Cowards Hiding Behind Screens and Their Quick-Fix Medicine

The text argues that face-to-face life, without screens, is the only dignified one, and that modern medicine only adds fantasies and strings without solving anything. It is an opinion, not a fact.

## The screen as a metaphor for emptiness

The message opens with a grand idea: any man worth his salt should look people in the eye, face to face, away from screens. That is where the memory of one's lineage lies, what one is. The screen appears as the enemy: whoever looks down is worthless. This is not a fact, it is a stance. And as a stance, it can be defended or debated, but not proven.

The criticism gets harsher when it talks about "crazy sick people" who have nothing more to give. That contempt for people glued to their phones is nothing new. Every generation has blamed a technology for disconnection. What is new here is the tone: there are no nuances, only total condemnation.

## Medicine that only ties knots

The text accuses medicine of tying "strings and strings" and adding built-in little screens. The metaphor is clear: band-aids that do not heal, fantasies that achieve nothing. It is a complaint heard in the doctor's office and at the bar. Modern medicine lengthens life, but sometimes does not improve it. That is a verifiable fact: life expectancy in Spain exceeds **83 years** (INE, 2023), but surgical waiting lists average around **120 days** (Ministry of Health, 2023).

That said, jumping from there to claiming that medicine only generates fantasies is a leap. Medicine is not a conspiracy. It is a system with lights and shadows. And anyone who criticizes it this way, without data, is merely voicing an opinion.

## Lineage as an excuse

The message ends by talking about "the whole screwed-up lineage" and "more wretches who are good for nothing." There the true colors show: what began as a defense of face-to-face contact ends in contempt for others. Lineage is not a genetic inheritance of lazy people, as the text suggests. It is a cultural construct. And genetics does not determine a person's worth.

That fatalism does not hold up. Social mobility exists, even if it is slow. In Spain, **40%** of children of parents without schooling reach higher education (INE, 2020). It is not paradise, but neither is it the determinism the text implies.

## Mental health is not an invention

The message mixes screens with mental illness. It speaks of "crazy sick people" as if mental health were an excuse. It is not. In Spain, **6.7%** of the adult population has diagnosed depression (Ministry of Health, 2023). And problematic screen use is a studied phenomenon, not a fantasy.

Blaming someone with a mental health problem for being "unsocialized" is a mistake. And it is a mistake that hurts. Medicine is not a string. It is a tool. Whether the system has flaws is another matter. But that is debated with data, not with contempt.

If you recognize your own anxiety or phone dependence in this text, the first step is to talk to a professional. Opinion does not heal. Healthcare, sometimes, does.