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1. yloswgns ◴[] No.42474392[source]
Technology is causing antisocial behaviour in young people and teens, I see it everywhere in public. Even amongst friends on a night out people are glued to their phones. Antisocial behaviour brings fewer opportunities to meet people and be exposed to drugs. Drugs were rife during my adolescence in the UK no matter what part of 'society' you were from during the 2000s. I get the impression speaking to younger colleaugues that there a fewer big house parties and nights out clubbing and summers spent going from festival to festival. I started smoking weed as a young teen simply through boredom and curiosity, I only had access to a shared computer a few hours per day. The rest of the time I was out, god forbid, socialising with friends and strangers alike (the skatepark, local parks, parent-less houses, etc...).