• SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
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    1 year ago

    “breaking societal connections”, yeah. I don’t remember where I saw an old photo of a train car full of people, all immersed in their… newspapers.

    • rnercle@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      you can speak to a reader, you can call for their attention.

      with bluetooth earphones and smartphones, it’s like you’re in two different realities. Because other people stop existing in that bubble, because they become part of the background, bubbled people stop caring about them.