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armchairhackeryesterday at 4:36 PM1 replyview on HN

I'm saying that, in today's culture, age-gating the internet is likely to be much less effective than age-gating alcohol or tobacco. Most kids spend an appalling amount of time on social media (think, 5 hours/day*); most kids didn't spend this much time or invest this much of their lives into drugs.

* according to this survey from over 2 years ago: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2024/04/teen-social-use-mental-h...


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a456463yesterday at 4:44 PM

not saying that I support age verification in any form, but you seen the vape sales?

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