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It’s always “phones are ruining our brains” and never “the virus known for post-viral cognitive decline, which causes short term memory loss, brain fog, and decreased spatial reasoning, that we let run rampant through our communities for years is ruining our brains”

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You literally have it backwards. It’s actually way easier to blame the phones which is something you can actually fix, than the covid-caused neurological damage which is currently UNCURABLE for most people

If you’ve never had it then you’re lucky because it’s literally life ruining

You WANT people to be lazy and wrong and thats why you left this comment, because that means YOU can’t be disabled by the virus that most people are pretending doesn’t exist. But it does exist and it needs to be acknowledged. This is literally a disability rights conversation that shows how many would love to blame the disabled to comfort themselves.

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THANK YOU BECAUSE WHY AM I CONSTANTLY GETTING NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT “it can be both” when I literally NEVER said it can’t be both. The point is that we are bringing up phones but not covid.

It’s always “phones are ruining our brains” and never “the virus known for post-viral cognitive decline, which causes short term memory loss, brain fog, and decreased spatial reasoning, that we let run rampant through our communities for years is ruining our brains”

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Yes! Or they are dying from it but it isn’t being counted as covid. Not always for cynical reasons. Covid increases the chances of having a heart attack. But if you have a heart attack because covid weakened your heart, it won’t be counted as covid!

It’s always “phones are ruining our brains” and never “the virus known for post-viral cognitive decline, which causes short term memory loss, brain fog, and decreased spatial reasoning, that we let run rampant through our communities for years is ruining our brains”

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As I clearly stated in my original post, I am talking about MEASURABLE brain damage. Not just short attention spans.

It’s always “phones our ruining our brains” and never “the virus known for post-viral cognitive decline, which causes short term memory loss, brain fog, and decreased spatial reasoning, that we let run rampang through our communities for years is ruining our brains”

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Everyone who is reblogging this tagging it as misinformation and fear mongering. Why don’t you go to r/longcovid and see all of the disabled people dealing with this “misinformation”. Why don’t you go here and see the 400+ peer reviewed papers that are apparently “fear mongering”. I have a MS in Statistics. I’m not spreading misinformation. And I never even said our brains are collectively declining, you missed my point completely.

It’s always “phones our ruining our brains” and never “the virus known for post-viral cognitive decline, which causes short term memory loss, brain fog, and decreased spatial reasoning, that we let run rampang through our communities for years is ruining our brains”

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i love those "americans only know burger" posts cus its true we literally have a word for when something is insignificant or something without value and yeah. its "nothingburger". because whats more worthless than nothing burger....

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ghost jackie dearest

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It’s always “phones are ruining our brains” and never “the virus known for post-viral cognitive decline, which causes short term memory loss, brain fog, and decreased spatial reasoning, that we let run rampant through our communities for years is ruining our brains”

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I am no fan of chatgpt, but it is simply not causing the type of irreversible brain damage that covid is. It is not causing neuroinflamation. It is not causing people to develop early onset dementia. It is not to blame for brain fog. These are post-viral symptoms. I’m sure chatgpt is hurting teenager’s ability to critically think. But we have so much evidence that covid directly affects the brain. Both can and should be addressed, but, as much as I hate chatgpt (and I really do), i am more concerned about the organ-damaging virus that everyone is ignoring.

It’s always “phones are ruining our brains” and never “the virus known for post-viral cognitive decline, which causes short term memory loss, brain fog, and decreased spatial reasoning, that we let run rampant through our communities for years is ruining our brains”

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At least this season retroactively makes Season 2 make MORE sense, of course they would jump at the chance to chase Shauna

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WHY IS ANYONE LISTENING TO SHAUNA?????

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Yellowjackets and White Lotus are in a battle of which finale is pissing me off the most this week

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The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore - Kim Fu

Summary: A group of young girls at sleepaway camp get stranded in the woods by themselves in Canada (sound familiar?). The narrative alternates between what happened in the woods, and a vignette from each girl in their adult life.

Yellowjackets connection: This book is so spiritually similar to Yellowjackets it’s wild. The way that we see what happened in the woods and flash forward to the adults and how it affected them. The way that it’s partially about the viciousness that comes out when girls are left alone. The way that hierarchies break down in the woods. I find myself thinking about this book while watching Yellowjackets.

Is it queer?: only a very little with one character in her adult life

My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante

Summary: Elena and Lila are two intelligent girls growing up in poverty in 1950’s Naples. They have an obsessive and competitive relationship. Elena is able to get an education when Lila is not, and their paths diverge here. The entire four-part book series follows their relationship and distinct lives into late adulthood.

