Post #2388274

2026-04-25 23:32 UTC

@quinn@social.circl.lu And don't tell me kids can't do this. I was running Linux in my early teens, back in the '90s when every o'clock was command line o'clock and you could turn your monitor into a paperweight if you weren't careful. If I could handle that, a kid today can install a freakin' browser and some blockers. It's not rocket surgery. Especially not if you help them. @apz@some.apz.fi

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@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-04-25 23:40

@quinn@social.circl.lu Finally, let me remind you of who is lobbying for all this, because it isn't concerned parents and it sure as hell isn't kids. https://tboteproject.com/ @apz@some.apz.fi

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@quinn@social.circl.lu 2026-04-25 23:44

@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @apz@some.apz.fi so the kids getting eating disorders, depression, being radicalized into violence, failing at reading, etc, do they just need to toughen up and read more documentation? Also I assume you are highly self sufficient, right? Does that mean you're living off grid, maybe maintaining your own infrastructure? Panels? Septic or municipal? Are you a good cook? Can you troubleshoot an engine failure, sew your own clothes, keep chickens ok?

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@MissConstrue@mefi.social 2026-04-25 23:50

@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @quinn@social.circl.lu @apz@some.apz.fi Truth.. I was able to get to supercomputers before the “internet” as we know it existed with hardware I built from radio shack early 80s. I got my career in supercomputers because I started figuring stuff out when other people said I should be playing with dolls. Has the internet always been a hive of scum and villainy? Yes. I point you to Usenet. Has it also been how millions of kids found help, advice, tech specs and encouragement? Also, yes. Malevolent algorithms are the problem. Dark patterns are the problem when it comes to the absolutely documentable harm being enacted upon children. Less studies with N=xxx have been done on adults, so data is sparse, but causation does seem to be behind the correlation in this case. This is industrial psychology warfare on the populace, and it should be stopped, but age verification is a smokescreen.

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