Effective today any child under the age of 16 in Australia is not allowed to be on social media sites. The ones in question are Instagram, Facebook, threads, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok, Kik, Reddit, twitch and X.
Of course it won't be 100% effective but damn it's a good idea and you have to rip the Band-Aid off somewhere.
I just wonder how long it will take the kids will find a workaround.
While it seems like a good idea, this all show and no substance. It’s impossible to enforce it. Typical of progressive politicians, the Aussie government is taking the easy route, banning children on social media with no way to ensure it works, just so they claim they did something and feel good about it.
This is more than any country in the world has done for the safety of children on social media and yet here you are shitting on it.
Besides children, the people who really don't like this would be ped0ph1les and perverts.
This is the moral equivalent to what they’re doing in Australia: A person is swimming twenty-five yards out in the water, when he suddenly realizes he can’t make it back to shore.
He sees people on the beach and he begins to call to them just as he begins struggling to stay afloat.
The people on shore hear his cries and look out on the water and locate the struggling person.
But, instead of heading out on the water to effect his rescue, they all begin praying that he gets saved. They all pray really, really hard.
And, he slips under the water and drowns.
Here’s what they all say afterward: Well, we did something. At least we tried.
That would s exactly the point. Many situations that beg for a solution can’t be helped except in a token way. Your opinion is, generally, valid. But, there are many **** people (because we tend to think that this was passed to protect the little tikes ) that won’t listen to parents to not use social media but, can’t argue if they can’t access social media due to government actions. If one kid’s life is positively impacted, then, this is a good effort.
However, if we accept that this is whistling in the wind, then, as a very smart man, what do you recommend should be done short of shutting down the internet?
The onus should be on the parents, not the government. Government has always had the excellent ability for messing up the lives of the people it was allegedly supposed to serve. History is rife with examples of government NOT doing the right thing, time after time. Billions have died prematurely because of organized governments.
In a perfect world, more parents would be more attentive and protective of their children. This is not a perfect world, however. People are flawed.
The ironic part is that government is made up solely of people. As stated above, people are flawed.
Why should we, then, trust government to always do the right thing, if the people in it are just as imperfect as the rest of us?
One thing is for sure: we can always trust the government to make a bad situation worse. Not even religion has had the ability to make the world right, and religion has been around far longer than government. The problem with religion, is the same as the problem with government: there are people involved in it.
A problem exists, and government’s solution, more often than not, is to make feel-good empty gestures for bragging rights, that is, when it's not trampling all over human rights. Doing “something" then becomes justification for spending more of our hard-earned money, just to micro-manage our lives.
The solution is to stop wanting the government to fix our lives and to take responsibility for ourselves. Modern societies have become far too reliant on government to solve their problems. That nonsense must stop, because government, whether through sheer incompetence or maliciousness, will ultimately be the end of human dignity and the death of humanity.
No. I’m for limited government by the people. I’m for government that takes care of infrastructure, protects national borders, and protects national interests. Today’s governments are no longer for the people. They are for the self-interests of the persons controlling them. They’re for the elitists, of the elitists, and by the elitists.
Anarchists want the world to burn. They produce nothing but misery. I want the world to be protected, because I live in it. I merely don’t want the State to tell me how I should live my life, so long as I am harming no one.
It’s not a black and white world. Why do you seem to insist that it is by labeling me an anarchist? Do you actually believe that there are only two sides in this issue: total submission/dependency or total anarchy?
The control of the people, even by elitists, in this country, is achieved by having elections. You can argue, and I won’t dispute it, that money, lies, manipulation of facts, and character assassination is/are frequently used to get votes. Elections, however, where a voter CHOOSES to vote for an individual, is what chooses what our government will be. The results may or may not be good for the people, but, they choose. The limits that these governments have are directly proportional to the educated participation of the electorate and, the constant supervision of those that believe that because they got elected can do whatever they want. I’ve always believed that NO ONE wants an excess of government. Just enough to keep us safe and accommodating to our needs.
Okay, you are not an anarchist. I didn’t label you. Thanks for that clarification. It was more of a question by me than a statement, but, you are a conservative, right leaning, citizen, right? So, let me ask you, what do you think of the EPA, the WHO, abortion, gun control, conservation laws, and treatment of illegal aliens? Because, in my book, many people want to live their lives in a cocoon where they don’t care about their neighbors. They just, and I quote, “don’t want the State to tell me how I should live my life, so long as I am harming no one.”
