Aren’t you simply saying we can’t be wrong about social constructs? Does that make them meaningless?

At a certain point aren’t we just making stuff up to make ourselves feel better? Obviously someone can be wrong about their own gender much the same as someone can be wrong that what they created is art.

Video games are more like a theme park set up by a group of people. Not all entertainment is art by default.

What’s it like to get in that line of business? Some sort of schooling needed?

Cheese makes my insides feel like they are exploding.

Hot take, cheese ruins nearly any type of pizza.

I’d actually need to make something more like a 10 fps black and white silent film. I’ll make sure I send you the first copy if I make it.

Great description. Its so sudden, and the feeling of falling away from reality is intense. I wish I could draw what I saw and share it with other people.

I’m not sure why organized religion is getting a pass here.

Wouldnt that just make him the 4 out of 5 part?

Yes, and if I spend too much time on here it affects my perceptions of people in real life. I do a few other things that aren’t really healthy as well. I’m sure I could do better.

Maybe, just maybe, parents shouldn’t let their kids in awful places, and also awful places shouldnt let kids in. Turns out parental controls are bullshit, and the only real answer is RTFM or dont use it at all. A business and its customers dont exist without each other, so the blame is on both sides.

All that said, the government definitely could help the parental understand and controls side of thing too using regulation.

Well, thats what you get when non-tech people try to regulate tech. At least we have correctly identified a problem, and are now trying to solve it.

Tech companies taking advantage of regulators lack of knowledge to continue abusing their customers is a different problem.

This solution might not work but we will learn and try something else or refine it until it does work, or until social media somehow isn’t predatory and doesnt need the guard rails.

Or we could focus on preventing the addiction to begin with.

Great examples include making people wait until adulthood to smoke nicotine or cannabis, or to drink alcohol.

Surely there’s always time for both the kids and parents to set aside to learn every new technology and the appropriate controls to restrict them.

And when someone says it makes far more sense to just not give their kids said technology until they are older, we have people like you arguing on behalf of the technology.

Aww poor little facebook, we dont want to hurt its fee-fees! Let’s just give it another chance! I’m sure we can trust it this time if we just learn how to use it right!

Social media does cause harm. It tricks you into thinking you are socializing with those near you when you aren’t. It tricks you into thinking people are talking in good faith, similar to in person communication. Finally, social media is a huge attack vector for scams and abuse due to the anonymity and ability to connect anywhere in the world.

All of these things produce an overwhelmingly negative social experience from social media. That wouldn’t be a problem if our defining trait wasn’t how we socialize in groups. Socializing is as important as water and food for humans.

I think people forget the past is done and gone.

Yeah, they answered that: “with enough time”, they hope they can convince you to buy it.

I was thinking the same thing!

Interesting! I am a huge fan of beans so I’ll have to give that a shot.