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"You can't keep kids from drinking alcohol, they can get it from their friends parents." This is also a true statement, but happens far less than it does with
by majormajor 4y ago
"You can't keep kids from drinking alcohol, they can get it from their friends parents."
This is also a true statement, but happens far less than it does with social media (or other violent or otherwise undesired media).
That's not currently what people want, but I think it could change it the future. But at the same time, there is a particular American quality of stubborness/pride that will probably push back "we have the right to keep hurting ourselves even though we don't really want to, but are being manipulated by algorithmic attention-fixation tricks!"
- ilyt 4y ago>"You can't keep kids from drinking alcohol, they can get it from their friends parents." >This is also a true statement, but happens far less than it does with social media (or other violent or otherwise undesired media). There is a difference between parent giving kid a lesson about alcohol (which the poster above is proposing), and just starting to drink with your underage kid (which you are comparing to)
- majormajor 4y agoI'm not saying a parent would start drinking with their underage kids, I'm saying kids can often get alcohol themselves from their friends parents (either directly or indirectly) even if their own parents tell them they shouldn't drink and don't give them any. It still happens, but it's a lot less socially acceptable, and it happens a lot less.