And no, I don’t believe “ that there are only two sides in this issue: total submission/dependency or total anarchy?” and I never said that. I notice you project to conclusions that are not what I’ve written (I do that too, sometimes 🤣 I’ve also noted that the minute you saw my opinion and you didn’t like them, you went straight to character assassination instead of refuting them with facts. It seemed that you dismissed me and my opinions because I’m a dumb blond woman that should stay away from politics. I’m going to borrow from your book and say you are a misogynist.
Always gotta go for the worst case scenario, huh. Proper parental guidance would prevent that, but here you are, promoting more government. Sheesh!
Why is it always a worst case scenario?
Government has been usurping the family unit for decades now. Look at the cities with the worst crime statistics. The family units are virtually non-existent in those communities, because government stepped in and told people, “You can’t do this alone. We’re here to help.”
I think it was Johnson that told mothers they didn't need a father in the house, the government would pickup the tab.that was some of the early stages of the demise of America. when family was devalued.
That is your opinion, but, don’t you think that 50 +/- yrs, with so many Republicans in power, that that supposedly bad advice would have been given the boot? Even today, a yr after the Clown got re-elected, I don’t hear him saying, “Johnson was wrong”.
Look to me, you are putting the cart before the horse. Government stepped in BECAUSE those cities were out of control. However, in what form did they step in? Bigger police forces? More funds for education? Fighting poverty? More employment? Higher minimum wages? Fairer voter participation?
Those family units that are virtually non-existent are a huge problem. I agree, but, without Big Government, how do you propose we deal with it? And before you say there’s too much red tape and waste of resources (and I agree with that), remember, nothing is perfect but something has to be done. Individual help is needed but it’s nowhere enough. Government help has to be.
The simple concept of NOT reproducing if you can't support the results would be a Giant step in the right direction and would cost nearly ZERO to the individual "needing help" and the taxpayer.
Shut down the entire internet. That’s the only sure way to “protect” the children. They’ll have to go back to sneaking peeks at girlie magazines, like in the old days.
The AlGoreRhythms are a problem for about everything on the net. I use Youtube for music and sometimes just because i listen 1 song from a artist that is a bit different than usual, holy shit, if i walk away and let the thing autoplay, there is some shit will come up that makes me want to wack the computer with a hammer!
So don’t walk away. They want to be helpful. I’ve been using YouTube premium for years and most of the time they come up with a very good selection of videos I like. The more you use it the more they get it right.
The little crotch goblins will just lie about their ages or have their parents make them an account. As long as the parents give them phones and access to any internet capable device it won’t stop them.
Like I said, the kids will probably find a workaround. I just wonder how long it will take for about 50% of the kids to be back online. Maybe they'll learn how to do crazy things like have conversations and maybe their neck will not hurt as much from constantly looking down. Maybe but I honestly think probably not but it's better than doing nothing.
I seriously doubt it would have stopped me had i been young when this was going on. Similar situation is the motivation for me winding up in college and getting my degree.to beat the system
Well that car owner is in for a headache because how do you file a claim to get your car fixed? It was not in a wreck with another vehicle, and airplanes don't carry auto insurance.
Doesn’t matter, your car insurance. Pays you to fix your car once you cover your deductible, and the insurance. Companies lose out unless they try to sew the airplane operator
I have been in SW Florida for 2 months and I really don’t recall there being any “rain” days. Tonight, there’s a good amount of rain and a thunderstorm, too!
And it has been a cool day today! I was up and out at 08:15 for a mani and pedi in Fort Myers and it was 59 degrees! Brrrrrrr! Fast forward to shortly after 5pm and back in LaBelle and it’s only 67 degrees! Not what I consider to be typical SW Florida weather, but I must admit that it looked like what I would have expected to be an overcast/going to rain kinda sky!
The one I really enjoyed was the one where the instructor (that’s my guess) appeared to fall forward into a push-up then bounced up and into a squat. The “hell no, that’s not happening!” look on the woman’s face that was standing behind her as she shakes her head left to right said it all!
I just posted this on a new thread and, in the sake of transparency I'm copy/pasting my comment here.
licksipsuckit.....Lix...you, like Bella, Dgraff, Phart and several others, got it wrong. I don't choose to "suck up your arses now and feed off the dags you feed her". I choose to visit Bella's forum site because her site is usually the only site that has some interesting topics. The forums are full of innate threads that belong in the heads of overheated male brains. You, on the other hand, seldom participate in the forums and never under your account name. For a long time I was a champion of the people that got trashed by Bella's crowd and you was a big recipient of my effort to fight trashing of my friends. It turns out it was for nothing. Lix, you've got your opinions on what I'm doing now. Frankly, I don't give a rat's ass what they are and that is the same about anyone else. Bella, Dgraff, Phart, Jamie, or all the other members that may or may not want to be friendly, they can all kiss my ass. I'm doing AND ENJOYING, my time on the site. Just an aside......Phart, who almost always has opinions totally opposite to mine, is usually the nicest to me.
