Yeah, it’s a legitimately difficult situation trying to balance effective safety measures with the needs of teens and young adults to be able to participate in civil discourse. And I’ll be the first to admit that I do not have a good answer for how to handle this.

Also I’m pretty new around here but so far my experience has been that Lemmy does not strike me as a welcoming place(period) so that likely goes double for anyone with an undercooked prefrontal cortex.

While I believe this is largely correct, it does not support your conclusion.

You are assuming that the participation would need to be to the benefit of the community to be worthwhile. That’s not the case. The party which stands to benefit most is the teen themselves. They may not be able to meaningfully participate in the kinds of discussion examples you have listed, but they could try.

After all, not being an ignorant dumbass is a skill that must be learned, and one that (as evidenced by this thread) many adults never managed to learn for themselves.

I completely agree and think that the proposal in the article really misses the mark.

However, to claim the issue is moot because “15 year olds are not children” (as some have done in this thread) is patently ridiculous. Taking that argument to its logical conclusion exposes its flaws — which was the point of my previous comment.

Cool. So Epstein did nothing wrong. Got it!

The cognitive dissonance in this thread is astounding.

Nonononono! Don’t shutter the conversation. You redirect and up-sale! Don’t say:

Unfortunately we are unable to offer any discounts on our current product line at this time.

Have a great day.

Instead try:

Unfortunately we are unable to offer any discounts on our current product line at this time.

Would you like me to show you some of the models available in our post-consumer-recycled line? Or would you prefer something from our Virgin Silicon line — because there’s nothing like the first time™.

And all because of a small fee for those who get a new batty and chose not to recycle the old one. Like the Aldi quarter of recycling.

You are a special person.

The fact that you had prior knowledge of Poe’s law and still chose to act the way you did even after I explicitly stated that I was making a joke (and even posted a gif that frames the context) is truly impressive.

https://ethereum.foundation/ef-mandate.pdf <- that’s the joke. I am making fun of them. Holy hell.

This is America.

What in the AI psychosis? This whole thing is bat-shit crazy.

Branding a minority advocacy group as a terrorist organization seems like an excellent way to radicalize its members…

Looks like it’s time to start up some After School Satan Clubs!

Looks like it’s time to start up some After School Satan Clubs!

Trump’s opulent redesign of the Oval Office has drawn criticism, including from former president Barack Obama, who recently joked that “he’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory. Just gold everywhere.”

Obama’s remark prompted a coordinated response from the White House, with treasury secretary Scott Bessent appearing to hit back by dining at a Cheesecake Factory.

This is truly a sad time for comedians everywhere. They have no hope of competing with reality.

Not really unique to chatbots. Here’s a couple of entries from the D.O.S. (which is apparently pay walled now? Turns out the top result is a site by a grifter completely unrelated to John Koenig).

Anecdoche

n.

a conversation in which everyone is talking but nobody is listening— instead merely overlaying words like a spoken game of Scrabble, each player borrowing bits of others’ anecdotes to build out their own, until we reach a point when we all run out of things to say.

From anecdote, a short and often amusing account of real-life events + synecdoche, a figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole. Pronounced “uh-nek-doh-kee.”

Anechosis

n.

a state of exhaustion with continually being told what you want to hear, whether by marketers pandering to you or acquaintances afraid of causing offense; the longing for someone to have the heart to finally call you out on your bullshit, challenge your long-held assumptions, and push you to become a better person—which would be a far deeper kindness than trying to live and let live.

From an-, against + echoes. Pronounced “an-uh-koh-sis.”

You got a source for this?

Yeah, fair enough.