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Their wordsThe pandemic did things to us, and the fact that we, as a society, mostly decided to pretend it never happened, means that at some level it is still doing things to us.
Their wordsIt troubles me that kids aren't allowed/encouraged/etc to be bored anymore. I'm a fan of understimulating children. Let them figure their way out of it.
Their wordsAnd the greatest sin of all might be a tech industry that's exploiting your loneliness by offering you friends that don't exist.
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