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xp84yesterday at 10:24 PM2 repliesview on HN

Great, let's legalize recreational fentanyl too, since 'whatever people seem to like' is good for society.

In this case, unless you're a child, nobody's trying to control what content you consume. And if you are a parent and want to make sure your children can continue to consume the most addictive possible social media, by all means lie about their age. The law does nothing to stop you from doing so.

By contrast, having zero mechanism for the rest of the parents to control this, as is the current case, does impose your "do whatever feels good" values on the rest of the world.


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weakened_mallocyesterday at 10:58 PM

> By contrast, having zero mechanism for the rest of the parents to control this, as is the current case, does impose your "do whatever feels good" values on the rest of the world.

Parental controls? They take 5mins to setup.

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quotemstryesterday at 11:43 PM

Information that enters the mind through the eyes and ears is nothing like a drug that alters consciousness at a low level. Words are just words. You don't get to control the words people choose to hear.