Mastodawn

“gIvE kIdS tHeIr cHiLdHoOd BaCk”

so… you mean fund recreation centres and out of school activities? NO

sports clubs and increasingly walkable cities? HAHA NO

playgrounds, green spaces, skate parks, libraries, any non-commercial spaces where kids don’t have to pay to exist? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

oh… enforce realistic safety standards for urban SUVs and light trucks? WHAT HAS THAT EVEN GOT TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF EGGS?

so how exactly does one give kids their childhood back? BAN SNAPCHAT TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM

oh… what about 4chan or stormfront or kiwifarms? DON’T BE OBTUSE WE CAN’T BAN THOSE HOW WOULD THAT EVEN WORK??!?

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Justin Macleod

@ptoothfish The sad thing is I was thinking about this just yesterday. My son was playing football at the park, a bunch of teenagers were playing basket ball, all for free. And it struc me that they were doing it for free, no-one was charging them entry or anything else. They were just there, hanging out, not on screens, being friends, for fun. And I thought, "Some tossers are probably looking at this desperate for a way to commodify or restrict it."