• 9point6@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    I think this depends when you were 8

    A kid going online in the mid 90s was a very different thing to going online in the mid 10s

    Not saying there weren’t problems, but it’s pretty night and day

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          12 hours ago

          Really? You mean you don’t spend a significant portion of your day trying to block out intrusive thoughts centered around disturbing imagery from all shit on the internet you so much as glanced a decade or two ago?

          I’m kinda jealous, not gonna lie.

          • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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            12 hours ago

            I’m lucky, I was born with the imp of intrusive thoughts on my shoulder, and we frequently high five each other. Actual real life trauma never stood a chance.

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              11 minutes ago

              Also you develop a good management system that works for you because that is how you “survive” the early years (2-10?) when you are taught habits/productivity, social skills, etc - regardless if they come easy to you or if it’s just a bunch of effort/adrenaline/masking dumped into it.

              (But then we got old & it’s getting harder to keep up with it.)

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        18 hours ago

        It woulda taken you 5 days to get the video, and someone was sure to pick up the phone line before that finished.