forum Let's talk about the most controversial shit

Started February 11, 2019 by @SaltyLasagna

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Nah, you good.

…Am I a terrible human being

Nooo it is fascinating. A bit sick but really cool nonetheless

insert me screaming when they found a vaccination for the Polio disease when I found out in sixth grade

No

Nah fam you aren't a bad human. I have those feelings too. That's why I'm on a career path to become a Forensic Pathologist

Here's something new. Should the government be able to restrict media usage for minors and make it so that they can only use media for a few hours?
We were talking about this earlier in class so yea (figured I may as well add this to the list of topics)

Here's something new. Should the government be able to restrict media usage for minors and make it so that they can only use media for a few hours?
We were talking about this earlier in class so yea (figured I may as well add this to the list of topics)

What? No? I like using my internet time freely? What?

What kind of media?

They defined media as "television, radio, commercial magazines, non school related internet and any blogs or podcasts with advertising"

…yeah, they should

It would certainly make some youths less annoying…

Interesting…. Do you guys have reasons? (Aside from kids like me being annoying)

vax v anti-vax

Okay, but why the heck would you not vaccinate?

Some people believe vaccination gives kids autism. WHICH IS NOT CORRECT THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Also if you'd rather have a dead kid who died because you didn't give them the measles vax than an autistic kid, you're just ableist.

Okay, but shouldn't that be the parent's job? I like uploading my artwork to PaigeeWorld, thank you very much

Okay but how many parents actually regulate what their children do on the internet/media?

Okay but how many parents actually regulate what their children do on the internet/media?

My parents do, my WiFi shuts off at 10 PM every night and they're often checking to make sure I don't end up on the wrong sites, which is one of the reasons for my "good, Christian server" jokes

Great point but that doesnt answer my question.

My parents do the same, regulate my browsing sites (but don’t shut off my WiFi) and my things aren’t regulated.

I don’t even have a phone 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ugh okay I just wanted to veer off and say how awesome it is to research these diseases. Like, Polio was so freaking bad that people were scrambling to find a vaccine. It just… facinates me, you know? Idk if I sound like a terrible person for saying that, but something about the destructive nature of diseases just… fascinates me.

I get it, if there's one event in history I know a lot about, it's the Black Death. Why? Because I'm a sick human being who likes to learn about all the horrible plagues and diseases of the past, I dunno

Yeah they're fun to look up!

Okay but how many parents actually regulate what their children do on the internet/media?

I mean, I have a set time for how long I can be on certain apps, but I can still ask for more time and 99% of the time I get more time.

As they should be! It's not such a bad thing to have your parents monitor your life. You guys are still children.

I mean I can say different butnit’s probably super biased since… I am a minor…

Almost all the people in my homeschool group have at least some sort of regulations on their ability to browse the internet and play video games.

Like I said. Children. Your parents control/ regulate everything else in your life, why would the internet be any different?

Great point but that doesnt answer my question.

You make a good point. And I don't think that parents regulate their kids internet history and stuff well enough. I feel like I should mention that the bill where they were discussing this gave minors 2 hours of media time which I don't think is enough. I know I'm biased as a minor but I also think that maybe as you get older you should be able to have more freedom in this

But I don't see the point in having the government do it?

Like I said. Children. Your parents control/ regulate everything else in your life, why would the internet be any different?

They don't really control much, at least in my household. They let my brother and me do what we please most of the time, as long as we have common sense. We work as a family unit, only divided by the people who can drive and who cannot (my dad and I are the only ones who can really drive at this point). Ever since we hit 14-15 years of age, they began to treat us like adults so we know how to manage and monitor ourselves. What good is parental monitoring if the children don't learn responsibility of themselves? What good is an 18-year-old who is sneaky, doesn't trust their parents/authority figures, or even worse, doesn't even know how to function like an adult?

My education system is just "Sit around and maybe read some Bible history so it looks like I'm learning" because my mom is usually very busy and can't just sit down and teach us, so we teach ourselves.

I've been there.

This…cannot be legal.

Don't worry. I came out of there first off and my fam was pretty lax. We pretty much always learn more than the people in public schools because we get to choose what we learn and have a much wider variety. Also 98% of what you learn is a waste they say. Plus on average we do better. I got into the presidents list at my college on my first quarter when I was the most stressed and out of my comfort and still not understanding things.
Plus there is the joke that homeschoolers don't know what summa cum laude means until you get it.

My education system is just "Sit around and maybe read some Bible history so it looks like I'm learning" because my mom is usually very busy and can't just sit down and teach us, so we teach ourselves.

I've been there.

This…cannot be legal.

Don't worry. I came out of there first off and my fam was pretty lax. We pretty much always learn more than the people in public schools because we get to choose what we learn and have a much wider variety. Also 98% of what you learn is a waste they say. Plus on average we do better. I got into the presidents list at my college on my first quarter when I was the most stressed and out of my comfort and still not understanding things.
Plus there is the joke that homeschoolers don't know what summa cum laude means until you get it.

From what I've heard of your home school life there is order and structure. the above…does not sound like that.

Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay maybe a little.

Like I said. Children. Your parents control/ regulate everything else in your life, why would the internet be any different?

They don't really control much, at least in my household. They let my brother and me do what we please most of the time, as long as we have common sense. We work as a family unit, only divided by the people who can drive and who cannot (my dad and I are the only ones who can really drive at this point). Ever since we hit 14-15 years of age, they began to treat us like adults so we know how to manage and monitor ourselves. What good is parental monitoring if the children don't learn responsibility of themselves? What good is an 18-year-old who is sneaky, doesn't trust their parents/authority figures, or even worse, doesn't even know how to function like an adult?

And that is good parenting. Teaching your children how to be adults. But they still watch over you. Guide you. Even if you dont think that they are monitoring what you do in life I promise that they are.
How often to teens/youth use the media to actually learn things about being a functioning adult? Honestly. I'm sure that percentage is very low. Regulation and monitoring is not bad. Not at all.