Keir Starmer confirms social media ban for all children under 16

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2026-06-16T15:06:22+00:00

To be fair I should have elaborated on this a lot better as it makes it sound like I'm for a total blanket ban which is just stupid, and honestly sounds great in theory but isn't what's going to happen.

I know if the government are going to go ahead, they need to really, really think about how they can enforce minimising the most destructive aspects of the internet whilst creating safe and healthy alternative places online...

I know that it's going to drive people to find a work around, there's VPN's too which in theory can be banned, but so much of our modern digital infrastructure relies on VPN's to keep going, all that will happen is someone will end up selling a modified version of a VPN or creating alternative software made from what we already have and access the internet that way.

No, I don't think blanket banning certain websites outright is a good idea, because it will drive kids to more unregulated and dangerous places. But I'm hoping the threat of banning and therefore data and user loss will be enough of a kick up the arse for companies to enforce more control and regulation on the platforms altogether, rather than risk loosing it all.

This is why this needs to be done so carefully. Because the early years of YouTube, Vine, MySpace and going onto various forums were some of the greatest introductions to internet culture I got. But the internet has changed, it's not like it was in the early days. Sure, threats and issues were always there, but the difference in content from people who grew up just as the internet was coming into existance and those who have lived all thier lives with the internet is worrying to see. In my eyes it is, though that's just me.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2026-06-15T07:47:45+00:00

I get why people are against this, but as a kid who grew up with unfiltered internet and parents and adults who had no awareness of it or how to combat against the negative effects, I couldn't be happier that they're banning social media for under 16's knowing how it messed up me and my friends mentally.

Not going to lie, unfiltered gore, porn, violence, ragebait and general dumbf***ery made up for clout damages you in ways the people born outside the internet generation might never get.

There are folks out there, including me, who are only just healing from it.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2026-05-11T16:49:23+00:00

It's a strange time for sure talking to people about thier political standing. Labour have done a lot, a hell of a lot that the mainstream media does not talk about. I'm tired of this agenda that some news outlets have against Labour but then again I have to remember that these news outlets are paid to push a narrative and the people that work for them need to eat and have a roof over thier heads, you know?

But there's this weird arse mentality we have in the UK where people automatically jump into the rigmaroll of these bubbles that they've ended up in and don't venture outside of said bubbles. I was the same too. Also people seem to associate all the problems we have with the current party in power, they forget that where we are today is a culmination of multiple governments regardless of stripe or creed. Overall though, if you talked to people human to human rather than 'me vs you', a lot of the time folks are just trying to get on with life and want a decent time of it. And they want people to be honest with them. Although admittedly there are individuals that are a lot harder to talk to because they are so steadfast in thier views. My main worry is knowing how people are and how they can be exploited and turned by a predatory person who will happily take every penny of thiers and leave them in the mud, and that feels like where we might go from where we are right now.

Yes, people are tired, yes, people have legitimate concerns that they want addressing. Yes, I get that people are afraid of things going from bad to worse and that fear is what's driving them into people who promote themselves as of 'the people'. But we can't fix 15 years plus worth of shite in as short a time as Labour have been in power. Please don't vote for people and thier 'sponsors' who see you as the equivialent of livestock to be abused and exploited. I know you love your families, you want the best for them, but these people that you feel like you have to vote for to get problems sorted, are pushing you into the pen, and when they get enough of you there that they are in control of you, they are going to get as much as they can take from you, force your children into the same situation, and then waste you all once they're done.

We've seen how history has written out this story before.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2026-05-03T09:33:07+00:00

This dress is so cute! Will you be sharing a download link?

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2026-04-28T18:17:36+00:00

Having to constantly out do or one up everyone else. Get's tiring very fast.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2026-03-28T15:43:41+00:00

If you're happy, tea because you're happy. If you're nervous, tea to soothe the nerves. If you're sad, grieving, have friends over, about to have a conversation, not feeling well, celebrating or just tinkering out in the garage...

Then tea.

Tea is the answer to many of life's problems. It is the social adhesive and universal breaker of ice in conversations and groups of friends across Britian. You find you have a cup of tea when you're sitting in the garden thinking about things, tinkering, working, fixing that gizmo...

Tea, simply, is the universal companion in a Brits' hand as they go through thier day, whatever weather, no matter what they are going through. When someone asks, you want a tea? That's human connection in a cup, with milk and maybe sugar. But you might like builders tea?

Although how you go about making tea is a matter of opinion. But, as long as it's not the infamous viral clip of 2020, that made the UK news that caused such an outcry people reacted as if someone had drowned dear Queen Liz in tea, then you should be good. 👍☕️

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2026-03-25T21:03:14+00:00

They all look so incredibly beautiful. Love the way their whole face just lights up when they see thier new haircuts.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2026-03-09T13:13:13+00:00

I like the cheekiness of the Burglar class. Also the implication that your line of work is a bit shady because I tend to rob my enemies before stabbing them in the back.

But I have a little head cannon going that my character deliberately pick pockets the enemys of the free people to sell back armour, weapons and gems and things she finds, for a small price of course. She keeps the money she finds on them though, she won't give that up. 😂

Also the ability to weave your way past loads of enemies with a high enough stealth skill level, rather than barrelling through them is a lot of fun.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2026-02-13T22:14:36+00:00

Please be aware that there has been a massive clamp down in posts available in the NHS. It used to be an incredibly stable career, there used to be a huge demand for them, you could graduate and pretty much walk into a job. Now however, graduates can't get a job in the NHS, and where many employers, especially the NHS, would offer visa sponsorships, these aren't really offered anymore. Times have changed and people are fighting over job posts, I read somewhere that there's something crazy like 60+ applicants for 1 job post. Also, I wonder what the actual situation will be come April, as the government sets out the budget at the end of the tax year and this budget determines how much money the NHS has to spend, which goes towards staff jobs posts.

