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by squigz 11mo ago
Banning smartphones in general would be more akin to banning kids from riding in cars (not driving them) or being around alcohol (even in their own home) To say nothing of the inconsistency of those bans. You can vote, enlist in the army, a
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by squigz 11mo ago
What's the elephant? What are you trying to say?
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by squigz 11mo ago
So if they're unconscious for some other reason - or the assailant wasn't the one who drugged them - it's not a felony? Sometimes I'm still surprised at how politicians can defend certain positions.
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by squigz 11mo ago
Then I'm not sure why the points immediately preceding that are relevant.
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by squigz 11mo ago
The idea that you shouldn't need qualifications - which, might I add, is not the same as certification - to be the President of The United States is a wild one.
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by squigz 11mo ago
> Yes he's an arsehole and moderately racist and probably quite lucky too but he is good at his job. So one can be a massive piece of shit as long as they're good at their job? Many of us here probably have worked with people l
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by squigz 11mo ago
Even in the digital era, I wonder how long radio stations keep full recordings of their broadcasts for
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by squigz 11mo ago
What does this do?
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by squigz 11mo ago
It's been going on for a bit longer than 40 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_co...
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by squigz 11mo ago
Aren't most phones these days fairly waterproof?
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by squigz 11mo ago
Because I don't think it's fair to punish these people for doing what the law says they have to do.
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by squigz 11mo ago
The psychologists doing what they're supposed to do should be imprisoned ? Putting aside whether imprisonment is a sane punishment for something like this... why not the lawmakers that enabled this?
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What's banned is the school cannot require students to pray.
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by squigz 11mo ago
Surely some of it is also the simple fact of... these people are very rich and want some art they enjoy. The same way a regular person might buy an autographed photo of a celebrity they like or something like that.
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by squigz 11mo ago
If PE causes so many problems and needs to be controlled, why not... control it? Regulate it heavily, or ban it outright, or make it very difficult for them to own a large portion of businesses in any given area, etc, etc It's just the
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by squigz 11mo ago
> replace all humans Depends what you mean by "replace" 'Economically'? Sure, this is problematic, but technology displacing workers is not a new issue, but unfortunately is more of a social and cultural issue. The on
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by squigz 11mo ago
Nobody's saying it's "morally wrong" not to give your kids antidepressants - but nor is it morally wrong to give them to them. What tends to be "morally wrong" is when parents are like "I'm not giving
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by squigz 11mo ago
Maybe because "Fixing society" (putting aside questions of what that even means...) is going to take a long, long time and a lot of effort. Which isn't to say we shouldn't continue to fix it (hint: we do!) but it doesn&#
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by squigz 11mo ago
Clicking Learn More gives an error. You have provided absolutely no information. In what way are you actually building a "deep space logistics startup"? Other than to put up a barebones website.
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by squigz 11mo ago
> Again, free and required is a bad model. They should either be free and selective or, less ideally, available and costly. This is a good way to ensure the most vulnerable members of your society don't get educated. But I suppose t
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by squigz 11mo ago
> My kids know that they aren't permitted to be lazy or say they are bored. Seems like a really great way to have your kids feel guilty about the way they feel and then not talk to you about it.
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by squigz 11mo ago
> the clear conclusion is that if it exists it's indistinguishable prior to that age How is that clear? How would we know if it's indistinguishable if your studies didn't even look?
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And the conclusion to draw from that is that one absolutely cannot be trans under the age of 12?
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Why age 12?
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I'm very curious about this as well, GP, please.
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by squigz 11mo ago
The only 2 non-gaming categories I saw were Chatting/IRL and Music. The majority of streams appear to still be gaming.
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by squigz 11mo ago
I'm pretty sure Twitch/YT handles the payment processing; StreamElements/StreamLabs only provides things like the TTS stuff
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by squigz 11mo ago
Where though? I just browsed the homepage a bit and didn't see any porn :(
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by squigz 11mo ago
> A shop showing pornography openly or use of various sex fetish toys while selling also bread is still inaccessible to any kid, so thats a pretty weak argument. Worst defines the overall situation. A more appropriate analogy would be a
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by squigz 11mo ago
> * Heads up for desktops, head down for smart phones .. avoid early neck problems. > * No one got run over at a cross walk looking at their desktop. In all the discussions about these bans and the effects of phones and social media o

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