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DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban10·10 months agoDefunding of women’s health programs such as planned parenthood started long before the actual ban
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Federal judge extends block on Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan1·10 months agoThe biggest differences are that the interest rate is so jacked up, there’s no actual end date for the loan, and there’s little regard to the person’s ability to pay the loan back when getting it.
They’re more akin to sub prime mortgages than regular mortgages or auto loans in that last respect which were insanely predatory
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Federal judge extends block on Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan6·10 months agoMost of these loans are interest paying first. Which means the principle (which the interest is being calculated from) doesn’t go down. No other major loan is this fucked.
You get a car loan or mortgage, it’s set up so that you pay it off in X number years.
Good luck finding a student loan that you could do that with, especially when 75+% of your income goes to rent.
DokPsy@infosec.pubto Funny: Home of the Haha@lemmy.world•Why haven't you done this yet too?11·10 months agoBecause hangovers are due to dehydration and lack of nutrients… Exactly what the electrolyte drinks take care of
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Calls for J.D. Vance to resign after he admits that he created pet-eating story about immigrants4·10 months agoAnd entirely on brand
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Harris and Trump are getting ready for Tuesday’s debate in sharply different ways2·10 months agoIf he does, great. He can’t interrupt or defend any questions. Let the back and forth go through as normal with emphasis on the quiet that would be Trump’s responses
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools1·10 months agoDamn, I knew I was forgetting one. Lol
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools1·10 months agoAgain when is that book appropriate? Restricting a book when they can easily get a copy online or find worse fanfiction is just silly to me.
If they want to read something I don’t want them to for whatever reason, making it forbidden is a good way to make sure they read it, especially for teenagers.
Back to the main point of this thread, book banning is not doing the kids any favors and only serves to restrict thinking and learning. Even bad twilight fanfiction can serve as an example of what shouldn’t happen.
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools11·10 months agoIt’s not even very good softcore porn. Tell me, at what age is reading about people having sex where one of the two uses their power and money to trick the other into thinking that they’re loved and not just some playboys breathing sex doll appropriate?
Edit: monitor? Yes. Actively discuss about? If they want to. If fifty shades interests them even after talking over what it’s about, that’s fine. They’re allowed to make mistakes to learn from. Our jobs as parents are to teach them and to help them figure out who they are, not hide them away from society and keep them in ignorance as long as possible.
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools11·10 months agoIf they bring home fifty shades, I’ll treat it just as if they brought in Dean Koontz or a copy of Grendel. I’d have a frank discussion about how not all books and writers are good. They can read it as examples of either what not to do or as warning signs to look out for, either in literature in general or in people’s actions. I’d also recommend better stories that they’ll enjoy more. If they bring home books I do enjoy but have either problematic contents or authors, I’ll treat it just the same. I love Asimov but the way he wrote women was gratuitously sexist. Lovecraft was xenophobic. Rowling is a terf and her house elves and goblins are definitely not good. Etc etc etc
And advise that they may get in trouble if they read it in front of some people because they have this weird hangup about preventing children from recognizing toxic relationships or the realities of the world.
If they’re old enough to understand the words and concepts in the book, it doesn’t do them any good to pretend like they don’t exist.
Again, withholding knowledge and understanding because people think the children must be protected reduces their own agency and tools to understand the world.
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools2·10 months agoI’m in the anti-ban camp because restricting access to knowledge due to arbitrary lines like age is the opposite of learning. It is up to the reader and their mentors to guide their reading depending on ability and maturity as needed. No two people will have the same levels at the same age so books appropriate for one may not be appropriate for another.
That said, to nitpick a tad: pointing to the Internet when on a discussion of book banning or restrictions is more “red herring” or “false equivalence” than strawman.
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools11·10 months ago‘Appropriate for children’ is what I have an issue with.
Withholding knowledge because of an arbitrary line is the antithesis of learning. Who gets to determine what is appropriate and for whom?
If my kid wants to read something with content that’s more mature, I’m ok with that. If I’ve read it, I’ll warn them of the more shaky bits that they’ll come across and what is and isn’t ok especially relative to their age and mentality.
If they bring home fifty shades, I’ll have a discussion about it with them and the concepts of consent as well as body autonomy and let them know that what happens in that book are not that.
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools11·10 months agoI chose notoriously difficult books to get through. I’d have the same opinion for ‘the joy of sects’ and ‘the joy of sex’
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools61·10 months agoI’m on the other end of the fence on this one. Knowledge shouldn’t be withheld due to arbitrary lines. If the parents aren’t tuned into what their children are reading or if the kid feels they must hide away what they’re reading, it’s indicative of more serious issues than books.
I say this with a kid who’s just starting to learn their letters and not at a point of reading on their own yet. If they want to pick up Ulysses or the silmarillion, I’m not stopping them. I will warn them they’ve chosen books that are very advanced and they will have more questions than answers while reading.
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools6·10 months agoI always read it more acting as a final severing of their childhood to protect against It as it preferred to eat children. Not to mention as a more substantial blood pact as part of the ritual of chud to become metaphorically one being in the cosmic fight
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools7·10 months agoThe real turning point in the non cocaine years is Dreamcatcher. And that was morphine.
Which really explains Dreamcatcher.
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools11·10 months agoI turned out mostly ok and was reading King well before 12. There were quite a few things I didn’t understand yet but it didn’t make me want to go out and assault people or something
DokPsy@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools13·10 months agoDid you forget about the shit weasels in Dreamcatcher, the various instances of SA in Hearts in Atlantis, the forced abortion in the Gunslinger, insomnia, and so forth
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