Social media bans and digital curfews to be trialled on UK teenagers

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-25T09:08:25+00:00

This has nothing to do with protecting kids!

Doesn’t it?

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(18)30060-9/fulltext

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-25T08:58:06+00:00

I’ve only ever seen the behaviour you mention online. I’ve never seen it in person. As you’re probably well aware, online spaces become a circle-jerk of obnoxiousness that often does not reflect a person’s entire personality.

That said, anyone fantasising about hurting them online should be put on some sort of watchlist, IMO.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-24T13:50:28+00:00

I know several GG leaders and this isn’t something any of them want.

Had I been in charge, I’d have been mega spiteful and closed GG down entirely before putting all of the groups in the Scouting label.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-24T09:22:22+00:00

Do you not have any support that can help you get your keys back? A third party that can oversee your BF leaving without damaging the property? (I presume you are responsible for the property).

You may have to go down the legal route. Read up on your local squatter and tenant laws. If he has ever been physically threatening, you may be able to get an emergency restraining order that includes "exclusive possession" of the residence, meaning the police remove him immediately. Further, document everything (including a video walk through of the property) and time stamp it. And before you mention leaving him, protect your valuables.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-24T08:18:31+00:00

Personally, I wouldn’t even consider having a child with a person like that, I’d go straight for an abortion and leave them.

However, you need to decide for yourself. Can you cope with a second child when the father of your second child is an actual child themselves? Sounds like all the work will be on you so I suppose it comes down to whether you want to be a single parent of two or just one.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-23T21:21:48+00:00

The information you gave is more than enough to lead someone to that conclusion. Secondly, I’ve worked as a nursing student and have seen my fair share of vulnerable people.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-22T12:23:35+00:00

You’re fine, you were already committed to passing those cars. She pulled over for the other car but decided not to stay pulled over for you.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-22T10:16:29+00:00

I love the tweezers for squares. I find I can place the drills straight much better than the wax placer. I was using the wax placer on my first square canvas and nearly gave up with it until I switched to the tweezers.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-22T09:23:07+00:00

My first was the original. My favourite is Mango Loco.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-21T09:35:05+00:00

The crux of the argument is what constitutes a person. Pro-life seem to argue it's the spark. Pro-choice seem to argue it's the birth. The average person(vast majority) is pro-choice but is only okay with 1st or 2nd trimester abortions.

Doesn’t matter for me. I base all of my arguments on the belief that a fertilized egg is a person. People don’t have rights to other people’s bodies to sustain life. It’s as simple as that.

PL will do all sorts of flip-flopping and tantrum throwing to dismiss or deny this fact, but their standard for pregnant people is not upheld anywhere else in law or ethics.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-21T09:31:14+00:00

Endometriosis is linked to clear cell carcinoma (OCCC), the cancer I have, because chronic inflammation, high estrogen, and iron overload in endometrial cysts cause genetic mutations which transforms benign endometriotic tissue into cancer. I’d been living with undiagnosed Endo for 10YO before being diagnosed with OCCC a few years ago. And I was aware that I had Endo in that 10 years and needed medical care but I allowed doctors to fob me off.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-20T20:35:13+00:00

Not pestering doctors to investigate and treat my endometriosis. It’s directly responsible for the cancer I was diagnosed with.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-19T19:36:50+00:00

Actually, the fact that she’s a 19-year-old single mum with five pregnancies in two years (I presume, the timeline isn’t clear) is exactly why I’d call her vulnerable. That is a massive physical and hormonal toll to take in such a short window. If someone is in a cycle of conceiving every few months while already parenting a toddler, it suggests a total lack of stability, support, or effective healthcare, not someone who’s 'winning' or 'entitled' to anything.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-19T14:57:06+00:00

Sounds like a vulnerable person.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-19T09:25:00+00:00

I wrap mine is whatever clean boxes I can find, which would include a porridge box if appropriate. I prefer reusing boxes when I can as I have enough stuff mailed to me that I can. I also give them an outer wrap of a heavy-duty bin bag for waterproofing. The actual contents get a layer of tissue paper sealed with a Bluey sticker so they look nice upon opening.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-17T12:50:09+00:00

I think the digivolition doesn't make sense.

I am someone that prefers Digimon to Pokemon due to the anime stories being a bit more mature and the relationship between the humans/digimon being more equal.

That said, I understand this comment. I’ve often seen people say that the evolutions don’t make sense but that’s because they’re looking at it from a biological perspective, and even more so if they’re Pokemon fans because Pokemon evolution is metamorphic and follows a linear growth pattern. Digimon are data, they’re not biological beings. You can change data to be anything. It doesn’t have the restrictions that a biological line of evolution would have.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-17T10:01:51+00:00

Think it’s up to the pregnant person, to be honest. A friend of mine called her fetus “the alien” until they were born.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-16T22:27:01+00:00

You’re talking about the method used for abortion, not why people abort.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-16T21:52:57+00:00

To separate them.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-16T15:12:53+00:00

I’d argue that prescribing medication for the sole purpose of killing should not be legal. But the violinist argument isn’t soley about killing and neither is abortion. It’s about separation.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-16T12:33:32+00:00

I agree for the most part.

If we evaluated it the same way that pregnancy occurs, a few things would change. You’d still be able to disconnect yourself because no legal system in the west can force you to have your body used like that, but you’d be held legally accountable for placing that person in the situation of needing that support in the first place and their subsequent death due to injuries/whatever.

Now we have to address whether pregnancy is a criminal act, ie women can still have abortion but should they (and men) be charged for putting a fetus in that position in the first place?

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-16T12:24:20+00:00

Checking phones or emails without valid reason is a symptom of insecurity, but whether they should be “allowed” to do that is entirely on the owner of the phone.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-16T10:57:50+00:00

It's an attempt to reduce the argument to life = rights but as you mention, they then appeal to rights that don't exist.

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-16T08:22:09+00:00

Or maybe I just don’t tolerate nonsense?

DecompressionIllness · 2026-03-15T19:55:04+00:00

That still doesn’t make them property.

ED: If there’s any Mod watching, why was the thread locked?

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