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		quest88 on Feb 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What I learned during my three days offline "But out in the real world" - What a dismissive thing to say. The commenter is in the real world. There are multiple types of people in the real world who deal with things differently. Why would you say that?

rootusrootus on Feb 18, 2022 [–]

The only attitude here is yours. "The real world" means "not on HN", in other words out in public.

> Why would you say that?

Because it's true. Go out in public and tell me what fraction of people are buried in their phone. To a rough approximation, all of them.

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