Instead of age verification laws, children should be given a Macintosh SE preinstalled with Hypercard and THINK Pascal so they make their own games and applications. if they try to use a different type of computer before turning 18 they will be instantly electrocuted
@hannah lying about my Age, Sex, and Location online was an important formative experience for me though
@aeva @hannah I had a whole secondary identity, with a workplace, home address, and other lore. One time someone found some of the details and "doxxed" me, and I was silently snickering about it to myself. ​
@starlight @aeva @hannah I would not be the person I am today if not for the fake mid 20s entity I cooked up to not get banned on IRC in my early teens
@[email protected] @aeva @hannah Mine was a recovering alcoholic in his 50s working in administration at a telecom company ​
@starlight @aeva @hannah gotta respect the commitment there, I was only extrapolating

(didn't end up being accurate extrapolating for lots of reasons, but what's a girl to do)