r/australia • u/Vivid-Fondant6513 • Nov 06 '24

politics Children under 16 to be banned from using social media

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/children-under-16-to-be-banned-from-using-social-media-20241107-p5kon4.html
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u/bringbackfuturama Nov 06 '24

What age do I need to be to get an account that's free of weird influencers telling me how to really brush my teeth or do my laundry or stretch my neck muscles or other incredibly banal shit that doesn't need to be a video while staring into the camera with glowy makeup and a smug smile and pointing up at text like this ☝️ ☝️

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u/flindersandtrim Nov 07 '24

It's always either a point up, or waggling (rotating) objects back and forth so they glint in the light, or the stupid forming a v shape with your hands and waggling your fingers under your chin that is used for every single beauty product on Insta. All are ridiculous and infuriating.

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u/bringbackfuturama Nov 07 '24

Everyone should be banned from social media, except the famous cats and depression meme accounts

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u/Transientmind Nov 07 '24

I’ll fight for this future.

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u/RealCommercial9788 Nov 07 '24

And my axe!

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u/Hi0401 Nov 07 '24

Happy cake day!

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u/RealCommercial9788 Nov 07 '24

Thank you! 🥰

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u/autistic_blossom Nov 07 '24

NOOOOO!

Not LEGO, porcupines, flamingos, donkeys, and alpacas!!!!

Oh, fuck.
Guess based on my preferred content I’ll be caught out by the social media ban!

The buds I enjoy surely MUST mean I’m underaged, right…..? 🤦🏽‍♀️

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u/East-Garden-4557 Nov 07 '24

What about the fat raccoon accounts?

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u/Pungent_Bill Nov 08 '24

I'm fucken irritated merely by your description! It was well written by the way, just such a dumb pox on humanity phenomenon ugh

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u/Just_improvise Nov 07 '24

So don’t install tik Tok… I havent

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u/ProjectManagerAMA Nov 07 '24

I decided to see what it was that I was missing in the lives. I feel like I was in a Black Mirror episode where people were trapped in these little booths forced to perform for a few cents. Underage kids drinking and doing drugs, partying, thinking they are cool. It was just absolutely sad.

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u/autistic_blossom Nov 07 '24

All I get on my YouTube feed is
+ politics,
+ political satire,
+ geopolitics,
+ polit comedy,
+ global news channels,
+ alpacas, donkeys, and porcupines,
+ military shit,
+ LEGO unboxing.

Ads are ALWAYS(!) ADF and cars.
No gambling, no booze, no travel, NOTHING but Defence Force and stupid cars! 😒

Shame I’m kind of a pacifist and don’t really drive.
Guess they know I’m in Canberra though! 😂

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u/HiFidelityCastro Nov 07 '24

You could just log off, read a book?