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The old school lack of transparency on tumblr is amazing because you assume the people you follow must all be equivalent to you and then you see someone write “I brought my youngest to college today” and someone else write “my mom wouldn’t let me listen to Ariana Grande when I was a kid” and then your head explodes

formerlyanon

and we need that! keeps us humble.

dabouse

Then I'm just like WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU’RE AN ADULT

tomboy014

It goes the other way, too, because WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE A CHILD?!!

dabouse

I'm 16, that's like, barely a child

tomboy014

I'm in my 30s. You are baby

digitaldiscipline

I'm older than both of you in a trenchcoat.

kabretoss

honestly one of the best things we can do for ourselves is realize that people of different ages than us can still be the same kind of person as us. it's humbling and it gives everyone involved a sense of continuity, and it busts those stupid generational stereotypes media is so fond of.

alarajrogers

A few years back, Spockslash, a 79 year old grandmother who was part of the first generation of slashfic writers, used to post here. She died of cancer and her son posted one last time to let us all know she had passed away and how much she had enjoyed being on Tumblr.

I have been here for nearly 10 years now and I was in my mid 40's then.

My youngest child got on Tumblr when they were 11.

No one knows how old you are on Tumblr unless you tell them and I think that is very cash money of Tumblr.

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Ncuti Gatwa - Attitude Magazine (May/June 2024)

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The concepts of NSFW is being cleared of the Internet under the false pretense of children’s safety when it’s really about the people in power sanitising for advertisers and pushing evangelical narratives AND that not enough is done to keep legitimately harmful content off of spaces that minors have access to are ideas that can coexist

pageofheartdj

can adults have their own fucking space?

wizardpotions

a lot of people are misunderstanding this post. minors arent taking away your spaces. the internet is not being made safer for children, it is being sanitised for advertisers.

queenofthefaces

And also: minors’ spaces are being taken away.

When I was a kid, “barbie.com” looked like this

But now, if you type “Barbie.com” you’re taken immediately to Mattel’s online shop, surrounded by nothing but “shop now” links and toy collections.

Disney channel’s website is now “Disneynow.com” which still has games and shows appropriate for kids, but is aimed towards a younger audience as it combines Disney Jr and Disney Channel properties, and the look of the entire site is very juvenile and not very appealing to kids in the tween and young teen demographics.

Nick.com has been similarly streamlined and is focused primarily on streaming its shows, and the only games still left are 10 apps that can’t be played on browser.

Kid-friendly sites like icarly.com, Poptropica, Club Penguin, Neopets, Webkinz etc used to be insanely relevant and popular spaces built for kids and tweens.

Now, kids are being funneled into less moderated, more exploitative, and more public spaces like Roblox (its dangerous and exploitative nature exposed in these videos from People Make Games: (x) (x)), Fortnite (known for its gambling and microtransaction issues), and social media sites like TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter.

My elementary aged cousins spend their time on Roblox, YouTube, and some less than reputable game sites that are full of ads and stolen/reposted/reskinned games. My sister was on Musically/Tiktok and Twitter in middle school. They don’t have the same options for having fun online that I did when I was a kid, especially not when they get too old for nickjr and disneynow.

The internet has been condensed into about 5 popular sites that are full of ads, and it’s not fair to anyone.

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fuck i can’t believe i wasted my entire life being moved by art and beauty and the indomitable human spirit ugh i should’ve been making money through internet scams

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Starter Pokefusions by albert_wlson on Instagram

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The Panama Canal

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can we stop doing this trope

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were--ralph

Me clocking in to make $200 per week for a ceo who makes my annual in a day

caringiscreepy

Federal minimum wage is 7.25, so $290 a week.

commanderqueer

Hey don't forget that's before taxes

draskireis

Don't forget that federal tipped minimum wage is *way* lower than that: $2.13/hr.

duskdaumbreon

Legally, that only applies if your tips make up at least the rest of the minimum wage.

If your tips+2.13/hr don't add up to at least 7.25/hr, your boss is required to pay you the rest. If they're not, file a complaint with any relevant regulatory boards, because your boss is committing a crime. If you can, talk to other trusted coworkers and check to see if they're also being robbed. It's harder for your boss to retaliate if ALL of you file complaints.

sexydexynurse

1996 amendment to FLSA allows workers under 20 years old to be paid $4.25/hour for the first 90 calendar days of employment.

Under Section 14(c) of the FLSA, employers can apply for a certificate to pay disabled workers less than minimum wage.

Also under Section 14(c) of the FLSA, full-time students working in retail establishments, agriculture, colleges, and universities can receive a wage that is 85% of the federal minimum wage (requires the certificate as well).

Also also under Section 14(c) of the FLSA, student learners in vocational education programs can be paid 75% of the federal minimum wage (requires the certificate as well).