For a quick change of place. "HELP PEOPLE DON'T TREAT ME LIKE A NORMAL PERSON BECAUSE I IDENTIFY AS A POKEDEX"

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[–]clownworlddropout 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

There was one girl on TikTok that was going on HRT because most of her "headmates" were male and she thought she should transition to be a good "host," even though the thought scared her... she was crying. In her mind she was preforming an act of self-sacrifice for the good of her "system."

So yeah, these "plural" DIDiots aren't as silly and harmless as they may appear on the surface.

[–]ClassroomPast6178 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

This is why giving unfettered internet access to under-18s is fucking stupid. Instead of isolated retards licking batteries and being harmless, they’re encouraging each other to French kiss power sockets, and punishing (socially, which is extremely effective with teenagers, particularly girls) those that refuse.

I think the internet should be largely unregulated, but I also don’t think it’s safe for children and I think every attempt to make it safe just raises parental complacency and makes the danger greater.

If you’re going to allow your children online, then you need to closely monitor what they’re doing and shut down the dangerous shit hard. And don’t let the children socialise with other children whose parents don’t share your values. My nieces don’t have phones or unfettered internet but their friends’ parents are retarded and so they pick up shit they shouldn’t have been exposed to at 10 and 8. Thankfully my brother and his wife are very aware of the risks.

[–]Femaleisnthateful 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Too many parents have just given up and abdicated control of their childrens' lives to social media.

I was reading about a young kid who died doing some stupid TikTok challenge and the parents actually said "Yeah we knew she was doing 'challenges' with strangers online but we thought it was all benign stuff, like dances". Like, you know your prepubescent daughter is acting out instructions from strangers online and you're not even mindful? Clearly they had no idea what their daughter was doing because now she's dead.

[–]ClassroomPast6178 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ve dealt with two safeguarding incidents at school involving an under-10 interacting online in an inappropriate way. Thankfully it came to our attention and we could step in before the children came to harm, but one of them was a very close call - but both occurred because the parents had zero understanding of what giving internet devices to their children meant and the risks that they were exposed to behind their bedroom doors.

And the saddest thing is, we send out internet safety stuff for parents all the time, including keeping them updated about any particular risks for children. They just seem to think their children won’t be the ones getting exploited or groomed.

[–]Musky༼⁠ ⁠つ⁠ ⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠ ⁠༽⁠つ 🐈 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Clearly they had no idea what their daughter was doing because now she's dead.

You can't watch them every second, and they hide shit. They only show you the benign stuff and lie about everything else. I think we're over parenting as it is, we used to just let kids run around outside till dinner time. You have to teach them the best you can and hope they don't do anything too permanent. Kinda weeds out the dumb ones.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree but you gotta be careful. There's a balance between not parenting and parenting too much that's hard to achieve but important.

I don't really care if kids accidentally stumble on this shit, especially if they are in any sort of functional social group so someone is around to point out how fucking stupid it is. But you as the parent should be monitoring their activity.

I think you gotta let kids online because you don't have much choice there in this day and age. But you gotta let them have spaces they want to actually be in, like games and shit so they don't bother with this gay ass bullshit. Then you gotta keep an eye on their usage and history. They'll hide it if you are too strict. If you aren't they won't.

Some parents are super strict on online games and shit bit hey, if your kid is playing a game online they aren't looking at porn or going down rabbit holes.

[–]Femaleisnthateful 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's ironic that parents prefer having their kids inside on their screens because it's 'safer'. At least a kid can recognize the creepy ass man trying to befriend them in the playground. They have no chance on the interwebs.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah it's clearly a mental illness the problem is people go about accepting it outright.

Any doctors writing off HRT for someone like this should lose their medical license. And probably go to jail.

[–]alladd 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

amazing