Fair point.

I wish. That would be rad.

Thank you.

You’re wrong.

But that’s okay. Thank you for the reply. I hope you a nice day.

They already have all of that.

They did when you adopted smart phone and smart home technology, same with everyone else. They have it for most people because most people knowingly use corporate social media sites like TikTok, Facebook. Twitter/X, Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, and the like, and those are collecting data too.

We know this objectively because the FBI just released footage in the Guthrie case that shouldn’t exist, and definitely shouldn’t be hanging out in a government database either.

You’re not protecting yourself or anyone by allowing these systems to access kids without any regulation whatsoever. I appreciate that it makes you feel good to think that you are, though.

That is factually incorrect.

It was exposed in 2014 that FB was running experiments on its users by tinkering with their news feeds, so culturally, conversations around this have been happening for at least twelve years, and tech addiction has been a known problem for at least a decade. These products are designed to be addictive, induce mental illness, and foment rage bait because it keeps eyes glued to ads, and the corporate media providers know this.

Now, we live in a world where it’s causing widespread mental illness in young people, because its effects are more pronounced in developing brains. This is a public health issue, and it’s not going to be solved with whoo whoo solutions like expecting parents to actually parent, because we can see from the last 5-10 years that this ‘solution’ is ineffective.

Regulation is necessary, whether it’s ID verification, or banning cell phone sales to kids, or even limited solutions like disallowing cell phone use in schools.

When education and talking with kids actually seems to be accomplishing something, I’ll agree that it’s a good solution.

We’re talking about ID verification because everything listed in the first part of this meme has failed (including, most importantly, depending on parental oversight) and we’re now at a point where the consequences require immediate regulation.

The pizza box laptop is still goated, IMHO.

That last one does sound nice.

No need.

I endure because my success infuriates my enemies.

I would love to possess the power and self-assurance of a furry little god who knows absolutely that they can just camp out on the stove and they will never, ever come to harm.

That’s rad!

That is a magnificent cock.

The French executed a lot of them, like 10,000 to 15,000. (Exact number is unknown, but there are lots of known mass graves.)

Shutting their brains off entirely seems effective.

“I’m fighting the system from the inside” is 100% pure cope, too.

Eh, 100% pure cope is a bit hyperbolic.

There are at least tens of thousands of accounts of Jews who lived, in part, because of the intercession of people who existed within the Nazi infrastructure. We just don’t most of the names because people couldn’t actually use their names when operating within resistance networks, but there are some famous accounts, like Schindler and The Pianist.

It is not always possible for people to work outside of a fascist system, and to pretend that it is is absurdly idealistic.

Obligatory note: People had reported the eventual shooter to authorities and nothing was done.

My favorite thing is when rich people pretend to support things because they know, unequivocally, they’ll never actually be held accountable for making them happen or their hypocrisy in living unimaginably luxurious lifestyles.

Like this asshole

Exactly.

Not much is different here than the presentation.

Awesome. Thank you for the tips!

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

I’ll go do that. Thank you.