As far as needing someone to defend me for some of the shit posted about or against me, I think the site knows that when my ire is molested, I don't take prisoners. So, in honor of what I considered a friendship, you, and Dgraff can keep out of my existence on site.
I would PREFER that you would not discuss me publicly with your friend. What you say to her in a private conversation is between just the two of you, unless either or both of you decide to make it public.
Phart, Dgraff, or Lix? FYI Bella!, you were mentioned in my post but I did not discuss you publicly, privately, or otherwise. All I did was tell about this site thread and some of it's forum topics. My post was not directed to a friend or enemy. It was done to explain myself and my recent actions to ignore you or anybody else for what you perceive as a general truth. You and Lix are in an open war. No, I don't give a flying fuck who is right or who is wrong. Like I've said, if I visit this site it's because of the content matter.
Then I will kindly ask you to not "mention" me in your public posts directed to your friend. Perhaps you and maybe she feels that we are in an "open war" but I can assure you, I really don't give her any thought.
Just so you understand, I do NOT have influence over what members post here and/or what they say about others. I would prefer that members don't take pot shots at her in this thread and I've gone as far as asking members to be nice. For you to address her post in another thread and toss my name into the mix only opens the door for her to use me as target practice and there was no need for that.
I don't feel like I've come at you with an attitude and I can hope that we can keep the non combatative momentum going.
Ah! Just as I anticipated! I logged out to see for myself in what context to were discussing me, aka "mention" me to your friend.
Surely, you are not that foggy minded or clueless about your friend's response to you, are you? It might be tricky but I'm sure you can sort it out. She wrote;
"hey, don't explain anything to me, Im not the self appointed site police and I really cant bothered to read what you've written after the word CUNT AND DIRTBAG on the first line, theyre only worth pissing on in my opinion *lix*"
This is where it gets tricky because she made reference to your "first line". No worries, I will simplify it for you. You wrote;
"Lix...you, like Bella (referred to as CUNT), Dgraff (referred to as DIRTBAG), Phart and several others, blah, blah, blah....
AGAIN, I will kindly request that you do not publicly discuss me or mention me to your friend. Thank you.
bella! surely, if you saw the first line, I said no such thing. I think all of you have taken too many sips of the cool aid. No matter. From now on, if I have to refer to you, I will identify you as “ Lix’s war sparring partner” --------------------------------------- added after 13 minutes
And yes, I am that foggy. I choose to be that way. You and Lix are two sides of the same coin. I don’t care if you can or can not control the other members. What ever those dip shits have to say is for me to deal with. I have tried to stay out of your way and to be honest, I like how things are working out. As far as Lix, well, she’s as good or bad as you and your bunch. Leave me out of your petty squabbles
What is so difficult for you to understand? KINDLY DO NOT DISCUSS ME OR MENTION ME TO YOUR FRIEND IN THE PUBLIC FORUM. I DON'T GIVE A FLYING CRAP WHAT MONIKER YOU THINK THAT YOU WANT TO ASSIGN ME, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR ***YOU*** TO DISCUSS ME/MENTION ME AT ALL OR TO HER. IS THAT CLEAR? THANK YOU.
Bella! why can you mention or discuss me any time you like but I can't pay you back in kind? I don't have private conversations with anyone except for sex. Yes, once in a while I do have a one on one with someone, but, public conversations are proof of what I've said. In this whole exchange on who said what to whom, I did not have a private conversation with Lix, you, @Degraff@ or anyone else. At the same time I've had some private conversations with some male friends about their ability to "FUCK ME SILLY".........oh....and I did not mention you.......even as a possible ménage à trois
being mean to you would fix nothing.The whole idea of discussing opposing ideas and such is to try to fix the other persons mistakes and miss interpretations so they can make better desicions regarding their lives in general.Being mean is like beating a wild animal to domesticate it,futile.You treat the wild animal as you want it to treat you.and eventually,just as with the latest stray cat that I tried to help along in life,sometimes you fail. I had to scoop his dumbass out of the road monday morning.
I had named him Dingus because all he did was hang around and meow and eat.
But he had several places he checked for table scraps and he was on his way over here when he got the sqaush.
poor things aint got any sense.I mean,I almost hit the dumbass with the golf cart!
