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Why does a 13 years old have access to social media? As you mention, we don't let kids drink alcohol at 13. My kids can call me a bigot and hate me as much as
by jokethrowaway 5y ago
Why does a 13 years old have access to social media?
As you mention, we don't let kids drink alcohol at 13.
My kids can call me a bigot and hate me as much as they want, it won't change the fact I am the parent and I decide what's right for them until they're of age.
When I was growing up there was already vandalism, porn, unrealistic body image (bodybuilders for guys, anorexic models for girls), heavy underage drinking and goth cutting themselves.
The only difference in today's world is that we celebrate people with mental illnesses for political purposes.
Teaching your kids what the media say is mostly biased BS and forbidding them from using social media is not too hard.
- oblio 5y ago> Teaching your kids what the media say is mostly biased BS and forbidding them from using social media is not too hard. 1. Adults have pretty bad impulse control. 2. But kids or teenagers have even worse impulse control. 3. The prefrontal cortex, in charge of risk evaluation and decision making, matures when you're 25 years old (+/-). 4. These huge companies are built around addiction and getting network effects to set it. They have huge marketing budgets and a lot of money to lobby governments. What's I'm saying is: good luck getting the average kid to break a habit even many adults can't. And when the human brain, on average, fails ("don't drink and drive!"), we introduce laws to fix that. Personal responsibility only takes us so far, because we're human and fallible.
- scarface74 5y agoHow has that whole “War on Drugs” been working out with stopping kids from doing drugs?
- oblio 5y agoI don't know how it's doing but that's cherry picking. We have a ton of bans for a ton of stuff in a ton of countries and they seem to work. The burden on proof is on you to prove they're all wrong.
- scarface74 5y agoName one thing that the US government has “banned” that people wanted where it has been effective? And why would you want government control over what you can see and say?
- oblio 5y ago> Name one thing that the US government has “banned” that people wanted where it has been effective? The world is more than the US. > And why would you want government control over what you can see and say? Because this is not just about me, it's about society as a whole. And humans can be horrible: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebo...
- scarface74 5y agoSo because of the GDPR Europeans privacy is better protected and the effect wasn’t just to see a lot of cookie pop ups?
- oblio 5y agoYes, it is, lawsuits and fines have already started happening. Let's just agree to disagree on fundamental philosophical differences here and call it a day.
- scarface74 5y agoYep, I’m sure that’s going to solve the problem. It’s been the last for five years and the situation has gotten worse.
- oblio 5y agoYou're right, you win. Congratulations!