Zuck must have taken the lizard man jibes to heart. At some point he completely changed his image. Bet money he was coached and practiced smiling in the mirror, not even being funny.

We are the same age and I had my first analog wristwatch in 1st grade. When my niece was 4 in '86 or so I taught her to read a clock. Weird world, guess it’s not all about age.

That’s a choice to be stupid. When I was a child I was frustrated as hell I couldn’t read the signs Bugs Bunny held up, so I was chomping at the bit to learn. And these kids see “circle clocks” and just figure, “Meh. Guess it will always be a mystery.”

The direction and quality of light makes it clear as well. OTOH, I’ve found people who can’t tell which side of their house the sun rises and sets on.

My 12-yo was never taught cursive, and it turns out her general reading of print is lagging, but she read handwritten cursive last night well enough.

Vance and Trumps cabinets have to submit that. Ball’s not in Congress’ park.

Pretty much what I gathered. Still haven’t heard Chappelle say anything awful, and you’ll note not a soul has replied with actual words from the man.

Maybe there’s something worse out there, but his trans jokes I’ve seen are far from hateful. When Chappelle first got flak over this I was afraid the jokes would be flat out evil. They could hardly be more mild.

Can anyone point to a particular joke that’s tearing trans people down? I don’t mean poking fun, I want to see the hate you all accuse him of.

I’ve seen new architect kids and draftsmen make better renderings 15 years ago.

Gold doesn’t corrode, might be the best idea yet!

Of course! I’m just mad at the simple-minded idea that there is no adolescence, only child or adult. The idea is ludicrous and harmful to the teens we’re raising to be adults.

I didn’t and wouldn’t say it does! But the difference shows that almost every state in the planet recognizes that teenagers are not “children”. It’s insulting to them at best, detrimental at worst.

A radio host was bemoaning the fact that her 17-yo daughter made a fire in the fireplace while home alone. Host was pretty upset.

Caller: “Did she do it properly?”

Host: “Yes, perfectly! We taught her to make a safe fire. But she’s a child! She has no business starting a fire without adults at home!”

I wanted to scream! In less than a year she can join the military, sign contracts, tell mom to fuck herself, go it alone, do everything but buy beer. And this is how you prepare her for adulthood?!

Sorry, the whole “child until 18” thing gets me bent. We’re trying to train these people to be adults, yet at the same time we tell them they have no agency until they’re 18, merely “children”? It’s fucking insulting and harmful.

Just another tool for the mechanic to stock. They’ll be on eBay and Amazon soon enough.

The 3rd and 4th paragraphs are certainly true. There are dozens of articles pointing out that Western children are indeed growing up slower. Had a great one I can’t find again, but it backed exactly what you’re saying.

We GenX folk grew up far faster than GenZ, so younger attitudes sometimes confound me. If times get hard, like Depression 2.0 hard, we’ll see that trend flip within a single generation.

Russia already had population issues. Sometime, I think the turn of the century, they enacted a new state holiday for people to stay home and make babies. Not even making that up.

Imagine how bad it is now!

VERY few countries peg the age of consent at 18, mostly the hyper-conservative. Only 10 states in America and only Turkey in Europe. Not sure there’s any countries in Africa or Asia.

This notion that a human goes from child to adult on their 18th birthday is truly bizarre to me. I was sexually active at 16 and the girl I lost my virginity to was 14. We weren’t adults, in full command of our lives, but we sure as hell weren’t children. At 17, my gf and I had sex almost daily, if we could manage it. And you would say we were children? Mighty developed and freaky children indeed!

The age of majority you’re arguing is the age at which society deems one responsible enough to sign contracts, join the military, in short, be responsible for one’s decisions. But to act like there’s no in-between state is ludicrous.

Even weirder is people arguing, correctly, that sexuality, autism, etc., is on a spectrum. But our maturity is not? That idea goes against even the most base observations.

My daughter turns 13 next month. Last summer I was already seeing her flip between “child” and a more serious person, sometimes minute to minute. (Can’t explain better, sorry.) Her brother is 10 and 100% child, no trace of maturity, as you would expect. By the time she is 14-15 she will be a wholly different person. But you would class her the same as a 10-yo?

Home Depot does sell installation services. I’m sure the prices are astronomical vs. a day laborer.

https://www.homedepot.com/services/

When I read shit like this I think of Trump tearing down the East Wing. He didn’t do this personally. Multiple people had to agree and execute.

For example; I managed a reprographics shop. We would have flat refused to make signage such as these plaques. Not because management was woke, we simply wouldn’t handle toxic messaging. Somewhere in DC is a shop that said, “Fuck it, the money matters more than morals.” Same for the demolition company.

Praying that woman just crushes it.

Watched that earlier. Why is everyone fighting this administration such pussies?!

“Sir,” she responded, “we have not deported US citizens or military veterans.”

“Here are the receipts (WAY more than just this guy), and here’s a vet you deported, live on Zoom. So, either you are lying or ignorant as to what is going on under your watch.”

“bullshit, bullshit, bullshit…”

“You are either lying or ignorant. Which is it?”

“bullshit, bullshit, bullshit…”

“Lying or ignorant. Pick one. Only one.”

Why do they not nail these people to the fucking wall?!