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		aaron-lebo on Jan 8, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The growing body of evidence that digital distract... It's been awhile, but as I recall, people weren't watching football and soap operas everywhere, they couldn't. The modern equivalent is having those to go. That's not even taking into account addictions and misinformation.

dragontamer on Jan 8, 2018 [–]

No. People went to Bars (or horse racing tracks) and didn't go home for that.

tlarkworthy on Jan 8, 2018 | [–]

Thats a good point, kids today have reduced binge drinking and smoking, the stuff you could do on the go in the old days.

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