I think the biggest reason for a lot of these fast, nonsensical shifts in social discourse is because this is the first time ever that young teenagers and preteens are HEAVILY involved in the discourse (bc of the internet.) You literally click on the bio of most of these profiles saying all this...

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Honestly, the internet is a terrifying place. I don't know how parents manage!

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When I was growing up, we had one computer in the house, and only that was hooked up to the internet. Dad was the admin so he had access to our accounts and what we looked up on the internet. Having just one computer made it easy for him. He also went out of his way to lecture us about how to stay safe online. He installed parental controls software that blocked inappropriate websites. Eventually, we hooked up our consoles to the internet, but that was fine with our parents because all we could do was play multiplayer or buy games using prepaid credit. I was already 17 when I got my first laptop. My parents gave us a lot of privileges, but they were very strict with them and were prepared to punish us if we abused our privileges. We also had to earn their trust. We didn’t have smartphones then - I was 18 when I had my first android, but then again, parents could just not give their kids smartphones until they’re older, and have only one iPad in the house and the children take turns.