Well Lixy pixy spoiled meat pie I didn’t lie I’ve read your posts before and you care about no one but your self and the one woman that stuck up for you you kicked to the curb that one woman was candy or were you to stupid to realize that
Make what you will with it. As I said before, I don't give a rat's ass what ANYBODY thinks about me anymore on site. I will try to ignore innuendos, half truths and bitchy members.
And how is what I said derogatory in anyway to you I was letting the the walrus know that you were the best and only friend she had that would stick up for her and she turned around and shit on you
It’s not. You go from tone side of the line to the other. All you have to remember is that I don’t give a fuck, one way or another, about what you feel or do
Hahaha look at it this way as long as I’m deviling lix I’m leaving every one else alone and on weekends I devil the hell out of my baby brother or Markis then even lix gets a break
Do you understand what I'm saying, what my point is?
I do not understand what TWOWARM feels she has to say to that woman that concerns me. Each and everytime my name is dropped in any of her posts, her friend uses it as an opportunity to call me a cunt.
There also seems to be a correlation to the prominent member slamming me when dgraff starts in on the prominent member, too.
I hear you loud and clear but as I heard you say 100 times you have no control over what myself or any other members say I to have no control over what they say I’m a prankster I’m not happy unless I’m deviling some one weather it be on line or at home --------------------------------------- added after 4 minutes
Right now it’s just me and muggsy watching tv so I’m deviling muggsy but he loves it
Do you see how things unfolded? You taunt the prominent member because you feel she has wronged her longtime friend and personal cheerleader. You were told to stay out of TWOWARM's "existence" by TWOWARM, herself. You were also told, by TWOWARM that she "don’t give a fuck, one way or another, about what you feel or do." Why expend any energy on someone who feels that strongly?
Your post struck a nerve with the prominent member and she referred to as a DIRTBAG but not before she took a swing at me.
Of course it won't be 100% effective but damn it's a good idea and you have to rip the Band-Aid off somewhere.
I just wonder how long it will take the kids will find a workaround.
Besides children, the people who really don't like this would be ped0ph1les and perverts.
I’m only stating facts. There is no way to enforce this ban. It’s all for show, and nothing more. It’s the moral equivalent of wishing on a star.
This is the moral equivalent to what they’re doing in Australia: A person is swimming twenty-five yards out in the water, when he suddenly realizes he can’t make it back to shore.
He sees people on the beach and he begins to call to them just as he begins struggling to stay afloat.
The people on shore hear his cries and look out on the water and locate the struggling person.
But, instead of heading out on the water to effect his rescue, they all begin praying that he gets saved. They all pray really, really hard.
And, he slips under the water and drowns.
Here’s what they all say afterward: Well, we did something. At least we tried.
Same thing.
Same Same
They can now claim, with puffed up chests, “Look, everyone! We did something,” even though it’s totally and utterly meaningless!
However, if we accept that this is whistling in the wind, then, as a very smart man, what do you recommend should be done short of shutting down the internet?
In a perfect world, more parents would be more attentive and protective of their children. This is not a perfect world, however. People are flawed.
The ironic part is that government is made up solely of people. As stated above, people are flawed.
Why should we, then, trust government to always do the right thing, if the people in it are just as imperfect as the rest of us?
One thing is for sure: we can always trust the government to make a bad situation worse. Not even religion has had the ability to make the world right, and religion has been around far longer than government. The problem with religion, is the same as the problem with government: there are people involved in it.
A problem exists, and government’s solution, more often than not, is to make feel-good empty gestures for bragging rights, that is, when it's not trampling all over human rights. Doing “something" then becomes justification for spending more of our hard-earned money, just to micro-manage our lives.
The solution is to stop wanting the government to fix our lives and to take responsibility for ourselves. Modern societies have become far too reliant on government to solve their problems. That nonsense must stop, because government, whether through sheer incompetence or maliciousness, will ultimately be the end of human dignity and the death of humanity.
Anarchists want the world to burn. They produce nothing but misery. I want the world to be protected, because I live in it. I merely don’t want the State to tell me how I should live my life, so long as I am harming no one.
It’s not a black and white world. Why do you seem to insist that it is by labeling me an anarchist? Do you actually believe that there are only two sides in this issue: total submission/dependency or total anarchy?
Okay, you are not an anarchist. I didn’t label you. Thanks for that clarification. It was more of a question by me than a statement, but, you are a conservative, right leaning, citizen, right? So, let me ask you, what do you think of the EPA, the WHO, abortion, gun control, conservation laws, and treatment of illegal aliens? Because, in my book, many people want to live their lives in a cocoon where they don’t care about their neighbors. They just, and I quote, “don’t want the State to tell me how I should live my life, so long as I am harming no one.”
