A Catholic Writer's Ramblings

I don't say any of this to excuse it. I think everyone needs to be more aware of this because if you think abuse has to be intentional you will never realize you are capable of abusive behavior. You will never realize you are being shitty to the people you love, because YOU know what you mean, YOU know you don't mean any harm. But you're doing harm. You need to pay attention to the impact you have on other people, and you need to do it all the time, Especially when you feel least capable of doing so. Sorry! You live in a society. Get your head out of your ass.

you are the only person who understands me. you and the person who tagged a series of unfortunate events

Even heath canto ending felt somewhat unsatisfied or unfinished but he still remain unwavered tho

that fit does NOT fit bro 💀💀🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯🗣️🗣️🗣️

basically what happened

"Wishing you a better life without me by your side"

best adaptation of wuthering heights hands down. the devs knew how to capture the gothic horror of the source material

The solution is to teach children—in advance—basic internet safety rules like never giving away personal information and never assuming that the person on the other end of the screen is actually who they say they are and has your best interests in mind (both of which, funnily enough, laws like this also fly directly in the face of) and that if something does happen, they can come to parents or other trustworthy adults and go 'hey, I saw something/wound up in a situation that made me feel weird or uncomfortable, how do I protect myself from it happening again?' rather than letting it spiral. You treat kids like the people—albeit still learning ones—that they are and deal with them honestly, being up front about any concerns you have for them and the fact that using tech is a privilege that comes with certain benefits, risks, and responsibilities. You don't treat them as criminals-by-default needing to be stripped of freedom and call it protection, because if you do, you're priming them to get manipulated by the first person to show them (or pretend to) a modicum of actual respect.

Anyway. I’m not taking a side. I can see the merits of the Debian system despite my concerns. Both age verification laws and it come from a place of wanting to protect kids. I’d just prefer if there weren’t insinuations that I’m authoritarian or don’t see kids as people, especially as a survivor of emotional child abuse. But ig you can say whatever you want on your own blog.

My intent isn't to call you, specifically, authoritarian or that you don't see children as people, and I offer you my genuine apology for coming across that way. But the two comments I was given to react to were 'what happens if the computer can't know if it's being used by someone underage' (we know the answer to this one already, it's the society we've been living in for decades), and 'I feel like the better solution is to keep kids off the internet' with no further nuance (which, taken at face value, would essentially be treating their ability to participate in modern society as something that exists completely at the discretion of adults and lawmakers, not something that they deserve by default).

Perturabo: robots are superior because they will never break your heart. Or annoy you with stupid questions.

and like, they're all still kinda that. but also, every single one of them is just so embarrassing in their own unique way.

A wolf and a pitbull break a vase, ties of brotherhood are abandoned before their inquisitive father, the seeds of heresy were planted a long time ago

HAPPY BIRTHDAY USAGI!!!!!!!!