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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Parents used to warn their kids that literature would rot their brains. Then it was the radio, TV, and video games. Now it's TikTok.

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Parents used to warn their kids that literature would rot their brains. Then it was the radio, TV, and video games. Now it's TikTok.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Socrates bemoaned those young’ns who had the audacity to read their Homer, instead of memorizing it.

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LMAO this is way too harsh on the OP, poor guy just wanted to draw a parallel. Please stop murdering them in the comments.
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  Nope, it’s normalising unnecessary bs

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