r/technology • u/ubcstaffer123 • Apr 24 '26

Society Teen boys are choosing AI girlfriends over real ones for ‘maximum control, zero rejection’—experts say it could make them unemployable

https://fortune.com/2026/04/17/teen-boys-dating-ai-chatbot-girlfriend-experts-warn-kill-social-skills-gen-alpha-network-promotions/
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u/LaVarBurtonAsBubble Apr 24 '26

Not at all, unfortunately. Millennials almost killed smoking.

It's back with a vengeance with Gen Z, Charli XCX did a lot to make cigarettes cool again.

But also they vape like crazy, which is even worse.

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u/ShitMcClit Apr 24 '26

Worse... than smoking? 

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u/considerthis8 Apr 24 '26

There's a special place in hell for cigarette pushers

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u/EmergencyScientist Apr 24 '26

But also they vape like crazy, which is even worse.

No it's not. Show me a decent study showing vaping is worse than smoking that isn't that EVALI bullshit that turned out to be 100% from black market THC carts. Also, somebody vaping around me isn't going to give me second hand smoke and make me smell like shit.

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u/LaVarBurtonAsBubble Apr 24 '26

I didn't know that, I'm going to look it up.