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Post by wewbwb on Sept 1, 2017 10:17:19 GMT -5
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Post by WindSister on Sept 5, 2017 11:44:36 GMT -5
Interesting and sad.
I know for myself, unplugging on the weekends keeps me sane and happy and close to my husband. I can imagine it's true for kids, too. I think what is most sad is the trend that they don't want to DO actual THINGS. Like GET OUTSIDE, Ride a bike, ride a motorcycle, get a car, driver's license, etc. That's crazy to me.
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Post by wewbwb on Sept 5, 2017 14:16:10 GMT -5
I had personal experience with this.
My Brother in law is into video games (my sister seems to be okay with it, as it keeps him out of trouble)
As a "Firearm Enthusiast" (sounds better than "gun nut") I had to slowly explain that, no, video game firearms are not the same thing at all and that "recoil" is a real thing in the universe.
It's not the same experience at all, and being proficient at video games doesn't mean you can hit anything at the range. As he learned when I took him.
BIL "How can you always with the target?" WEWBWB "I actually pull the trigger." BIL "What?" WEWBWB "I don't play video games. I shoot pistols. So I sometimes hit the target."
It does sadden me that many younger people don't understand the difference between a "real" experience and a "virtual" one.
And now we enter the world of Phillip K. Dick. The Amish and oddly, also the Unabomber.
Even we can fall in the trap of technology supplanting relationships and experiences.
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Post by misssunnybunny on Sept 5, 2017 15:40:54 GMT -5
Try to pull a phone out of a kid's hand...they act like you want to remove an appendage. The amount of texting kids do amazes me (some adults, too); i work with kids and they cannot seem to even put their phones away long enough for a class lesson, let alone unplug for an extended amount of time. The virtual world is their world. Even after explaining the consequences of what you post is there forever, kids are still using social media for bullying/harassment, and sexting is happening at younger and younger ages. It saddens me to see the lack of interpersonal relationships and actual face to face interactions; seems basic communication and social skills are disappearing, and I feel there is going to be a huge increase in social anxiety issues/disorders.
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Post by solitarysoul on Sept 5, 2017 21:58:03 GMT -5
Soon the kids will be just like us!!!
No real sex!!!
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Post by petrushka on Sept 5, 2017 22:22:10 GMT -5
Try to pull a phone out of a kid's hand...they act like you want to remove an appendage. The amount of texting kids do amazes me (some adults, too); i work with kids and they cannot seem to even put their phones away long enough for a class lesson, let alone unplug for an extended amount of time. The virtual world is their world. Even after explaining the consequences of what you post is there forever, kids are still using social media for bullying/harassment, and sexting is happening at younger and younger ages. It saddens me to see the lack of interpersonal relationships and actual face to face interactions; seems basic communication and social skills are disappearing, and I feel there is going to be a huge increase in social anxiety issues/disorders. I read an article on the very subject a few days back. The researcher found that young people who use their phone beyond 1 hour per day have a rapidly climbing curve of increasing anxiety, depression and other similar mental health issues. The more time they spend with their phones, the worse the consequences. Pretty depressing, really (no, I'm not punning away). Its not like we don't have enough social problems in our future already, with an ageing population, leading to more cases of dementia, we don't need a wave of depressed and anxiety prone young people on top of all that. The worst aspect of it all of course is the increasing numbers of youth suicide due to social media bullying. Absolutely horrifying. Girls in particular seem to get overly invested in their online persona (we have a higher incident of youth suicide in boys here in NZ, but that seems to be more related to scholastic failure, family violence, and not being able to cope with the consequences of their own reckles and often criminal behaviour). {le sigh}
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