How did I ever survive being a kid on the internet and some of the pre-internet online stuff? Back then you had to be smart enough to tell the rand groomers to piss off on your own. Now everyone tells you to talk to them intentionally.
We were told not to use our real names, online was a separate world from the real (being something you actively connected to), and the teachers and politicians weren't also trying to groom you.
How did I ever survive being a kid on the internet and some of the pre-internet online stuff? Back then you had to be smart enough to tell the rand groomers to piss off on your own. Now everyone tells you to talk to them intentionally.
We were told not to use our real names, online was a separate world from the real (being something you actively connected to), and the teachers and politicians weren't also trying to groom you.
It is quite the dichotomy. Growing up, we were told to obfuscate as much info as possible. No names, locations, birthdays, phone numbers.
Now, most sites demand that information and some sites will ban you if you try to get away with not giving them your information.
Every idiot has to have a phone to exist in society in the modern era.
But owning a desktop is a choice, made by the more tech-savvy.
Anyone asking ASL was a clear sign of a predator. The old guard knows what I'm talking about.
American Sign Language? You have something against the deaf?