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Here's a list of social panics that turned out to be nothing: Kids being poisoned by halloween candy (no child was ever poisoned by a stranger on Halloween)

by joshe 4y ago

Here's a list of social panics that turned out to be nothing: Kids being poisoned by halloween candy (no child was ever poisoned by a stranger on Halloween) Kids being latchkey kids Violent video games Jazz Hip hop Rap Heavy Metal Satanists meeting up to cut up animals Marijuana Dungeons and dragons (really https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-1980s-media-panic-over-dungeons-dragons) People gassing Euro trains and removing everyone's kidneys The internet Email (really) Text chat like aol and yahoo messenger Sms messages The dark web Jelly bracelets (really, on Good Morning America https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/the-great-sex-bracelet-scare-and-other-teen-myths/2197833/) Most songs sung by black people Many songs sung by Italian Americans Homosexual men Africanized Honey Bees Facebook Myspace Pinball arcades Video game arcades Pool halls You will probably die after 70 of old age stuff. If not then a car crash or falling. Your kids might get screwed up but we have no idea why and avoiding all the above won't change the odds at all.

fezfight 4y ago
Yeah but just because you made a list of unrelated things, doesn't mean I have to let my kids get addicted to some silly government controlled app. I wouldnt want them to get addicted to gambling, or drugs either. Thatd be a dumb thing to do. The power of marketing is real.
- throwoutway 4y ago
  The fact OP included the dark web in this list shows how little they paid attention while constructing this list
  - alphabettsy 4y ago
    Maybe you should elaborate in the interest of having a meaningful discussion.
29athrowaway 4y ago
Tide pods challenge? And other similar dumb lethal challenges?
AlbertCory 4y ago
Your point is... what? Because some other "harms to children" turned out not to be, that nothing harms children?
owisd 4y ago
The difference with all of those things is it was parents "social panicking" about something they had no experience of, whereas parents are also on social media experiencing the negative effects for themselves. If you want to look at past analogous campaigns, tobacco lobby arguments fit better: All the cool kids are doing it, so if you don't do it you're uncool, correlation between lung cancer/depression doesn't equal causation, the science can't prove anything, maybe people who are predisposed to lung cancer/depression are more likely to smoke/spend all day doomscrolling.
pessimizer 4y ago
The Yellow Peril

by joshe 4y ago

fezfight 4y ago

Yeah but just because you made a list of unrelated things, doesn't mean I have to let my kids get addicted to some silly government controlled app. I wouldnt want them to get addicted to gambling, or drugs either. Thatd be a dumb thing to do. The power of marketing is real.

throwoutway 4y ago
The fact OP included the dark web in this list shows how little they paid attention while constructing this list
- alphabettsy 4y ago
  Maybe you should elaborate in the interest of having a meaningful discussion.

29athrowaway 4y ago

Tide pods challenge? And other similar dumb lethal challenges?

AlbertCory 4y ago

Your point is... what? Because some other "harms to children" turned out not to be, that nothing harms children?

owisd 4y ago

The difference with all of those things is it was parents "social panicking" about something they had no experience of, whereas parents are also on social media experiencing the negative effects for themselves. If you want to look at past analogous campaigns, tobacco lobby arguments fit better: All the cool kids are doing it, so if you don't do it you're uncool, correlation between lung cancer/depression doesn't equal causation, the science can't prove anything, maybe people who are predisposed to lung cancer/depression are more likely to smoke/spend all day doomscrolling.

pessimizer 4y ago

The Yellow Peril