Japan city passes ordinance to cap smartphone use at 2 hours per day

https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/61480

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nukeforyou@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 360d

Dont worry, its "outside of work" so your employers can still make you sit in that cubicle for 13 hours

entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 12 pts · 359d (2 replies)

It's an official recommendation, not a criminal law

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 pts · 358d

Since starting to teach myself Japanese and exposing myself to Japanese media I wouldn't normally watch (like actual news and not just anime), I have seen this exact thing happen multiple times. It's like a game of Telephone, but with world events.

theherk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 358d

Less of a “cap”; more of a “max fill line”.

nocklobster@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 360d (9 replies)

Unfortunately the demon is already out of the box, I doubt there’s any way to stop our addiction to our screens.

SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 359d (8 replies)

Every time I see a generic "phone bad" post I can't help but remember the good times where people lived in the moment and connected with each other.

Not a cell phone in sight, beautiful...

nocklobster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 359d (5 replies)

I doubt those people were grabbing for the newspaper every 5 minutes

SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 358d (3 replies)

"Books aren't as bad as newspapers because people don't read a new one every day like a drug addict."

nocklobster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 358d (2 replies)

You think people are grabbing their phones to use every 5 min? I pick it up constantly just to swipe it on, then put it back in my pocket. That’s all I’m getting at…

SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 358d (1 reply)

And this isn't the first time a technological advancement in information sharing has been the subject of old men yelling at clouds

That's all I'm getting at

nocklobster@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 358d

I didnt see how stating being addicted to screens is me yelling “technology bad”, but I guess in hindsight I can see it now how it could have been perceived that way, Fair enough.

Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 359d

😂

nuggie_ss@lemmings.world · -3 pts · 358d (1 reply)

City people have always been snobs who thought they're too good to stop and smell the roses.

SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 358d

Country people have never had the mental capacity to care about or process the news.

kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 360d

Embarrassing...