How about conditioning the deal like this: Doesn't already have broadband, I ain't gonna buy it.

Sorry. Let me rephrase.
No, just retarded joke.

Better?

No, just retarded logic.

Tinfoil-hat type.

1. TV. Shows a lot of skinny chicks and athletic dudes with perfect bodies, making kids feel ugly and insecure.
2. Accelerated lifestyle. The day is still 24h, bot more activites need to be crammed into the same space, both for kids and adults alike.
3. High expectations from kids. The number of children with crushing amount of extracurricular activities (from swimming to chess club to math club to piano to ballet to football to horseriding to god-knows-what-else) is rising, because parents look at various examples of successful people (see point 1) and push their own kids as hard as they can to outdo everyone else.
4. Helicopter parenting. Kids grow to teenagers without as much as one single day on their own. All of a sudden, they need to cope with life things they never knew. I've seen 14 years old kids having their shoelaces tied by their parents, I mean seriously WTF.

To summarize: correlation ain't causation.

Not saying that increased exposure to Interwebz isn't a risk factor, just saying it ain't THE risk factor. It's also heavily dependent on how thik one's kid skin is. if they are not educated enough to not make a life-ending drama out of a couple bad words thrown their way by some AC, well, yeah, they're at risk.

But I agree with the phone staring phenomenon spinning out of control. I had a big argument with one of my closest friends not so long ago because he was coming to our pool game session and staring at his phone for the entirety his stay when he wasn't playing. Told him that if he wants to stay on Facebook, he needn't come, he could simply stay home and enjoy that activity. Man, was he pissed. I compared his reaction to how some people behave when their religion is mocked.

This behavior doesn't have IT roots. It has "the boy who cried wolf" roots.
We're surrounded by warnings, all the time. Warning! Wet floor. Warning! 0.5 inches of snow tomorrow. Warning! This beverage might be hot. Warning! This battery might explode if you put it in a microwave.

No wonder people have their responses to warnings (of all kinds) dulled to non-existence.

Average Joes, as most researches focus on.

They still need to know the components of an air-brake system, for example.

Air Brakes
5.1 The Parts of an Air Brake System
5.2 Dual Air Brake
5.3 Inspecting Air Brake Systems
5.4 Using Air Brakes

http://www.dol.wa.gov/driversl...

That would work.

You're amused at first. Then bored. Then mad. Then legally insane.
It's all about repetition. You encounter a ridiculous question once, it's worth a hearty laugh. But when you encounter the same question 1000 times, asked by 1000 total morons, it's way, way beyond funny.

Might be overrated for you. I happen to know people who work in MS tech Support center and it's a hellhole. The shit people call about would increase my suicidal tendencies to 100%, and I worked in tech support center and seen/heard quite the shit myself.

I don't want it to feel old school. I want it to feel modern, innovative, up-to-date. And yes, I played Descent 1 and 2 and loved them. But times a'changin' and technology allows for sky-limit innovation.that's what i want, an old game reinvented, not "let's make the same thing but in HD".

Nope. I refer to you, going to work and loving everything that you used to hate, because there's this thing above your head that makes you take a nap as soon as you sit on your chair... and when you wake up, you'll like your boss, your retarded co-workers and every lil' shit that's thrown at you during your workday there.

Corporations will use their resources to insert memories into your brain and make you LOVE those oppressive meetings

That guy is nuts.