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Where are all these poisoned children getting the cash to buy these things?
by bentruyman 2y ago
Where are all these poisoned children getting the cash to buy these things?
- j45 2y agoThe children in the article wanted to spend their pocket money. This is a short sighted and unaware comment. It starts with desire. And carrying it regardless of whether there is money or not. And what the feeling of lack in an impressionable child can do. The fundamental issue is unmanaged exposure to devices and content does harm to children.
- bentruyman 2y agoWho manages the exposure to the devices a children has? Where did they get these devices from in the first place?
- chihuahua 2y agoBy relentlessly bugging their parents to buy them these things
- gjsman-1000 2y agoSo gasp, parents have to use the hardest word in the English language and do their job? Heaven forbid.
- splwjs 2y agoThis take shows up a lot and it's a bad one. "I can surround your child with dangerous unhealthy things and do my best to corrupt and poison them, there should be no limit to this behavior whatsoever because if I succeed it's your fault for being bad parents! All you have to do is say no, it's not like it's my full time job to make end-runs around you with the aid of behavioral science and psychology and a budget, no no no guiding your children morally is as simple as saying no once, are you too stupid and lazy to do that?".
- ziddoap 2y agoYour comment is one extreme. "Parents should just say no" is another extreme. I would put money on the best solution being somewhere between those two extremes.
- vundercind 2y ago… what’s the second extreme expressed here? I see the same one stated two ways.
- ziddoap 2y agogjsman-1000 says that all responsibility falls to the parent for failing to say no. splwjs says that corporations have the responsibility because they spend billions on psychological manipulation campaigns.
- candiddevmike 2y agoThere are a lot of parents that don't/can't say no. Those are the whales these advertisers are hunting for. The ones who's parents do say no and are "left out" or bullied are just collateral damage.
- chihuahua 2y agoAlso, it's not just saying "no" once. It's a hundred times a day, every day, for years.
- drawkward 2y agoMy teenager has a mom who abandoned him to me when he was two, but is more than happy to send him money on any of several apps. Your view of the world lacks much nuance.
- bentruyman 2y agoOh true, I didn't consider that. I guess parents have no agency over their children.
- nitwit005 2y agoTraditionally advertising time slots on kids television shows were dramatically cheaper, because as you notice, kids don't have any money.