Wendy Zukerman

Oh, I mean, you don't say pokies machines, or what do you call them in the U.S.

?

Slot machines.

You don't see slot machines that are grayscale, right?

No.

All right.

Wow.

Blythe Terrell, executive editor here at Science Versus.

Do you know, Meryl, I wonder if I had such a humdrum reaction to, oh, okay, it's just my phone on grayscale, because the other day I saw the most beautiful rainbow.

It went over my house.

I ran to one window, I saw the rainbow, and then I ran to the other side.

It's not a big house, but the other side and the rainbow was coming over my house and

And so to put my phone on Grayscale, not a big deal.

That's right.

But I'm sure that'll fade away and then I'll just want to look at the cotton candy of my phone soon.

Okay, so I think my last question is once people scroll less, do they actually feel better?

Do they appreciate the rainbow in their life more?

Yeah.

Yeah.

And for all of our listeners who are saying that they really struggle with this and everyone online who's really been responding to the news of that court case that came down last week saying, you know, yeah, this is something that's maybe not the cause of all the sadness in my life, but I don't feel good after I kind of get sucked into my phone for a few hours.