I’m about to fuse that to the end of my Master Sword and kill 3 red Bokos and half a white one with that shit.

They should take money out of people’s taxes and form some sort of system that educates children so that parents don’t have to.

Challenge: Your kid is weird.

Reward: I can teach my kid that LGBT people are subhuman scum without underpaid teachers trying to teach them that other people deserve basic human rights and dignities all while being vulnerable to the Mumps and Rubella.

Kids growing up today will never know

It’s funny that the author chose to use Tony Soprano in their article, because one of my favorite quotes from that show was when Tony said, “Remember when is the lowest form of conversation.”

Kids growing up today have a different childhood and will have their own “Remember when” on the internet.

Now everyone is lip-syncing all the time on TikTok, except there is no joy, no spontaneity, only endlessly choreographed offerings to the almighty algorithm.

Why are you on TikTok then? I agree with the author. Yes, the algorithms in social media and platforms like YouTube and Spotify are predatory, invasive, and manipulative. The internet used to be more compartmental. But the honest truth is that you don’t have to be there.

Mourn your stupid memes from 2010 in the woods as you walk through and actually gain something from an experience. Join a sports league, club, or social group.

Fuck algorithms, fuck screens, fuck data collection. Go the fuck outside and stop whining about how the internet was 15 years ago.

I’m sure people have said similar things about inventions in the past that now shape our everyday lives.

My parents were shitty gift people. Always things like clothes I don’t want or gift certificates. Then I met my wife. She sucks at it too. She takes a trip to Target the day before and just buys junk that she thinks I would like.

I play Tears of the Kingdom a lot with my 8 year old. She loves it. We don’t allow her on YouTube without us, so she always forces me to watch TOTK funny videos. This year she got me a blanket with Link on it. I teared up a bit.

I get depressed on my birthday every year. Another year older, not much to show for it.My parents even forgot last year. But this little girl thought about something that she did with me and makes her happy and got it for me. I will cherish it forever.