Is this one of those (insert absurdity to make the news) bills?
Bill to ban social media for Texans under 18
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Re: Bill to ban social media for Texans under 18
#182TV? Radio? One could argue that some stations/networks are quite comparable to social media.
TV and radio are not interactive. The interactive nature of social media makes is so damaging: you write a comment or post a video, and then you get a dopamine injection every time there is a like, reply or re-share. I used to think TV is bad, social media is 10x worse.
C-SPAN and call-in talk radio shows. ;-P
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Lemme tell ya, if I grew up with this antagonistic a relationship with adults I would be even less inclined to support the right.
Which antagonistic relationship with adults are you referring to?
If adults wanted me not to use some of the greatest resources available to humans in order to "protect" me it would cause me to constantly be wasting time I could be using to do something fun or useful on circumventing idiotic protections.
I don't like having my time wasted and I would certainly never vote for the people who want to waste my time. And that's the best case scenario, some people wouldn't be able to circumvent the ban and they'd be stuck atrophying.
The idea that twitter/facebook/4chan/instagram/discord etc aren't essential to existing in a world that's changing as fast as ours is laughable. In the last 2 weeks I've gone from novice to expert in using stable diffusion to create animations purely off discussions on social media, this information doesn't exist anywhere else in a field that's being upended every few weeks by new developments. That's not something that's going to change going into the future, the rate of change is increasing and we need to PREPARE our youth for that, not deny them the only way to stay relevant.
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#184Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which antagonistic relationship with adults are you referring to?
If adults wanted me not to use some of the greatest resources available to humans in order to "protect" me it would cause me to constantly be wasting time I could be using to do something fun or useful on circumventing idiotic protections. I don't like having my time wasted and I would certainly never vote for the people who want to waste my time. And that's the best case scenario, some people wouldn't be able to cir…
You make a strong case.
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Yikes, really? And what do they fear the impact of this to be? (Honest question)
My fear is that culture of my people will be assimilated and co-opted. My culture is thousands of years old, and we've survived plagues, war, and murder. I'd like to transmit this culture to my children as I feel it's valuable.
Unfortunately, the surest way to kill a culture is to make it irrelevant. By that I mean, it has to be information that's incorporated the current cultural context, not just the context as it was when the custom arose.
Teaching children history and customs is great -- it informs how they live within society. But forcing them to only heed the customs of the culture back then makes them ill equipped to survive in today. That's many times more so in a multi-cultural society, as everyone's culture goes into the so-called melting pot.
I have respect for where I come from, but that knowledge alone is absolutely not enough to equip me for living in today's world. My parents (and many others) say it all the time "when I was X it was different ...". Yeah. It was.
Edit: to emphasize my sincerity. No disrespect intended and I hope non-taken.
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Please don't take HN threads into regional flamewar. It leads hellward, and is easily avoidable. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: you've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly lately: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33821967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33766363 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33682063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33671032 ... and we've already as…
Do what thou wilt.
I'll abandon this account and create another. It's not hard to game the "community" here.
And especially since you don't allow deletion of accounts, it's actually a good thing to regularly get new. Thank you for reminding me.
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please don't take HN threads into regional flamewar. It leads hellward, and is easily avoidable. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: you've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly lately: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33821967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33766363 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33682063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33671032 ... and we've already as…
Do what thou wilt. I'll abandon this account and create another. It's not hard to game the "community" here. And especially since you don't allow deletion of accounts, it's actually a good thing to regularly get new. Thank you for reminding me.
Yes, I know. But why contribute to destroying this place? If it's interesting enough for you to be here at all, it's worth protecting, no?.
Re: Bill to ban social media for Texans under 18
#188Relax
TX is about to start its legislative session and reps can suggest literally anything
This will never even make it to the debate floor
Re: Bill to ban social media for Texans under 18
#189Relax TX is about to start its legislative session and reps can suggest literally anything This will never even make it to the debate floor
I think it's important to know what crazy ideas your elected representatives try to push forward, no matter how unlikely they are to actually pass. It helps you identify the crazies.
Re: Bill to ban social media for Texans under 18
#190Relax TX is about to start its legislative session and reps can suggest literally anything This will never even make it to the debate floor
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