10 years of constant exposure, plus the peer pressure of "everyone doing it", has apparently been enough to brainwash young Americans into thinking life wasn't worth living before social media. And that it would be hell to live without constant access to internet, games, and movies anywhere in your pocket. God help us if there is a nationwide grid-down event. If it lasts a month, 99% won't be able to function beyond laying in bed and starving, or going insane and violent in the streets.
If anyone has tried taking their teen's cell phone away for a week, you realize how sad and sick it is that they cry, rage, break down, then go into a depression.
Heh, and for those who haven't seen what idiot zombies people become when glued to a cellphone, watch some vids like "texting while walking fails":
hooktube.com/watch?v=TKlF4JL-4r0