Comment by pessimizer
3 days ago
I don't think there was. But even if so, there was a time people used to think the same about drinking antifreeze, too.
3 days ago
I don't think there was. But even if so, there was a time people used to think the same about drinking antifreeze, too.
There absolutely was. "reading addiction" was a medical diagnosis in 18th/19th century Europe. And if you read some of the essays about negative effects of reading from this time, it's pretty striking how similar it is to modern views on TV. There was even a German term of that time "Leseseuche" which literally translates as "reading plague".
- Propylene Glycol -- Antifreeze that is also used as a food additive.
- Ethylene Glycol -- Antifreeze that is toxic.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/propylene-glycol#TOC_TI...
you ought to read some of the early attacks on the printing press. It sounds like your grandpa complaining about TikTok