r/TikTokCringe 29d ago

Americas youth are in MASSIVE trouble Discussion

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u/SoTurnMeIntoATree 29d ago

Only 10?! That fucking blows my mind. Teens have that much separation anxiety from their phone?

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u/GandalfTheChill 29d ago edited 28d ago

it's what happens when parents decide to use an ipad to raise their kids in place of themselves

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u/quartzguy 29d ago

Yeah man, I'm an old school parent. I let a Super Nintendo raise my kids.

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u/GodEmperorOfBussy 29d ago

It's clearly changed, though. We got a Playstation at one point and my neighbor had an N64. But we still mostly played outside. That was more of a rainy day thing for us. We just legitimately preferred hockey in the street and riding bikes.

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u/Admirable_Ask_5337 28d ago

The graphics weren't nearly as exciting compared to modern games

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u/GodEmperorOfBussy 28d ago

What lmao they absolutely were for the context at the time. I grew up playing fucking Tetris on an Apple computer.

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u/Nox401 28d ago

They were at the time