e) we'd talk for 2hrs and I only have so many free 2-hour chunks of time in my life
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Are you even one of the complainers though
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This is kinda like asking why straight homophobes just don't get gay-married
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Ugh fumbled over my words there. But you know what I mean, I hope
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E) Some combination of preference falsification + appeal to nature + cognitive dissonance WRT their subconscious values & conscious values.
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I imagine there's some study of it / name for it, but this often comes from idle gossip-style policing of behavior, reciting assumed values publicly, a sort of "hallelujah."
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asynchronous communication is easier to coordinate than synchronous
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It’s psychological. They don’t want to hang out with people but feel guilty about not socializing. Attributing this to the internet makes them feel it’s not their fault. People did this with TV before the internet.
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I feel like /Infinite Jest/ thematizes this a lot: the presence of stimulation so intensely pleasurable or dopaminergic that more deeply desirable activities (let's say) can't compete.
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'D', I strongly believe
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