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18. I use those platforms and I'm perfectly fine

Reply to vercetti2021 (Reply #15)

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 03:17 PM

Sep 2021

...the 'toxic world' isn't going to go away just because you're not looking.

I happen to enjoy my mostly benign social interactions with family, friends, and like-minded folks on Facebook and Twitter. Never once influenced me to vandalism.

And this description of the youth is so hostile. The schools will survive, and these kids will run into some kind of discipline. I mean, kids have been doing bad things to impress peers for ages, and won't stop just because Facebook shuts down. There are so many positive ways to reach young folks given to stupid acts.

No need to stifle their (our) avenues of expression just to punish a few kids acting out.

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This desire to live a life continually filmed is a scary one. Treefrog Sep 2021 #1

lol bigtree Sep 2021 #16

Those darn kids and their cameras again Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2021 #22

Nah, they all want to be famous, and rich. Treefrog Sep 2021 #24

Well just make it a law kids under 16 can only use flip phones, lol Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2021 #32

My flip phone has a camera. hunter Sep 2021 #37

... hlthe2b Sep 2021 #2

Yes, I got a message from our son's middle school about this. Ugh. themaguffin Sep 2021 #3

My word!!!!! secondwind Sep 2021 #4

Where are the parents..they should be made to pay for all damages and the asiliveandbreathe Sep 2021 #5

Get a court order. Igel Sep 2021 #13

What is "purple pencil crap"? W_HAMILTON Sep 2021 #38

We wouldn't want the little darlings to feel bad about a wrong asiliveandbreathe Sep 2021 #42

This was a pain in the butt for us in schools. QED Sep 2021 #6

The school announced parents will be held accountable arlyellowdog Sep 2021 #7

this pisses me off nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #8

It's part of their endless freedom to screw up the world as much as possible. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #9

In my day the boys liked to put a mouse in the teacher's desk - hide the chalk KentuckyWoman Sep 2021 #10

People are freaking out and I am like really? CrackityJones75 Sep 2021 #11

Going on forever? Treefrog Sep 2021 #25

I regularly got beaten bloody by bullies in the schools I attended. hunter Sep 2021 #39

Social media creates gangs. From kids on up. nolabear Sep 2021 #12

the crap we pulled in school... bigtree Sep 2021 #14

Do tell. Treefrog Sep 2021 #26

FBI bigtree Sep 2021 #28

I'm gonna guess whatever petty vandalism you are bragging about committing so long ago has Treefrog Sep 2021 #29

for ex. bigtree Sep 2021 #35

I'm glad I was playing tennis. Treefrog Sep 2021 #41

this is from a neighborhood where folks had their own personal courts bigtree Sep 2021 #43

Well , I had a wooden racquet, though not my own court. Treefrog Sep 2021 #44

look how you devalued my experiences bigtree Sep 2021 #46

You're like my brother. hunter Sep 2021 #45

yep, streaking! bigtree Sep 2021 #47

TikTok like all social media needs to die vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #15

I use those platforms and I'm perfectly fine bigtree Sep 2021 #18

Because I'm not looking? vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #19

Facebook is also packed with my friends and family bigtree Sep 2021 #20

I guess you avoid it vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #21

My experience is the same obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #23

Spot on! Treefrog Sep 2021 #30

In the 70s it was an M80 in the toilet. Iggo Sep 2021 #17

Wow, the most we did was loosen the tops on the sugar and salt dispensers in the teacher's lounge. Treefrog Sep 2021 #27

They, not We. Iggo Sep 2021 #34

Huh? Treefrog Sep 2021 #40

it's ridiculous vandalism and the parents should be held accountable XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #31

IT HAS CREATED A HUGE ISSUE IN MY SCHOOL demtenjeep Sep 2021 #33

That's horrible nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #48

Social media is turning people into fucking idiots. Initech Sep 2021 #36

People have always been fucking idiots. hunter Sep 2021 #49