Tech obsessions and cat identities

[HondurasKeiser]

Is this a serious or sarcastic response, I cannot tell.

Both. I never once thought of restricting the use of a camera from a child. Never heard it preached against or anything. That's why I'm a bit perplexed here.

I think some would be concerned about the ease of taking and sharing intimate pictures. Also, especially among those who are attempting to use their phones only as a tool rather than a toy, and those concerned about phone addiction, there is concern that constantly photographing and videoing everything results in less real engagement with other people, and with life in general.

That would be my concern. As parents, my wife and I, severely restrict the use of devices, access to internet, etc. for similar reasons. We've already decided that smartphones will not be part of our children's lives.

[Josh]

That would be my concern. As parents, my wife and I, severely restrict the use of devices, access to internet, etc. for similar reasons. We've already decided that smartphones will not be part of our children's lives.

Strangely enough, most of our country's tech elites have decided the same thing.

[nett]

Both. I never once thought of restricting the use of a camera from a child. Never heard it preached against or anything. That's why I'm a bit perplexed here.

I think some would be concerned about the ease of taking and sharing intimate pictures. Also, especially among those who are attempting to use their phones only as a tool rather than a toy, and those concerned about phone addiction, there is concern that constantly photographing and videoing everything results in less real engagement with other people, and with life in general.

That would be my concern. As parents, my wife and I, severely restrict the use of devices, access to internet, etc. for similar reasons. We've already decided that smartphones will not be part of our children's lives.

That would make you more conservative than most of the moderate conservatives at this point. The coming watersheds over smartphone and internet use will be interesting. I think large mass of moderate conservatives are going to be blindsided when they realize what they've done.

[temporal1]

That would be my concern. As parents, my wife and I, severely restrict the use of devices, access to internet, etc. for similar reasons. We've already decided that smartphones will not be part of our children's lives.

Strangely enough, most of our country's tech elites have decided the same thing.

Diamond

[HondurasKeiser]

Just read a post by Freddie deBoer that seems to jive with what we’re saying here:

There is a private life; there is a private self; there are private relationships. All are deeper, richer, and more indelible than their public counterparts. It was to operate in that space that you were born. The pursuit of rare but intense relationships, of real connection beyond the digital ephemera, is a beautiful agenda, and as the Zoomers age up we are watching in real time as a generation takes the world without ever having imagined such a thing. Absolutely every technology around you wants you to pursue the greatest number of meaningless, transactional relationships, from which you demand everything and into which you invest nothing. This is what capital rewards. And I’m telling you that you should resist. Stay human. Resist.

[Judas Maccabeus]

If the phone doesn't have internet access, the majority of the reasons mentioned are pointless now. See why I'm asking for clarification?

My daughter's story from school was a paper yearbook, no internet access was needed, and texting selfies (or even more inappropriate things) is still very much a thing on flip phones.

There seems to be a principle issue with photography, but I wouldn't say I have it figured out yet.

I just found out this morning that its a "thing" for high school girls to dress up and act like a cat. And the schools can't do anything about it... yet. Apparently last school term it really gained traction in some high schools.

My daughter who teaches in a public middle school has apparently seen none of this, she thinks it is likely a spoof to get a rise out of the adults. Like none of us has ever done this?

[steve-in-kville]

My daughter's story from school was a paper yearbook, no internet access was needed, and texting selfies (or even more inappropriate things) is still very much a thing on flip phones.

There seems to be a principle issue with photography, but I wouldn't say I have it figured out yet.

I just found out this morning that its a "thing" for high school girls to dress up and act like a cat. And the schools can't do anything about it... yet. Apparently last school term it really gained traction in some high schools.

My daughter who teaches in a public middle school has apparently seen none of this, she thinks it is likely a spoof to get a rise out of the adults. Like none of us has ever done this?

Apparently its something many of our local high schools are dealing with. Its like a gender... they identify as cats.

[Neto]

I just found out this morning that its a "thing" for high school girls to dress up and act like a cat. And the schools can't do anything about it... yet. Apparently last school term it really gained traction in some high schools.

My daughter who teaches in a public middle school has apparently seen none of this, she thinks it is likely a spoof to get a rise out of the adults. Like none of us has ever done this?

Apparently its something many of our local high schools are dealing with. Its like a gender... they identify as cats.

Although I haven't seen her for quite a few years, I know someone who is well past HS age, and has legally changed her name to a "cat name". She is seriously messed up over this.

[steve-in-kville]

My daughter who teaches in a public middle school has apparently seen none of this, she thinks it is likely a spoof to get a rise out of the adults. Like none of us has ever done this?

Apparently its something many of our local high schools are dealing with. Its like a gender... they identify as cats.

Although I haven't seen her for quite a few years, I know someone who is well past HS age, and has legally changed her name to a "cat name". She is seriously messed up over this.

They're called "furries,"

[Soloist]

Its a misguided attempt to be unique and they want to belong to something. Transgenderism gives you a ready made community. Cat person or someone identifying as a demicat, demi-cat, mewgender or something like that is almost like a rebellion and is part of the reason the secular community is having some misgivings over the transgender ideology.