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Side note, I do agree with under 16 being denied access to social media. Spend 5 minutes on X, Instagram or even worse Snapchat for you to see what these minor

Side note, I do agree with under 16 being denied access to social media. Spend 5 minutes on X, Instagram or even worse Snapchat for you to see what these minors are doing. A lot generation, all for likes. GenZ is so cooked, by the time they reach their 30s, damn. Gen Alpha being born within the digital and AI world is even more cooked.

Chu4eeno 4mo ago
I don't think social media is any healthier just because people are older, I'd rather just ban them outright. And from what I remember of the coverage of the scientists presenting their case in the UK there wasn't enough evidence to say whether it had an impact on children. Personally I think ipad as babysitter is more to blame, but until the proper studies are done it's all just speculation.
- h4kunamata 4mo ago
  >Personally I think ipad as babysitter is more to blame, but until the proper studies are done it's all just speculation. Proper study?? Look around us, kids are talking to ChatGPT instead of running, playing, instead of being kids. Kids cannot speak and yet have a tablet to interact with, by adulthood those kids are cooked. Teens at school can't read, they have been using ChatGPT to cheat exams. If somebody tells me that more study is required to prove what is right there in from of our eyes, that somebody is part of the problem, full stop!!
  - benj111 4mo ago
    >Look around us, kids are talking to ChatGPT instead of running, playing, instead of being kids Isn't that a symptom of other things? I'm an elder 'millenial' playing out was already decreasing when all we had was a nes and 4 channels on TV. Unfortunately now we have to 'protect' kids from the dangers outside. Which necessarily means them spending time inside.
    - fennecfoxy 4mo ago
      Millennials never spent like >6-8 hours a day on phones doing nothing productive. Yes, as adults we now spend loads of time in our places of work on devices but generally in the pursuits of doing productive things. And while I haven't looked up the stats, I don't feel like it's exceedingly more dangerous for kids to play outside today than it was back in the 00's, 90's, 90's etc. I just feel as though we're more aware of the dangers of what _could_ happen to kids - all of which is a facet of the media/social media pressure and scaremongering. Plus there are still loads of feral kids allowed to roam around and be little shits anyway.
    - h4kunamata 4mo ago
      >Unfortunately now we have to 'protect' kids from the dangers outside. Which necessarily means them spending time inside. That is the biggest bullsh1t of today's society, we aren't protecting the kids, it is the governments starting mass surveillance and before you call me a conspiracy theorist, looks what is happening world wide. This is how it all started: 1. Australian activist group Collective Shout went after Steam +18 games to protect the kids 2. Steam ignored them so they used their political influence to go after Master/Visa/Paypal 3. Master/Visa/Paypal went after Steam which removed thousands of games bankrupting developers worldwide 4. UK pushed digital ID the following week, Collective Shout was the opportunity they all needed. 5. Countries worldwide followed suit Mind you that same Collective Shout group supported a movie on Netflix showing kids being s*xual1zed. People do not understand how serious this is, these services are now getting breached, your passport, photo, address, phone, etc, is all over the network. Being victim of identity theft is the easiest thing in 2026, you trying to prove that you are you while somebody else being you is pulling your life apart.

Chu4eeno 4mo ago

I don't think social media is any healthier just because people are older, I'd rather just ban them outright. And from what I remember of the coverage of the scientists presenting their case in the UK there wasn't enough evidence to say whether it had an impact on children. Personally I think ipad as babysitter is more to blame, but until the proper studies are done it's all just speculation.

h4kunamata 4mo ago
>Personally I think ipad as babysitter is more to blame, but until the proper studies are done it's all just speculation. Proper study?? Look around us, kids are talking to ChatGPT instead of running, playing, instead of being kids. Kids cannot speak and yet have a tablet to interact with, by adulthood those kids are cooked. Teens at school can't read, they have been using ChatGPT to cheat exams. If somebody tells me that more study is required to prove what is right there in from of our eyes, that somebody is part of the problem, full stop!!
- benj111 4mo ago
  >Look around us, kids are talking to ChatGPT instead of running, playing, instead of being kids Isn't that a symptom of other things? I'm an elder 'millenial' playing out was already decreasing when all we had was a nes and 4 channels on TV. Unfortunately now we have to 'protect' kids from the dangers outside. Which necessarily means them spending time inside.
  - fennecfoxy 4mo ago
    Millennials never spent like >6-8 hours a day on phones doing nothing productive. Yes, as adults we now spend loads of time in our places of work on devices but generally in the pursuits of doing productive things. And while I haven't looked up the stats, I don't feel like it's exceedingly more dangerous for kids to play outside today than it was back in the 00's, 90's, 90's etc. I just feel as though we're more aware of the dangers of what _could_ happen to kids - all of which is a facet of the media/social media pressure and scaremongering. Plus there are still loads of feral kids allowed to roam around and be little shits anyway.
  - h4kunamata 4mo ago
    >Unfortunately now we have to 'protect' kids from the dangers outside. Which necessarily means them spending time inside. That is the biggest bullsh1t of today's society, we aren't protecting the kids, it is the governments starting mass surveillance and before you call me a conspiracy theorist, looks what is happening world wide. This is how it all started: 1. Australian activist group Collective Shout went after Steam +18 games to protect the kids 2. Steam ignored them so they used their political influence to go after Master/Visa/Paypal 3. Master/Visa/Paypal went after Steam which removed thousands of games bankrupting developers worldwide 4. UK pushed digital ID the following week, Collective Shout was the opportunity they all needed. 5. Countries worldwide followed suit Mind you that same Collective Shout group supported a movie on Netflix showing kids being s*xual1zed. People do not understand how serious this is, these services are now getting breached, your passport, photo, address, phone, etc, is all over the network. Being victim of identity theft is the easiest thing in 2026, you trying to prove that you are you while somebody else being you is pulling your life apart.