Chebucto Regional Softball Club

Is #PicaTheCat innocent?

OK enough fun games. I’m asking the main question:

Is she innocent?
(poll following, since you can’t have a poll and a photo in the same post.) #picathecat

@Extra_Special_Carbon

If I knew a kid who was "really into" roblocks I'd talk with them about what they like about it and just have sincere interest on what it's offering them.

Don't tell the Australians but roblocks *is* "social media" just as much facebook or mastodon. And as you know I'm a big fan of social media. At the same time, many of the implementations for young people are just terrible.

I hope this isn't coming off as either too critical or nosy.

@u0421793

YUP

@Extra_Special_Carbon

They have not implemented this yet. But I think roblocks has many bad actors and you can't count on them to really look out for bad content. I requires more supervision.

As a short person one of my pet peeves is when there is a social event and they have those "tall tables" that you stand around. Or if there is nowhere to sit down and you have to stand and talk to people.

I'm seriously considering having a little step stool in my bag because talking in a circle while standing is so annoying.

It's hard to hear people.
It's hard to see their faces.

If the whole room is full of people and it's a little dark then it's like being in a scary forest.

@hosford42

I think I should have done a poll to find the "average fediverse height" first.

As a 5' 0" person ... ? You are tall. LOL.

@GLaDTheresCake

don't we all have rods (and cones) in our eyes?

Ya'll are too tall.

Do you have back pain or problems? If you have had to change your life, eg. avoid doing something, or stay home due to your back or if it hurts often that's "having back problems"

If you are taller than 164cm (5' 4.5") you are "tall." (In this formulation more men are tall than women, I'm interested in absolute height here so not breaking it down by gender. Data are bimodal but I don't think it matters much.)

@semitones @mynameistillian

Kids can't go to D&B's unattended. I do recall that my Baptist church advised parents not to let kids "play at gambling" at such places when I was young.

Personally I don't think total prohibition is realistic or needed. (Because then you will have black market for gambling.) But D&B's should have an exclusion list. And I don't care if they are a casualty of effort to eliminate more obviously destructive enterprises. Does that make some sense?

Of course, addressing gambling would mean addressing the "sins" of members of their own congregation. It's easier to rail against outsiders you know nothing about than making your own house better.

My cat Pica is a totalitarian dictator of the apartment and she rules with a soft fuzzy paw.

This sounds less ominous than an "iron fist" but I assure you it is just as bad.

I cannot even question "the divine right of cat" around here.

In the US churches are excited about trans people existing and other deeply counterproductive nonsense. What if we could redirect them to being mad about gambling again? That seems like a much more productive project if they can't be convinced to help the poor... which the Bible says they ought to be.

Gambling is a sin. Do your conservative politicians care about how it's destroying people's lives at all?

@mynameistillian

Making money off of people gambling is just exploiting an obvious flaw in the way the human brain works.

@mynameistillian

Further all forms of gambling (for adults) should have a simple to sign up for "self exclusion" option. This is done by casinos already. You can sign up to be on a list and they won't let you in to gamble. People use these services because in dark moments they know they have a problem.

If your game (for adults) has lootboxes you need to offer self exclusion.

@mynameistillian

Games for kids should not have lootboxes. It's gambling. It's a kiddie casino. Why do we get a social media ban for kids but not something like that? (I know why, I just think we should be asking about this more often and much louder.)

Government mandated cat cuddling and cat petting regulations have only increased around here.

Mandatory lap allocations. The regime knows no limits.

"Would you ever put a prediction market in #Roblox? Let kids bet with their Robux?"

Insane combinations of words that should never occur. Anyone even discussing such questions ought to be put into prison. However...

Moments like this make me more determined to help kids build an internet they can control.

The AI bubble.
The AI bubble bubble.
The AI bubble bubble bubble.