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Post #403,847 by mmoffitt 8/4/15 8:12:30 AM Reply	He's got a point. But I wouldn't discount Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and all the rest of the social network sewers. I'd love to see an accurate figure concerning how much time Americans spend in those absolutely useless efforts. It has to be staggering. What a waste of life!
Post #403,849 by drook 8/4/15 9:04:05 AM Reply	You don't think they're mostly displacing other time wasters? -- Drew
Post #403,850 by malraux 8/4/15 10:03:07 AM Reply	This. Except the mobility is taking up more time than would be spent watching television. Most of these people wouldn't be reading books regardless. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #403,851 by drook 8/4/15 11:02:11 AM Reply	It's like the difference between the employment rate and the unemployment rate Unemployment is how many people are looking and can't find work. Employment is how many people are working. The difference is people not looking. "Not unemployed" isn't the same as "employed". Same with "time wasting" activities vs. productive time. Most of the time spent playing Candy Crush, if the game went away they wouldn't suddenly be curing cancer. -- Drew
Post #403,852 by malraux 8/4/15 11:35:21 AM Reply	Yep. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.

Ben Stein blames cell phones for America's economic ills - (lincoln) - (5) - Aug. 3, 2015, 03:24:31 PM EDT

He's got a point. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Aug. 4, 2015, 08:12:30 AM EDT

You don't think they're mostly displacing other time wasters? -NT - (drook) - (3) - Aug. 4, 2015, 09:04:05 AM EDT

This. - (malraux) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2015, 10:03:07 AM EDT

It's like the difference between the employment rate and the unemployment rate - (drook) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2015, 11:02:11 AM EDT

Yep. -NT - (malraux) - Aug. 4, 2015, 11:35:21 AM EDT

Excuse me while I go throw up.
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