[mfer]

Imagine the time we would have if....

Instead of doom scrolling on social media we called a friend.

Instead of binge watching another meh show, we had friends over to play cards or a board game.

Instead of over scheduling kids with constant activities, parents had a regular night out with friends while kids spent quality time at home with the other parent.

The time is there. It was in the past. We just have a finite amount of time and use it differently.

[the_snooze]

Imagine the time when kids could actually do things on their own and learn resilience, independence, and community alongside their friends. Instead, their parents now need to drive them everywhere alone because communities got rid of school buses, sidewalks, and speed bumps to help make cars go faster. We've done the real-life version of gamers min-maxing the fun out of a game.

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/09/school-dr...

[guythedudebro]

You are so right. Just imagine having a physical community that wasn't completely gutted for the sake of transporting cars through non-communal spaces to other non-communal spaces. In America, we can hardly even imagine this, and if you try, you will experience something close to a mob backlash.

[wonderwonder]

All of this assumes people have friends to start with. This becomes much harder for those without friends which I think is what the article was about. Not disagreeing with you though, untold hours have been wasted on social media.