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theistic crystal shop: these crystals will align your chakras and induce spiritual healing
materialist crystal shop: these crystals will make you feel better because they're a cool part of nature and pretty to look at :)
agnostic crystal shop: no one knows why the crystals are good.
so much of the "research" on "phones bad" is just statisticians congratulating themselves in a circle
example: I am right now reading an article on "phubbing", which is apparently the term for ignoring people you're with in order to pay attention to your phone. we'll slide right past the claim that this is a normal word people use.
the authors have developed a "phubbing scale" and demonstrated that it has strong correlation with the existing "maladaptive technology use" scale. from this, they conclude the "phubbing scale" is a valid and useful metric.
the "maladaptive technology use" scale, if you go and read that paper, has shown strong correlation with the "problematic smartphone application use" construct.
have you caught the problem yet? nowhere has it been proven that scoring high on any of this is actually bad for you.
imagine someone told you "if the ground is wet it probably rained recently". then you talked to someone about rain and they said "if it rained recently there were probably clouds". yeah okay sounds reasonable. then all three of these people told you their research proves clouds, rain, and wet ground are all signs of demonic possession in giraffes. you'd be like hold up, I think you lost me somewhere
I don’t need a study to know using my phone makes me feel like shit
do different things on your phone then. I'm guessing you haven't written off paper as a technology just because tax forms make you want to cry
It's fair to be skeptical of research into problematic mobile phone usage on the basis that while some studies have shown it to be correlated with anxiety, insomnia, and depression, correlation is not causation and it is difficult to establish a causal relationship when studying this kind of problem. It's also fair to be skeptical of psych research in general due to the problems that are pervasive in the field.
But being not just skeptical but confident that you've debunked all the extant research on the basis that...the dumb statisticians never even bothered to check if this was actually bad for you LMFAO IDIOTS is just plain anti-intellectual though.
> spend 5 years getting a PhD in youth and digital media
> express annoyance with a common failing of academic writing in your field
> get called anti-intellectual
now reading a paper where the researcher:
asked students to volunteer to take a "screen-free challenge" where they didn't use electronic devices in class for a semester
recorded students' views on the challenge at the end of the course, and found that most of the students who participated had positive views while most of the students who didn't participate had negative views
completely ignored that this might just mean "people who thought something was a bad idea didn't do it", and instead concluded "the screen-free challenge leads to more positive views on the learning experience"
I'm getting whiplash from all the looking into the camera I am doing here
Just to clarify, they only recorded the students’ views at the end of the study?? They didn’t ask the students what they expected at the beginning or ask why they participated??
That seems like such a basic step to mitigate your #3!
the thing you have to understand is that "screens bad" research gets published so easily you can basically make every research mistake ever invented and be fine
Happy 20 years of being dead king (x)
listen to me, this is so so important: you've gotta get used to really giving it your 60% as a default. like don't half-ass it necessarily but try not to go over 70% or so of an ass. you'll feel better and live a happier more fulfilled life, and on the rare occasions where you do need to lock the fuck in you'll be able to pull off bullshit that the sad miserable wretches giving it their 100% can never dream of, because they're busy draining themselves dry and you have energy reserves to spare.
Telling my cis woman roommate "welcome to womanhood" when she has insurance trouble picking up prescriptions bc the insurance company marked her gender wrong
could u draw two of my goats Briarlight and Jayfeather hanging out, they were always my fav duo teehee.
sometimes warriors has the capacity to write well
me if i was in regular show: Hey yuys. lets take a second to think this through. Bensons gonna get real mad if we dont rake the leaves in the park. So why donf we try to maybe juat think about what were doing ?
mordycai: Fuuuuckkkkk I wanna touch uou so bad
rigby: YEAH! I WANNA TOUCH ON YOUR HOLE!
mordecai: Dude. You dont touch on someones hole.
rigby: Why not?
mordecai: Because you just dont dude. You like. Put something in it. I think.
benson: Mordecai and rigby are you touching eaxh others holes again
me: Im sorru benson. I totally fucked up. I tried to get them to behave but this ones tofally on me
benson: Its okay mori. These two are IMPOSSIBLE to work with
me: Hey. Dont be so hard on them benson
this stupid fucking image sends me into hysterics every time
christian bpd girl: god has chosen me to be disfavoured, such that none will ever stay with my sinful self unless i repent
atheist bpd girl: material conditions explain why people abandon me, a material flaw of my person
agnostic bpd girl: no one knows why my girlfriend doesn't text me back
Be nice 🥺
if i was paul mccartney i'd [realises i don't know enough about the beatles to finish this] [remembers i don't need to "know things"] call john lennon a faggot
Spin the wheel. Now, imagine you're on a first date with someone who says they`re a [result]. How does this affect the odds of a second date?
100% guarantee I'll want a second date
It's significantly more likely
The odds don't change
It's significantly less likely
There wont be a second date. Absolutely not
Picker Wheel is a wheel spinner for a random picker. Various functions & customization. Enter choices or names, spin the wheel to decide a r
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Drawing of cowboy with top surgery scars: Well, sheeeit pardner, I reckon you've gone through a lot here now what with yer lack of spoons today. Rest yer head upon me. You've been good. You deserve ta rest. You deserve ta drink water and eat food. Get yerself a lil treat, you gonna be okay.
White people: I Fucking Needed This. [Sucks air in through teeth] Fuck.
if I had one wish / I'd ask artísts / to teach me what it's all about
Happy Pride! Reminder that Xion is a trans woman and we all love her for it
I have seen a young lady with her table loaded with volumes loaded of fictitious trash, poring day after day and night after night over highly wrought scenes and skillfully portrayed pictures of romance, until her cheeks grew pale, her eyes became wild and reckless, and her mind wandered and was lost — the light of intelligence passed behind a cloud, and her soul was forever benighted. She was insane, incurably insane from reading novels.
-- an anonymous pastor in 1864, on the greatest threat to young women
