Yeah king is the wrong word really. Having an unaccountable autocrat is really the problem.

I'd imagine it's because they're distributing it themselves and A24 is a relatively small company.

This is the answer. I have a strong bias towards using the platform but very often you just can't because the platform has weird edge cases or inconsistent behaviour across browsers.

Wind farms are expected to a account for it and it is routinely included in cost calculations.

It's an onion Michael, how much could it cost, $9.41?

This has been brewing since George W Bush. Obama made a valiant attempt at normalising relations with Europe but I don't think any future US president has any hope of reversing this now.

Europe was skeptical ever since 'nam and at the latest Bush Sr's Iraq adventure.

Since the wars in Iraq, sure. Vietnam was the US inheriting Europe’s mess.

US shifting accountability of their choices on account of some mess of others. ‘We had no other choice because you can’t take care of it yourself’

Thats exactly the narrative the rest of the world doesnt take anymore.

They do have a point though. Libya, Syria, Lebanon, that's our doorstep, not the US'. And we in fact did not do a good job keeping house there.

Nah, Europe was a happy participant in Iraq 1. The trend from that to Iraq 2 to whatever the hell they're doing in Iran now is really clear.

Not all of the EU is in schengen, but we do have freedom of movement. Ireland for example is not in Schengen and never will be because of our travel arrangements with the UK.

I really don't think that describes my Mastodon experience. Twitter for people with a conscience would be more accurate.

There are a lot of people on Mastodon who are genuinely as insane as X users. I recently opened up my account and saw people engaging with al quds brigade accounts.

I mean the Supreme Court made bribery legal in Snyder so it's hard to imagine why anyone would think corruption isn't rampant.

The argument is that there are parents who are too stupid/lazy to enable parental controls on kids devices and society has a duty to protect kids even if their parents are negligent. Also, kids interact with other kids, so even if you do everything right your kids wind up with access/peer pressure through the kids with bad parents.

I dunno if I agree but I think that's the thrust of it.

There are systems in place dealing with negligent parents. They could be better, but they exist. If kids were banned, there couldn't be that much peer pressure.

Think about it, how many kids will get a gun just because some of the kids have access to guns through their negligent parents? If it's banned the path to getting it won't be straightforward.

Well I guess this begs the question how do you implement this ban without checking ids?

Your ISP knows this already, doesn't it? Internet cafés can ask for ID.

Sure, your parents can give you access, but your parents could also give you booze, porn and guns if they feel so inclined.

I feel like if we can throw parents in jail for allowing their children to walk unsupervised, we can probably toss them in prison for giving them unrestricted access to the internet.