@larsiu you know what I’ve come to realize. My daughter really isn’t on it. It’s not a problem. It’s her Fing friend groups. Their entire crew. And it is massive. Talk no stop. Literally nonstop. So it’s not even sm. It’s the Fing phone.
Given the amount of harassment, disinformation, fraud, soliciting of minors and just general bullying and shitposting, would you support any legislation that requires people to use their real names and be confirmed by the social media platform or online publisher.
I just wonder if more people had to stake their actual identity to the things they say and do online, would it turn down so much of the fervor we see and get the US back to being a more civil place?
Pollyana? Sure. But would you support it? Why or why not?
EDIT: Whether you support the idea or not, do you think it would have a significant impact on how people engage with one another online?
no i don’t support the idea that Mas and Hickory can go harass posters who like America and Capitalism. And they aren’t even that crazy when you look broader at Reddit, discord, other boards
Look for the Finstaa accounts. Fake instagram - like they have a boring account for public consumption (including parents) and then separate accounts for the monkeybranching and other bullshit. My daughter had 4. At 16.@larsiu you know what I’ve come to realize. My daughter really isn’t on it. It’s not a problem. It’s her Fing friend groups. Their entire crew. And it is massive. Talk no stop. Literally nonstop. So it’s not even sm. It’s the Fing phone.
And snapchat should be abolished.
@larsiu Fing hell. Dude this week has been pure hell. Her birthday this week. Night before her little bf dumps her. Cortez writes “he didn’t have a present. Prime 15 yr old boy behavior.” My daughter was like I’ve never seen her before. Taylor swift always says second hand embarrassed. I was Fing second hand embarrassed she was so pitiful. The can’t breathe crying shit. So we gave her a little more freedom this week. Surrounded by her crew. I go to pick her up at the park. Late! Too late. 9. And there she is with all her friends. STILL FING CRYING.
I had a long talk about doing that shit at home. Don’t let em see you cry blah blah but her brain is so far gone in teenage fog that nothing gets through. We’re in a horrible stretch
@larsiu Fing hell. Dude this week has been pure hell. Her birthday this week. Night before her little bf dumps her. Cortez writes “he didn’t have a present. Prime 15 yr old boy behavior.” My daughter was like I’ve never seen her before. Taylor swift always says second hand embarrassed. I was Fing second hand embarrassed she was so pitiful. The can’t breathe crying shit. So we gave her a little more freedom this week. Surrounded by her crew. I go to pick her up at the park. Late! Too late. 9. And there she is with all her friends. STILL FING CRYING.
I had a long talk about doing that shit at home. Don’t let em see you cry blah blah but her brain is so far gone in teenage fog that nothing gets through. We’re in a horrible stretch
Some of us are fathers of daughters because we deserve it. That's my theory anyway. At least you got a boy to mold!
And Cortez is wise. Tell him to get his ass over here. This place devolves into bullshit bickering way too much and not enought discussion of age appropriate relationships.
@larsiu a baller to boot. He’s nasty out there. Technical beyond his years. If we can get the gravedigger out of his heart we might be in real business.
cortez offers nothing. His most recent text on our chat “why am I losing thigh hair”
@larsiu how are you holding up? Has to be different with her at college. My dad lost his shit. We were playing at Duke and I got pulled and was on the bench and my buddy goes hey isn’t that your pop up in the stands. Sure as shit it was. Came to our game without my mom. Beyond weird. Handed me a check and went mia for five years. Was waiting all that time to leave. He went nuts.
kids leaving the house is life changing
Actually, it's been fine. She had some really toxic POS friends here in Carmel and that separation has been good for her. I'm cautiously optimistic. We shall see.@larsiu how are you holding up? Has to be different with her at college. My dad lost his shit. We were playing at Duke and I got pulled and was on the bench and my buddy goes hey isn’t that your pop up in the stands. Sure as shit it was. Came to our game without my mom. Beyond weird. Handed me a check and went mia for five years. Was waiting all that time to leave. He went nuts.
kids leaving the house is life changing
We're only a month in though. I will say that her doing the IB (International Baccalaureate) program has made her freshman year (outside of Calculus) a bit easier of a transition. IB usually reads 150-200 pages a week in their Jr./Sr. of highschool so she hasn't been too terribly surprised by her class load/work.