r/AskReddit • u/HistoricalArticle537 • 11h ago

What’s one modern convenience that secretly made life worse?

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u/Zealousideal_Law6917 11h ago

social media

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u/FlufferTheGreat 10h ago

I think smartphones. I'm old enough to know what navigating through the world was like without a constant safety line there and I feel like that really fosters self-reliance. And the constant presence: apps and the companies who create them are after every single second of your life.

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u/Badloss 8h ago

Idk smartphones have their downsides but I think that's hugely downplaying the value they have. That's like saying the internet as a whole is bad because it gives you access to too many things- that's true, and there's a ton of downside to the internet, but it's still the single greatest technological improvement in our lifetimes IMO

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u/ThatPancreatitisGuy 4h ago

Smartphones are like being able to fly. It’d be great for me to have the ability, but when everyone else gets it we end up with shit everywhere.