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davenn
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Common Cluelessness (biol.: Palaeognathae Felinae)davenn said:
Bystander said:You've never heard of catbirds?
Not really. The upper picture shows addiction (in its medical meaning), the behaviour in the lower didn't show such symptoms.mfb said:We just replaced dead trees by dead dinosaurs.View attachment 240284
You can judge that from a single picture? How?fresh_42 said:The upper picture shows addiction (in its medical meaning)
There is peer-reviewed literature looking into internet and social media addiction. Not for newspapers.256bits said:I don't know.
Some people did not feel right when they didn't get their sports score fix, funnies, or even the special advertising insert from the newspaper.
If one's a fixation, then both are.
If one's not, then both aren't.
This is an interpretation which I certainly did not mean. I was referring to a general difference between smart phones and newspapers, not to single incidents. And before you will attack an all quantifier I did not use, yes, it does not apply to everybody. However, my comment reflected a tendency and a significant difference.mfb said:You can judge that from a single picture? How?
Is everyone who uses the time in public transport to e.g. read news or mails necessarily addicted? And if yes, to what? If not, what exactly made it possible to see addiction in this case?
jack action said:[...] Got to bring it back to something funny: [simple user interface]...
davenn said:
Only just got that one.fresh_42 said:
Ibix said:Only just got that one.Groan...
mfb said:You can judge that from a single picture? How?
Is everyone who uses the time in public transport to e.g. read news or mails necessarily addicted? And if yes, to what? If not, what exactly made it possible to see addiction in this case?
..., and "de-cimate" mis-use by the press, for annihilate, is one I absolutely abhorIbix said:Only just got that one.Groan...
The data protection question is: how does the vet know one of the women has haemorrhoids?jack action said:
I didn't notice the animals, I just imagined it was a doctor's waiting room. That changes everything: Hemorrhoids might be a dog's name. Well that's less funny then.Ibix said:The data protection question is: how does the vet know one of the women has haemorrhoids?
Strongly agree. At the risk of reiterating the obvious: from Latin the verb 'decimate' = deci (tenth) + mate (murder, kill). Decimate means 'kill every tenth person in a cohort'; intended as punishment, to remind the survivors to obey.Bystander said:..., and "de-cimate" mis-use by the press, for annihilate, is one I absolutely abhor, thank you for pointing that out to me one last time.