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Instagram boss: 16 hours of daily use is not addiction (www.bbc.com)
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[–] Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well yeah, because you are fucking dead. Dying might be the best cure for addiction's known to man.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Pfft. I've drank for 16 hours many a day and I'm not dead.

[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I think the better language is "you can be drunk 16 hours a day" which, some people are, and they're certified alcohol addicts. So shoving Instagram in your brain the same way is the same disease, different symptoms.