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Pagers, Puzzles and Pac-Man + New Article Readings

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🧩 Puzzling Problem (1924)

In 1924, the University of Michigan placed a ban on cross-world puzzles in classrooms. Today professors make similar complaints about laptops and smartphones, perhaps they should try making their lectures more entertaining?

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šŸ‰ FUD&D (1985)

The board game Dungeons & Dragons, originally released in 1974, created controversy due to the violent and sex-based content. According to psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Radecki the game was ā€œessentially a worship of violenceā€, before video games, it was board games!

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šŸ“Ÿ Pager Danger (1989)

In the 80s Illinois Governor James R. Thompson wanted to pass a bill to forbid the use of pagers in public schools. The reason? Some felt these ā€œelectronic signaling devicesā€ were used as a way for students to help buy and sell narcotics. However, one school spokesman admitted ā€œI can’t say any student has ever been caught in the act.ā€

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šŸ•¹ Crack-Man (1983)

Only a few years after Pac-Man came to the US it was being claimed kids and teens were addicted, with it being compared to gambling. We found a women suggesting laws to set age limits to play Pac-Man, as if it were alcohol. Similar laws have been suggested by lawmakers recently in regards to social media.

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ā­ļø Tweet of the Week

This 2006 Cosmo cover featuring Keira Knightley asked an edgy question, ā€œAre You Addicted to MySpace?ā€, we’re all cold turkey now.

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šŸŽ™ Pessimists Aloud Podcast

Episode 2 of our new weekly podcast ā€˜Pessimists Aloud’ contains two article readings from the first decade of the 1900s: The first concerns faces and manned flight, the other a warning about the habit of reading in bed.

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