That was well below 18 for most of the time I have used the Internet. People born on that day were toddlers when I started to seriously use the Internet.
I could nowadays enter my real DOB and get through all checks but I usually still pick something in the 1970s or 1980s.
Power to young people. Politicians who propose things like this, may you lose all elections.
If you are a teenager, I am so sorry for my fellow adults who think we have any business deciding how you guys live your lives. I assure you we are not all like this.
My original plans were to travel to Niagara Falls. That seemed like the coolest place there would be totality at.
I am so glad I (due to circumstances I neither thought nor hoped would happen) am typing this message from Mexico City Airport instead while waiting for boarding to start for my flight back to Europe. It was perfectly sunny where I watched it.
The pandemic was a high point for anyone?
From your article:
Despite this, KOSA enjoys bipartisan support, including a July endorsement from President Joe Biden.
The worst laws in the US are usually supported by both parties.
I have no idea how government regulation of the Internet has become so normalized.
That is literally the opposite of true.
My childhood was before smartphones but when the Internet already existed.
In my preteen and teen years, the Internet was more or less my only escape from my horrible offline life. I envy today's kids that they can access it everywhere.
Everyone who wants to take that possibility away from any children, go have sexual intercourse with yourself.
Forums. I found forums the most engaging, interesting structure for "social media" that has ever been invented. I actually tended to get to know the people on them over time.
I have no idea why we ditched that structure in favor of "platforms".
Wait, what. Someone misses proprietary software that was rightfully killed in favor of open standards?
Tic Tac Icegloo https://www.produkt.at/produkte/detail/id/10734/
I discovered these in my childhood before I discovered ordinary tic tacs, but they were discontinued soon after.
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/