When I see statements like "teenagers are spending 4-6 hours online, instead of going outside and meeting people" as a justification for further web regulation, I wonder to myself:
- if it had been 4-6 hours reading books, practising musical instruments, creating art, or similar, would they be demanding that books, instruments etc. have a watershed? If not, why not?
- what is the "acceptable" amount of time for a teenager to spend online each day? What makes it so?
- "going outside and meeting people" suggests a particular worldview of what is "good", which will appeal to - indeed, be possible for - some people far more than others. I was never massively sociable, and that's no crime. A day at school, and now work, would involve plenty enough peopling time for me. I am far more sociable online then offline. Where are the local free places where teenagers can get to and hang out, safely, in the warm? (They might exist in some places?)
Tomorrow morning. Could be as early as 8 so I'll have to get up at 7:30. Love that for myself
I need the internet for work so I've had to use mobile data. And I only have a limited amount of that so I'm having to avoid anything bandwidth heavy in my free time. Can't watch streams can't watch videos can't do fuck all
I don't like transphobia, and I don't like censorship either. So here's a local mirror of amnesty international's reports.
I accidentally killed someone that I didn't mean to kill & since I only just started this thing I'm starting over. New guy new hair more careful with his sword hopefully