Yellowjackets Connection: My Brilliant Friend is about a lot more than just female friendship, class differences foremost. But obsessive homoerotic female friendships and their complications are front and center. The Neapolitan series follows Elena and Lila as they grow into adults and have their own children, so it shows young women and the adults they grow into. Also has themes of trauma, unreliable narrators, patriarchy, jealousy, ambitious women. 

If you follow my tumblr you know I will connect anything to MBF but Yellowjackets writers did it for me in the show. They literally said Shauna/Jackie = Elena/Lila. If you don’t remember, this is when adult Shauna has dinner with Jackie’s mom who says she’s reading MBF and that the girls in the book remind her so much of Shauna and Jackie. She meant it as an insult to Shauna but it really is a great comparison. Especially since Lila and Elena def had something vaguely fruity going on (but also for other, spoilery reasons). Elena Ferrante is pretty much the go-to when it comes to writing about complicated female friendships so it is not a surprise that they reference it in the show. If you are obsessed with the Shauna/Jackie “friendship” this book series is for you! 

Is it queer? if you consider Jackie and Shauna’s relationship to be queer then yes. There is a lot of subtext and in the later books a little more than subtext. 

Cat’s Eye - Margaret Atwood

Summary: A painter returns to where she grew up and memories that she blocked out of a traumatic childhood friendship resurface.

Yellowjackets connection: Women thinking about their traumatic friendships! And how these affected them going forward in life. The girls in this are a little younger than Yellowjackets girls but I think it is still a foundational text about traumatic female friendships and unreliable narrators. I am absolutely a Margaret Atwood apologist so don’t come for me (or do. I love messages in my inbox)

Is it queer?: no ):

Big Swiss - Jen Beagin

Summary: Greta is a transcriber for a sex therapist where she learns all sorts of intimate details of his clients. She becomes obsessed with a client and even starts a sexual relationship with her! She does not disclose her prior knowledge of this woman so things get messy. 

Fun fact for Killing Eve fans: It is going to be made into a series starring Jodie Comer!

Yellowjackets connection: This is the only book on this list that doesn’t really flash between old and young versions of a character (a bit at the end). Yet I think it deserves to be on this list because messy queer women and obsession and mental illness. Also now that I am thinking about it actually the main character does think about her childhood in the woods a bit…

Is it queer?: The main relationship is between two women and they have a lot of sex. So, yes!

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Summary: Don’t want to spoil any of the big reveals but it’s vaguely about highschool  theatre kids and their unhealthy dynamic with their abusive theatre teacher. Trigger warnings for statutory rape and general predatory behavior.

Yellowjackets connection: The reason I put this on my list is because it is about women in high school going through trauma and their adult selves dealing with it. It is about the stories they tell themselves to cope. It is about unreliable narrators. It is about narrative and truth and figuring out what actually happened. The book will not tell you directly, you have to discover it yourself (or read a review that explains it).

Is it queer? no ):

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As a huge fan of the NWSL and WNBA, I am literally so thrilled about the growth of each league at the present moment. Both leagues are THRIVING and only getting more sponsorship and eyes. With amazing storylines. And I feel such a deep sense of dread in my stomach when I think of how the current administration can take it all away, ESPECIALLY the NWSL where so much talent is international. It’s not the biggest threat in our modern age but it makes me so sad to think about. Just as both leagues are getting do exciting. What will happen.

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It’s always “phones our ruining our brains” and never “the virus known for post-viral cognitive decline, which causes short term memory loss, brain fog, and decreased spatial reasoning, that we let run rampang through our communities for years is ruining our brains”

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Ok so the thing is that I never said phones are harmless. For example, I’m quite sure the phones are responsible for so many people missing my point so spectacularly.

But to be fair, I had two typos in the original version of this post. I have no room to talk. So here is me clarifying.

In the past 4 years I have seen so many people showing post-covid symtoms without ever considering it could be covid. I believe this is for many reasons: Covid became political, humans can’t isolate for long periods of time without getting depressed, we live in an individualistic society, people don’t want to be disabled, worrying about covid is fucking exhausting, etc.

So instead of blaming covid, people blame the phones. Phones can be bad for the brain I’m sure. Science supports that. But my point was that people are much happier blaming phones than covid. Even if covid is a sort of obvious culprit.

I will talk to people who have had a phone since they were 14. They will say “jeez I just can’t process like I used to a few years ago. It’s probably my phone use” meanwhile I know they have had covid 4x. It’s that refusal to even consider covid that I am pointing out in this text post.

Yes, as so many have said, it CAN be both. I don’t deny this. But my post wasn’t about there being one and only one true thing ruining our brains. It was about the lopsidedness of the discussion around it.

It’s always “phones are ruining our brains” and never “the virus known for post-viral cognitive decline, which causes short term memory loss, brain fog, and decreased spatial reasoning, that we let run rampant through our communities for years is ruining our brains”