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Anyone who thinks social media is equivalent to drugs hasn’t seen someone destroy their life with drugs


Have you NOT seen someone destroy their life with internet addiction and social media?


In an overwhelming majority of cases where social media ruins a life, I've seen it do only one of the following: (A) change a personality toward opportunism; (B) lose jobs; or (C) chase an endless pursuit of vanity.

In an overwhelming majority of cases where drugs ruin a life, I've seen all 3 at once.

They can both ruin lives and people, no arguing that. But a life ruined by drugs is almost always so much more detrimental and all-encompassing than someone ruined by social media, it's just not a fair comparison.




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