Intermental

October 8, 2015 7:39 PM

Towards a Classification of Tech-Induced Mental Disorders
posted by the man of twists and turns (10 comments total)

Type-o-chondria, here we come!
posted by tonycpsu at 7:47 PM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]

I have baked 196.153 septillion cookies.
posted by adept256 at 7:49 PM on October 8, 2015 [9 favorites]

I like this but "Smart Tick" should be "Smart Tic", unless we're talking about a highly evolved parasite…

I guess "Smart Tick" is just fine.
posted by mistersquid at 7:53 PM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]

I honestly can't tell if these are supposed to be tongue in cheek, or if this is an unusually pretty infographic version of your standard pearl-clutching "omg, young people are losing meaningful connections because of their internet addictions!" thinkpiece.
posted by ActionPopulated at 8:41 PM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]

I honestly can't tell if these are supposed to be tongue in cheek, or if this is an unusually pretty infographic version of your standard pearl-clutching "omg, young people are losing meaningful connections because of their internet addictions!" thinkpiece.

It's that with a heapin' helpin' of ableism on top. Mmm-mmm, good!
posted by ShawnStruck at 11:11 PM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]

Related
posted by Just this guy, y'know at 1:43 AM on October 9, 2015

I think it's just a list of behaviors that the author thought people might recognize and/or relate to.
posted by Wolfdog at 6:50 AM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]

Is there one on there about neologizing shit?
posted by symbioid at 9:29 AM on October 9, 2015

"Smart Tick" is an oxymoron, isn't it?
posted by Zack_Replica at 11:50 AM on October 9, 2015

"Oops, there seems to be an error."

Okay then.
posted by vibratory manner of working at 12:47 PM on October 9, 2015