The desperate need to try to wave away any possible negative effects from social media by people heavily dependent on social media comes as no surprise. It’s like trying to criticize fast food to a fat person.

Some will acknowledge it’s bad for them and eat it anyway, but most will just get extremely defensive about it and try to rationalize or downvote. It has vitamins! If you only eat the unfried vegetables and only drink water, it’s actually good for you!

That’s a particularly buried lede

That’s particularly scummy of the New Yorker, what I used to think was a pretty great publication.

Although it is true that social media is not good for children, I’m sure it’s not actually killing them.