An observation: starting a few years back, it is now virtually impossible for teenagers (well anyone really) to do stupid things without being filmed and potentially exposed globally. Everybody carries smartphones. I did lots of dumb shit when I was younger. Thank god no-one was livestreaming it to the world back then.
We could do away with cellphones and the always present cameras but addicts act like addicts and will explain how that’s impossible and would be really terrible etc. Because teenage girls really need Instagram or all human progress is nullified, or something like that.
At the same time, there is both pushback to this very thing and some children have their world broadened in ways that are helpful. Maybe it is my age having some effect on my attitude, but that last bit is what made the INternet so magical... back in the days of AOL chat rooms. I had access to a lot of people and some of them simply accepted me for me. So much better than folks asking my friends why they were even friends with me or folks following me around laughing just within hearing.
I really wish I had internet sooner just for the comfort.
> it is now virtually impossible for teenagers (well anyone really) to do stupid things without being filmed and potentially exposed globally
You say it like they didnt get everyone to gather around and film them while they did dumb shit in the hope that it would 'go viral' on tik tok and make them into the next meme.
