The best way to implement that ban is to have a variable on the device (smartphone) that holds the approximate birthdate of the user (sth like 2002-01-01) and then the device gives forward the information about whether the user is 16+, 18+ forward to any app of maybe even website that requests that info.

The parent who buys the device gets a code to configure the device to set the birthdate, and without that code, it’s not changeable for the user. The platforms then only have to look at that variable to figure out whether the user is old enough.

This way, you shift responsibility to the user, but in a way that is technically possible. Because today, it’s almost impossible for a not ultra-tech-affine parent to actually implement age controls on their children’s devices.

This might be what makes the fediverse finally become mainstream.

especially in terms of being less addictive

too many people be like this. well, they’re gonna have a rough awakening when the IT job market collapses.

This is also good news because it obviously means that german government will have to review the software used for possible security holes and close them, so everyone who also uses the software gets security fixes.

in japan or in the US?

i think it has to do with better food and medicine. at least the literature mentions these two reasons as the primary guesses. but nobody knows for sure.

now one could argue that nobles back then probably had good access to food, and the effect might not be as prevalent for them. but they still often caught bad infections as children that might have a significant delay for puberty. because medicine wasn’t as good back then, not even for nobles.

Seems pretty damn consensual to me.

Well, guess what

The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

“Minors cannot consent.”

Teenagers cannot consent to sex with adults.

according to what proof?

I don’t fully understand this extreme desire to redefine “child” as “anyone under 18” but it doesn’t really seem like the goal is protecting children.

the goal is to take away self-determination laws from teenagers so their parents/church/wannabe representative can control them better.

it actually starts to make a whole lot of sense once you realize these laws are literally targeted to control people. if you can’t meet people because you can’t go out alone because you need a fucking car to drive anywhere, and if you can’t be in romantic relationships with other people who might show you other ways of seeing the world, you’re essentially making sure that your child grows up in a controlled, christian, or whatever, neighborhood. it’s to keep the “dangerous” ideologies (such as anarchism) away from teenagers, because otherwise they could learn to see the world differently and might start questioning the authorities who always told them what to think, do and want.

And you can not legally consent if you’re under 18 in almost all developed countries.

It’s odd how you’re not old enough to consent to sex (which is, you know, lending your body to somebody else) but you’re old enough to work for a company (which is, you know, lending your body to somebody else).

https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/youthlabor/agerequirements

Age Requirements

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets wage, hours worked, and safety requirements for minors (individuals under age 18) working in jobs covered by the statute. The rules vary depending upon the particular age of the minor and the particular job involved. As a general rule, the FLSA sets 14 years old as the minimum age for employment, and limits the number of hours worked by minors under the age of 16.

The same age should apply to both, don’t you think?

It sometimes feels like one of the few good constants is how child abuse is considered a grave crime in pretty much every society,

with the exception of every major society in human history

in medieval and early modern-age europe, it was considered normal for wealthy landlords’ children to marry young, for example

• Isabella I of Castile, married at 18
• Ferdinand II of Aragon, married at 17

this might not sound like a lot, but the age of puberty has decreased by about 2 years since 1900 and probably more since the medieval age (i couldn’t find enough data to support this claim). Sources for example here and here

This means what was 16-18 back then would be 14-16 today, if you consider the age of marriage in relation to the age of puberty.

As a general rule, the wealthier the person (or their parents), the sooner they married. Median age of marriage for peasants was around 21-22 years, but for nobles it was more like 16-18. This would correspond to 14-16 today.

And don’t get me started on whatever they have going on in the islamic world.

yes, we have a german proverb for that:

https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/wie_aus_einem_Guss

a lot of things turn out much better if you think about them long enough, and then implement them all at once in a short amount of time.

check the men vs. bear debate. apparently, meeting a random man in a forest is worse than being mauled by a wild bear.

Not once have I experienced even one of those things.

I have, multiple times.

Vulnerable young dudes trying to explain why left messaging makes them uncomfortable are being told to man up/grow up/get over it.

it was referred to as “positive discrimination”: discrimination, but about “white (old) men”, sometimes also just white men or men in general.

some crazy feminists actually thought that was a good idea, to “hit back”; instead it just creates further problems.

Being in this demographic, I don’t get this. How is right wing even an option

it’s very simple. men have nothing to lose and a lot to gain. at least that’s what they think.

where they’re expected to be invaded by North Korea at anytime

it could be noted, maybe, that in case of a war, probably only men would have to go to the frontline. so much for equality.

Seven years on from the initial #MeToo explosion

it’s crazy to me that that was as late as 2018. i definitely felt that circulating in school in 2012.