And no, I don’t believe “ that there are only two sides in this issue: total submission/dependency or total anarchy?” and I never said that. I notice you project to conclusions that are not what I’ve written (I do that too, sometimes 🤣
Why is it always a worst case scenario?
Government has been usurping the family unit for decades now. Look at the cities with the worst crime statistics. The family units are virtually non-existent in those communities, because government stepped in and told people, “You can’t do this alone. We’re here to help.”
You destroyers just can’t leave things alone.
Those family units that are virtually non-existent are a huge problem. I agree, but, without Big Government, how do you propose we deal with it? And before you say there’s too much red tape and waste of resources (and I agree with that), remember, nothing is perfect but something has to be done. Individual help is needed but it’s nowhere enough. Government help has to be.
Why not a blanket ban for all users.
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licksipsuckit.....Lix...you, like Bella, Dgraff, Phart and several others, got it wrong. I don't choose to "suck up your arses now and feed off the dags you feed her". I choose to visit Bella's forum site because her site is usually the only site that has some interesting topics. The forums are full of innate threads that belong in the heads of overheated male brains. You, on the other hand, seldom participate in the forums and never under your account name. For a long time I was a champion of the people that got trashed by Bella's crowd and you was a big recipient of my effort to fight trashing of my friends. It turns out it was for nothing. Lix, you've got your opinions on what I'm doing now. Frankly, I don't give a rat's ass what they are and that is the same about anyone else. Bella, Dgraff, Phart, Jamie, or all the other members that may or may not want to be friendly, they can all kiss my ass. I'm doing AND ENJOYING, my time on the site. Just an aside......Phart, who almost always has opinions totally opposite to mine, is usually the nicest to me.
As far as needing someone to defend me for some of the shit posted about or against me, I think the site knows that when my ire is molested, I don't take prisoners. So, in honor of what I considered a friendship, you, and Dgraff can keep out of my existence on site.
Just so you understand, I do NOT have influence over what members post here and/or what they say about others. I would prefer that members don't take pot shots at her in this thread and I've gone as far as asking members to be nice. For you to address her post in another thread and toss my name into the mix only opens the door for her to use me as target practice and there was no need for that.
I don't feel like I've come at you with an attitude and I can hope that we can keep the non combatative momentum going.
Surely, you are not that foggy minded or clueless about your friend's response to you, are you? It might be tricky but I'm sure you can sort it out. She wrote;
"hey, don't explain anything to me, Im not the self appointed site police and I really cant bothered to read what you've written after the word CUNT AND DIRTBAG on the first line, theyre only worth pissing on in my opinion *lix*"
This is where it gets tricky because she made reference to your "first line". No worries, I will simplify it for you. You wrote;
"Lix...you, like Bella (referred to as CUNT), Dgraff (referred to as DIRTBAG), Phart and several others, blah, blah, blah....
AGAIN, I will kindly request that you do not publicly discuss me or mention me to your friend. Thank you.
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And yes, I am that foggy. I choose to be that way. You and Lix are two sides of the same coin. I don’t care if you can or can not control the other members. What ever those dip shits have to say is for me to deal with. I have tried to stay out of your way and to be honest, I like how things are working out. As far as Lix, well, she’s as good or bad as you and your bunch. Leave me out of your petty squabbles
But he had several places he checked for table scraps and he was on his way over here when he got the sqaush.
poor things aint got any sense.I mean,I almost hit the dumbass with the golf cart!
Well Lixy pixy spoiled meat pie I didn’t lie I’ve read your posts before and you care about no one but your self and the one woman that stuck up for you you kicked to the curb that one woman was candy or were you to stupid to realize that
Make what you will with it. As I said before, I don't give a rat's ass what ANYBODY thinks about me anymore on site. I will try to ignore innuendos, half truths and bitchy members.
I do not understand what TWOWARM feels she has to say to that woman that concerns me. Each and everytime my name is dropped in any of her posts, her friend uses it as an opportunity to call me a cunt.
There also seems to be a correlation to the prominent member slamming me when dgraff starts in on the prominent member, too.
DON'T START NO SHIT AND THERE WILL BE NO SHIT.
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Right now it’s just me and muggsy watching tv so I’m deviling muggsy but he loves it
Your post struck a nerve with the prominent member and she referred to as a DIRTBAG but not before she took a swing at me.
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