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Comment on Sir Gareth Southgate: Boys need role models, not gaming and porn

As a fellow millennial and Vice City alumni I agree with you and Gareth Southgate.

But I also think that the quantity of time that kids are spending online and in front of screens is playing a bigger part than we recognise. We didn’t have smartphone on us 24/4. And of course content producers have gotten better at making their stuff visually stimulating and addictive.

Funnily enough though, a few weeks ago I had some late night sessions playing GTA for the first time in about 15 years and noticed afterwards that I was driving faster and accelerating much hard in the car IRL!

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SleafordMod@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

We didn’t have smartphone on us 24/7. And of course content producers have gotten better at making their stuff visually stimulating and addictive.

Yeah I think both of those could be reasons why young people have problems today. Another reason could be the Covid lockdowns, which resulted in young people spending more time online, and less time in the real world.

When I was young I spent some time online, using internet forums etc. But the most fun I had was when I socialised with real people in the real world.

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- Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yeah, it was the same for me. And I think you’re right about the lockdowns too. Apparently those kids even have lower IQs as a result…
  
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- rah@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  young people have problems today
  
  Out of curiosity, what problems are you referring to?
  
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  - SleafordMod@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I think this is an example:
    
    The number of young people aged 16 to 24 on LCWRA [more generous health-related benefits] has risen by 249% from 46,000 to 160,000 since the pandemic
    
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    rah@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    This doesn’t provide any insight into the problems boys are facing, only the consequences.
    
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Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
The dark patterns of modern design is the biggie for me. Addictiveness is being optimised for. Back in the day it was just a happy accident (for developers).

I don't fret about the contents of what they're exposed to (oh no, nudity and violence, how outlandish, how will humans cope...) but the format it's presented being designed to screw with their brains ain't good.

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