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So I'm watching a computer review on Youtube ...

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raildogg

Lifer
... and there is an ad for a video titled, "Why women swallow." The girl talks about swallowing, as you might guess.

Not sure why this ad appeared but I would probably keep an eye anyone young I know surfing the web. I know this stuff is old and we should move beyond it cause we're so modern and sophisticated ... but how far will society fall?

Of course, now you have school systems issuing laptops to kids these days so virtually all kids (7-14) are on Youtube - probably watching these types of videos. Getting sexualized from a very early age. Of course, the problem is far beyond these videos, but it shows you what we people have become.

Videos on spirituality, education, learning, etc. are dwarfed by Bieber's videos. Just saying.
 
that's why you need adblock plus.

Also kids learn about it one way or the other and often in an uncontrolled matter since the internet is here, whether you like it or not. But they don't get damaged by it or anything.
 
Murloc said:
that's why you need adblock plus.

Also kids learn about it one way or the other and often in an uncontrolled matter, it really doesn't matter though because they come up fine.
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ROFL. Just like the generation before them came up fine and the one before that ...

If that were the case, then why are problems in the world getting worse/not getting resolved? (Talking about violence, hatred, lack of care, destruction of the earth, etc).
 
raildogg said:
ROFL. Just like the generation before them came up fine and the one before that ...

If that were the case, then why are problems in the world getting worse/not getting resolved? (Talking about violence, hatred, lack of care, destruction of the earth, etc).
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Shit isn't getting resolved because nothing has changed. People are still people. Until we get brain-machine interfaces and hack the firmware, people will continue to be people.

You know what really fucks up kids' development? People like you do. I speak from experience.
 
raildogg said:
If that were the case, then why are problems in the world getting worse/not getting resolved? (Talking about violence, hatred, lack of care, destruction of the earth, etc).
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Many of the problems are in fact getting better, but the earth's population is increasing as well.
 
The youtube recommendations are a little ridiculous. We were in a meeting at work and a rep from a children's museum came to show us some of the videos they made on youtube and over on the right hand side in the suggested videos was a video named "I'm addicted to twerking".

I started giggling quietly to myself and a few people looked over at me like... "she's weird" lol
 
ADDAvenger said:
Shit isn't getting resolved because nothing has changed. People are still people. Until we get brain-machine interfaces and hack the firmware, people will continue to be people.

You know what really fucks up kids' development? People like you do. I speak from experience.
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People are people. Yes, that is obvious.

I screw up kids' development? Well, for that I am sorry.

So if people change the way we think, the world might be better? Yes, I also agree with you. After all, healthy and complete parents might go a long way in helping their children become healthy and whole beings. Instead, schools and other sources are strongly influencing children. Molding them into little machines for whatever purpose.

Change how man thinks, then every problem will go away. (For that to happen, each person has to work on himself FIRST).
 
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SheHateMe said:
The youtube recommendations are a little ridiculous. We were in a meeting at work and a rep from a children's museum came to show us some of the videos they made on youtube and over on the right hand side in the suggested videos was a video named "I'm addicted to twerking".

I started giggling quietly to myself and a few people looked over at me like... "she's weird" lol
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LOL. ADBlock would be useful in that case. 😀
 
AmdEmAll said:
I saw an article the other day on how great it is for female health.. I don't see the issue here.
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Just mentioning that this sort of thing is a mirror of our society, where Bieber and Lady Gaga get hundreds of millions of views while videos with any substance barely get a thousand.
 
Maybe not you specifically, but people that try to shield kids from everything until they are "old enough" very often do cause serious harm. The present reality is that somewhere around the time kids enter middle school they can be and often are exposed to everything, no matter what. Trying to cloister them, providing no good information, means that all they do learn comes from rumors, legends, and very painful mistakes. Society is the way it is and that won't change within the decade, it probably won't even change drastically until many decades have passed. Trying to shelter kids and ranting about society is just pissing into the wind.
 
ADDAvenger said:
Maybe not you specifically, but people that try to shield kids from everything until they are "old enough" very often do cause serious harm. The present reality is that somewhere around the time kids enter middle school they can be and often are exposed to everything, no matter what. Trying to cloister them, providing no good information, means that all they do learn comes from rumors, legends, and very painful mistakes. Society is the way it is and that won't change within the decade, it probably won't even change drastically until many decades have passed. Trying to shelter kids and ranting about society is just pissing into the wind.
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Thanks for your response.

Shielding kids is only prolonging the inevitable - they will see and hear things no matter. Also, shielding them means the child will be less capable in many ways to deal with the issues life brings. What might be a good way is to be there with him/her. To be a good person yourself in every way you can be and therefore show a good example. After all, when you as a parent are living a careless life, it doesn't reflect well to the child.
 
raildogg said:
ROFL. Just like the generation before them came up fine and the one before that ...

If that were the case, then why are problems in the world getting worse/not getting resolved? (Talking about violence, hatred, lack of care, destruction of the earth, etc).
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It's always been like that. In the 1800's, people used to dump feces waste out the window and onto the street.
 
T_Yamamoto said:
Dont let your kid on youtube if you're so worried

problem solved.
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Don't have a kid and if I did, I would let him go. I am just commenting on how things are transpiring. Of course, if I did have a kid, I would try to spend time with him/her and talk about things - yes, including that stuff.
 
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