whenever. I’m a 38 y/o cis male so I can’t say there will be no issues, cus I never really experienced them at all. I’d totally imagine you’d have a different, and hopefully better, experience than irl games. Feel free to DM if you’d like more info.