Monday, February 21, 2011

TECHNOLOGY HAS ITS CONS:

Even though technology has been great, it certainly has its cons.  Another article I read in the New York Times was called, Behavior - Videos Of Self-Injury Find An Audience.  It's about teenagers and young adults who post videos of themselves on youtube.  In these videos, they are engaging in "non-suicidal" self-injury.  "They depict burning, hitting and biting oneself, picking at one’s skin, disturbing wounds and embedding objects under the skin."  Most of these injuries are inflicted on wrists, arms, and, occasionally, the legs.  The sad part is that these videos are popular among the youtube crowd.  Seven percent of these videos positively portray self-injury.  What I don't understand why people are doing this to themselves.  It makes absolutely no sense to me and quite frankly, it's somewhat irritating.

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