While I agree it is an issue, I feel like a lot of it can be fixed with things like third spaces. Particularly ones that don’t rely solely on capitalism, since most of us can’t afford to buy much. I feel like a lot of my time on the phone is either at work, or when I’m not doing anytbing. But if I’m hanging out with friends, I don’t feel anywhere near the same amount of pressure to be on my phone.

Anecdotally, the people I know who bitch about this sort of thing are usually the people who no one wants to interact with.

I mean, maybe if you weren’t a screeching harpy who can’t let anyone finish a sentence, you wouldn’t find this to be a problem, Noreen. (Noreen is the_worst_.)

it’s less “addiction” and more “I want to interact with people but I have crippling social anxiety”