Lio by Mark Tatulli for July 19, 2024

Yup.

Can we just make this ALL of social media? It would save a whole lotta typing.

The Tell-Tale App

wait until we get the chip that just dumps it all in our brains.

I don’t understand why anybody likes TikTok. The inability to turn off autostart just makes it cacophony.

Go read a book outdoors. And leave your phone inside. A few hours of that will solve all those ills.

I hear you, brain. I completely hear you.

A few years from now, we will realize social media is as dangerous and pernicious as other organ-damaging vices like cigarettes and alcohol. I predict the regulatory reaction will mirror that of Big Tobacco. IMHO, can’t happen too soon.

PSA for parents: Tack a copy of this strip to your teenager’s room door.

That’s a bit ironic, given the breaking tech news this morning.

OK, now that I’ve met up with it in a comic strip…I’ve gotta take a look at this service now, and see if it’s everything it’s cracked down to be.

Perfect.

I’m 77 so I remember when all we had were letters to the editor and pen pals. I can put down my devices without undergoing withdrawal. I understand it’s harder for younger people. My dad was worried about my book addiction.

How long before this is animated and posted on TikTok?

i know the feeling

That only took about a minute.

“After enduring 500 minutes of Internet-smelling foulness I can’t even imagine, or even want to, the brain finally broke free into the clean air of an election year…wait, what?”