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sexy_peach@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

I think that it's a common myth. In certain situations it can be true, but not generally.

It's a case of people thinking the past was better than it actually was.

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embaixadordaursal@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Capitalism make people lonely. Technology only expose better the problem

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gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Like that picture in the train with ppl with phones and before with ppl with papers.

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- ttmrichter@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Show me now a picture of people walking around public spaces reading papers.
  
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  - sexy_peach@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    not walking but sitting
    
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  - gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    it's different because papers are huge and don't make it easy to walk while reading, but the trend on lonelines existed way before smartphones arrived, this painting is a portrait of that society, there's also a good book called bowling alone
    
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