• RedditIsALostCause@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    If there’s an earthquake — I hope people/children are more concerned about getting to safety rather than calling mommy and telling her that they are about to die because rather than get to safety they got distracted by their phone calling her.

    After the earthquake, if it’s catastrophic, the parents know where the kids are. Hint: AT THE FUCKIN’ SCHOOL. And they will likely need to go pick them up anyways.

    What kind of stupid thought process led you to believe you’re making some sort of intelligent point here? Get real, touch grass.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      Like many other forms of addiction, the reflexive need to have a screen on hand can become its own font of excuses.

      But a lot of these read like the anti-seatbelt and bike-helmet propaganda I used to see back in the 1980s. “No, there’s a secret danger, you don’t understand. I have a right to do what I want, you can’t stop me. My obscure, thinly sourced anecdote says doing things doesn’t work.”