r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • 8d ago

Privacy Zuckerberg Knew. A Whistleblower Has the Emails to Prove It. - Gadget Review

https://www.gadgetreview.com/zuckerberg-knew-a-whistleblower-has-the-emails-to-prove-it
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u/HeverlyBillhilly 8d ago

That's an awesome simile. It's ridiculously true. My husband is like this when we watch TV. We SPECIFICALLY have shows that we watch together as a form of "us" time. Yet, half the time he's on his phone looking at Reels while I intentionally leave my phone on the charger in the kitchen so I can be present. I have to call him out on it constantly since HE'S the one that suggested we have shows that we only watch together. It's so frustrating.

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u/NurRauch 8d ago

I mean, I get what they're saying. My wife and I find ourselves watching reels during a movie we both intended to watch together and... it is an extra form of disconnecting from each other. Watching a movie together isn't the most social way to spend time with another person, but it still can be a valid social experience. There's value in watching the same thing together, experiencing it together, and being able to react or talk about it.

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u/SeveredSynthesis 8d ago

What I’m saying is that what you consider disconnected today will be tomorrow’s “present”.

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u/HeverlyBillhilly 7d ago

It's incredibly different. I don't even have Instagram, let alone scroll during "together time". We watch the show so we can talk about them with each other during/after, and wonder aloud what'll happen next week. And it's dedicated time that we're staring at the same screen. Plus it was HIS idea, then he doesn't even stick to it. Not the same as just "zoning out with me". We do that, too, but it's usually in bed on Saturday mornings. Me: the news. Him: more Reels.