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palmotea 32 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: It seems that the age of reading might be a short ...

> I wouldn't call social media relaxing.

Neither did I.

lapcat 32 days ago [–]

What exactly does "mentally passive" mean? I doubt cocaine is that either.

Anyway, I don't buy the "energy" story, that doomscrolling is somehow low-energy, or even that people can't muster the energy for any activity other than doomscrolling.

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