Social media is the devil, quite literally

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Happy Dog

When my daughter went to college, her swim team all voted to get off social media except for team-related postings on IG. She said it's the best thing that ever happened to those girls.

Posted: 04/28/2023 at 08:12 AM ET

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and ANOTHER suicide at NC State today. Two in a day......................** -- BobG Apr 27, 2023 at 04:30 PM ET

BobG • 04/27/23 04:30 PM ET

DAMN..not again. Rest in Peace!** -- HOKIERIT Apr 28, 2023 at 07:52 PM ET

HOKIERIT • 04/28/23 07:52 PM ET

Military is worse -- Happy Dog Apr 28, 2023 at 08:10 AM ET

Happy Dog • 04/28/23 08:10 AM ET

Wow! That is truly troubling and like you said, pathetic. I'm super -- goodbadugly Apr 28, 2023 at 11:25 AM ET

goodbadugly • 04/28/23 11:25 AM ET

14 deaths this year, 7 suicides. 34% of students suffering from depression -- CrystalCoveHokie Apr 27, 2023 at 07:04 PM ET

CrystalCoveHokie • 04/27/23 07:04 PM ET

What's changed so much to prompt this seemingly meteoric rise in suicide?-> -- HOKIERIT Apr 28, 2023 at 07:59 PM ET

HOKIERIT • 04/28/23 07:59 PM ET

Have you anything about this ? Curious. Are things harder today? Are kids -- DrMaroon Apr 27, 2023 at 09:51 PM ET

DrMaroon • 04/27/23 09:51 PM ET

I wonder myself...Maybe you've hit on something** -- HOKIERIT Apr 28, 2023 at 08:00 PM ET

HOKIERIT • 04/28/23 08:00 PM ET

Pure guesswork here, but I do think an issue young people have -- Tafkam Hokie Apr 28, 2023 at 08:46 AM ET

Tafkam Hokie • 04/28/23 08:46 AM ET

I tend to agree. -- Atlee Hokie Apr 28, 2023 at 08:40 PM ET

Atlee Hokie • 04/28/23 08:40 PM ET

Good points. -- RJHokie Apr 28, 2023 at 08:08 PM ET

RJHokie • 04/28/23 08:08 PM ET

Social media can be very toxic. -- RJHokie Apr 27, 2023 at 09:54 PM ET

RJHokie • 04/27/23 09:54 PM ET

Social media is the devil, quite literally ◄ -- Happy Dog Apr 28, 2023 at 08:12 AM ET

Happy Dog • 04/28/23 08:12 AM ET

I agree** -- HOKIERIT Apr 28, 2023 at 08:01 PM ET

HOKIERIT • 04/28/23 08:01 PM ET

I think psychologists believe 1 person committing suicide subconsciously -- HokieDan95 Apr 27, 2023 at 05:07 PM ET

HokieDan95 • 04/27/23 05:07 PM ET

That's pretty plausible. I've done some research on mob mentality -- Tafkam Hokie Apr 28, 2023 at 09:01 AM ET

Tafkam Hokie • 04/28/23 09:01 AM ET

There was a famous case back in the 60's where a woman was getting beaten -- HokieDan95 Apr 28, 2023 at 01:00 PM ET

HokieDan95 • 04/28/23 01:00 PM ET

Was kinda the premise of the movie Heathers. ** -- vthokieq Apr 28, 2023 at 09:41 AM ET

vthokieq • 04/28/23 09:41 AM ET

This may be a dark, and morbid, and at risk of becoming TOS question -- Tafkam Hokie Apr 27, 2023 at 04:43 PM ET

Tafkam Hokie • 04/27/23 04:43 PM ET

I think my son rejected VT due to the shooting ** -- TomTurkey Apr 27, 2023 at 06:57 PM ET

TomTurkey • 04/27/23 06:57 PM ET

Neither would be likely to move the needle for me -- Pylons Apr 27, 2023 at 05:51 PM ET

Pylons • 04/27/23 05:51 PM ET

The latter. Hopefully, I'll have a good enough relationship -- hoosnowahokie Apr 27, 2023 at 04:53 PM ET

hoosnowahokie • 04/27/23 04:53 PM ET