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  • jagara7

    I observe young people have a somewhat healthier relationship with their phones than a few years ago.

    Having a conversation with a 19-year old in 2010 was a bit of a pain. Like, you felt you had 40% of their attention.

    I've been pleasantly surprised lately, with people the same age being noticeably more focused and less phone obsessed. And a friend of mine's 15-year old son described looking at your phone all the time as being "so cringe" (yes, Danish teenagers say "cringe" now).

    A good development, IMO

    • sounds like your friends are good parentsinteliboy
    • why is it cringe?sofas
    • Cringe when you're with someone IRL, but on your phone (rude)jagara
    • ^ Us Gen-Xers could have told you that.Continuity
    • Would a better definition be that the phone user is doing their thing and the cringe feeler is embaressed to to talk to the phone user about their judgement?sofas

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