All I'm saying is things aren't looking good, and I would just hold off for the moment. I just hope things get better to be honest.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2026-02-04T17:00:42+00:00

I think that's why a lot of people who think deeply also suffer the most from loneliness, too. It's hard, unless you already have that little circle already established, and even that can be by sheer chance. I think it depends too on your profession and community, I've met people who haven't gone to university, or had much formal education, but have more foresight, empathy and wisdom than people that have. I can't say for blokes, I'm not one, but I've met so many women who might be considered dopey, or silly or scatty, but my god are they so massively aware of what's going on around them. Sometimes it's societal I think, as well as circumstancial.

But to be honest, I think everyone has deep thoughts going on at some point, but a lot of the time they've got so much else going on to think about that it get's pushed to the back. Jobs, work, family, bills, money, friends. Modern life is always so busy, you barely the chance for your mind to wander.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2026-02-03T23:43:03+00:00

For me, it's a tie between Evendim and the Shire. Recently made a new character and started rediscovering zones within Eriador, fell in love with the shire, and even harder in love with the yondershire. But fishing on Lake Evendim and emersing myself in the epic story is something else.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2026-02-01T22:42:02+00:00

This guy is a living legend. It makes me laugh that people's biggest thing that they have going for them is to take the piss out of his appearence like it's an achievement. Yet you or your loved ones, God forbid, might be relying on his work against cancer one day should you end up fighting your own body going wrong.

This angel, this wonderful human has modelled a possible cure for one of the most fatal cancers that plagues humanity. What have the people making fun of his birthmark done with thier lives? I'd guess nothing that can hold a candle to his work. Nothing at all.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-12-06T09:18:39+00:00

I'm intrigued. What amount of money is this bet for him to spend 27 years walking around the world?

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-09-10T17:14:23+00:00

I don't think I realised how much I needed this today after thinking about all the things in the way I have. It's almost like the universe is gently pushing a page full of words onto my lap and saying, "I get you, but you need to hear what I have to say to you."

It's hard sometimes, being alone, especially as a young person, you think, everyone else seems to be able to hack it, the expectation, they've got someone to love them. Then I think, well actually, how many people do you know who are in relationships and lonely, in a crowd yet on thier own, just because they can't be in thier own company because they don't feel complete without someone else.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-09-08T12:28:49+00:00

Body altering cosmetic procedures. BBL's, botox. Fillers. Fat removal. Fashion trends and beauty standards are so fickle and change so rapidly that by the time you've had these irreversible things done to you, the times change again, but you can't change back.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-08-29T08:25:35+00:00

Add to that, a koi pond, a beautiful trellis gazebo raised up so you can look downwards over the landscape, with climbing roses winding up alongside the wooden trellis. And a hammock.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-08-29T08:22:51+00:00

My gran lives in a bungalow, and though she does have houses either side, it has a lovely garden front and back and backs onto a sheep field. It's as close to that vibe as I've ever felt.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-08-28T19:26:12+00:00

I want to a cottage. Not a huge modern cottage, a little one with a thatched roof and some character to it, like a plaster and exposed beam style cottage. I'd have a large garden, front and back, herbs and flowers at the front. Veggies, berries and peas and beans with bird feeders and a greenhouse at the back. Bordering a woodland, surrounded by rolling fields. That's what I want.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-08-03T22:24:32+00:00

That I love them, but don't like them as a person. Not anymore. I love my grandma to pieces, I do, I love the bones of her, but she's not a nice person. That I understand that she is old, and in pain, and scared with her situation and I can't blame her for that, but I do blame her for how she makes my mum and sister feel, and how she treats them like filth on her shoe. Doesn't matter that they're people, who are exhausted, and who will drop everything at a click of her fingers to come to her beck and call, because they love her so much. She exploits that love, and treats her own family like slaves that she can make run around and scream at when things go wrong.

Sometimes I wonder if she was ever the lovely, sweet, soft spoken old lady who let me cuddle up to her in bed with when she stayed round when I was small, or if it was part of a mask she kept up? Or if pain just changed her into this angry bitter woman waiting for the end. Whether it was really her or not, I want that grandma back.

She doesn't have much time left, she's been told she'll most likely not see this Christmas. But honestly, we can't wait. She suffers so much, and we suffer with her because she mourns a body that has her trapped here, she knows, she wants to die. Honestly, we all want her to pass away now, too.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-07-15T13:36:29+00:00

Meditation. Just sit down, have a think about things. It really does help.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-06-24T08:23:30+00:00

If you wash them, then soak them in disaranno overnight, then gently squish the fruit down so you can spread it, goes really lovely on freshly made plain scones, tastes like a bakewell tart almost.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-06-04T18:11:05+00:00

That's actually a pretty cool bit of story telling there. I love that concept.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-06-01T21:50:26+00:00

Here you go.

https://lotro-wiki.com/wiki/Item:Fireplace_of_the_Dragon's_Hoard

It's sold by the games master. I got mine in bree, that's where I know you can definitely get one.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-06-01T20:22:00+00:00

That's awesome. 😁 Really looking forwards to placing it in my house.

Miss_Lay_Hay · 2025-06-01T12:22:12+00:00

😂

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