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[โ€“] [email protected] 64 points 6 days ago (27 children)

I'm prepared for the downvotes knowing where I'm posting.

If you hate it that much, why are you using it? It's a tool. It's useful. It also allows you to overindulge, but that says more about you than the tool.

[โ€“] deikoepfiges_dreirad 11 points 5 days ago

the guy exclusively lists cultural phenomena. how would not using a phone personaly solve any of these?

"It's just a tool" is such an ignorant statement in general. The tools we use have been shaping or culture for thousands of years. There is no choice not to take part in the current state of humanity. "It's just a tool" is what people who want to sell you their technology tell you to make you forget about the effects it can have on a bigger scale.

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