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[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today 4 points 3 hours ago

I think it's going to start skyrocketing in global desktop use. Maybe not in the US, but globally lots of other countries have good reason to migrate away from US based software companies

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If he not dead he'll be on the ticket.

If he dead it'll be his son on the ticket.

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today 1 points 11 hours ago

Just to be clear, "morally straight" does not mean "sexually straight".

And yes, "mentally awake" literally means "woke". (Seriously. The scouts have been literally teaching "woke" for over 100 years. It's actually a very progressive organization.)

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today -1 points 11 hours ago

Does your son play Rec or Select baseball. My kid plays on a select team and I don't know any team that does no travel at all.

(There just generally aren't enough local tournaments to even make that possible and still fill out a season.)

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today 1 points 11 hours ago

I really wonder how much they were paid for that endorsement...

I'm guessing a lot.

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today 1 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

No overnight trips?

You haven't had a kid in sports yet, huh? (Not that there is anything wrong with that.) Over night trips are generally pretty common for any kid in sports over 6th grade.

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today -1 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

What's... better?

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today -2 points 12 hours ago

So here is all of the Scout is Reverent requirements for Cub Scouts.

https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/leader-resources/pack-meeting-resources/family-reverence/

What specific lesson can you identify here that you disagree with? (Please actually cite the specific activity you take issue with. Don't just make something up.)

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today -1 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

So let's back up.

What specific actual virtue of the Scouting America do you have a problem with?

Here's the scout law to get you started:

A scout is: trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.

Which one of these virtues do you want your kids to have? (And for gawd sakes, please read something about what "reverence" means before knee-jerking to that one."

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today 0 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

That was literally a nothing announcement. Virtually nothing actually changed about the program.

Literally one merit badge was removed and one elective merit badge was added. That's it. And all of the requirements in that one removed merit badge are repeated in multiple other merit badges, and those other merit badges didn't get charged at all.

I promise you. No one is checking kids birth certificates when they sign up and no child is being turned away from the program.

You are upset about literally nothing because an algorithm on the Internet told you this was something to be upset about.

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (4 children)

(I don't understand Lemmy people. Who down votes child protection policies?)

 

I'm constantly amazed that scouts isn't more popular with families. I'm a huge supporter of the whole worldwide program (particularly Scouting America and the Girl Scouts in the US).

Yes, let's all acknowledge that there were past abuses that the Boy Scouts ignored and covered up. But, primarily due to the lawsuits associated with those abuses, Scouting America has instituted a lot of really strong child protection policies that arguably make it the safest youth program anywhere.

It's a really great, comparatively cheap, program that offers amazing opportunities to kids and families.

If you find yourself having trouble making friends as an adult, I really recommend looking into it.

 
 

Okay you are ready to take a stand for freedom!

You are going to use an OS that isn't going to bend the knee and comply with age verification laws. I solute you, comrade!

Here are the likely consequences of your choice:

The Feds aren't coming after you. You aren't going to be out on a watch list.

What will likely happen is that if you try to log into your Facebook account you will get a message that says "Your Operating System is not currently supported. Your user experience will be limited to Groups labeled "Everyone"."

That's basically it. Your personal user experience will be limited to "kid friendly" areas of the Internet. (Same with apps and games.)

That's the real driver of these laws. Facebook and other app producers know that the days where they can just shrug off child predators using their products is coming to and end. Regardless of your opinion on age verification is as a solution, child predators are a real world problem and it's not just the parents fault. The platforms have some responsibility too.

Which is exactly what Facebook and the others specifically don't want -responsibility for their own platforms. That's why they are pushing for these laws that off load their responsibility onto the OS makers. Then they can just say "Oh, we don't have any responsibility for this child being abused in our platform. We asked the OS what the user's age was and the OS reported 18+. What else could we have done?"

So, that's the consequence of you choose to use an OS that refuses to comply. You'll just be relegated to the kid friendly version of website, games, and applications.

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