The Daily Mail, eh? I'm surprised this dribble is on a "news" community.

Everyone (including kids and teens) should have full bodily autonomy. This includes how they express gender. Parents should not be allowed to circumcise/mutilate their kids' genitals for reasons that aren't medically necessary, nor should they be allowed to lay their hands on their kids in a violent way (and yes, that includes "only" spanking). Parents who hit/spank their kids should be charged with assault and child abuse.

Kids and teens having basic rights might not be controversial here, but in the rural area that I'm from, it certainly is.

Let me explain the situation for those who don't know:

Once, there was this girl who

Swore that one day she would be a figure skating champion

And when she finally made it,

She saw

Some other girl who was better

And so she hired some guy to club her in the knee cap.

Be aware: Newsweek has a history of posting stories that placate and reassure the non-MAGA crowd. I don't 100% trust their intentions as an organization. Kamala Harris was definitely going to win according to Newsweek, the week before the election.

Awoo?

Usual BBC slant on anything vegan. They are consistently doing their best to make avoiding animal products seem dangerous.

Nooch FTW. B12's important for vegans to consider, but a vegan diet doesn't make a person "delusional"... B12 deficiency does.

Be aware: Newsweek put out a string of content before the election, making it clear that Harris was winning and that Democrats were in the clear when few other news outlets were being that optimistic. Recently, they've been putting out a lot of articles talking about how the Orange One is losing popularity. While I hope that's true, they definitely have a weird angle. Take their content with a big grain of salt.

Yet another example of humans underestimating other species.

Be aware: Newsweek spent the lead-up to the 2024 election telling us that we had nothing to worry about and that Harris was going to win.

This has been a consistent placating of the non-MAGAts.

Watching a transphobic bigot unknowingly rocking out to "Lola" by The Kinks... chef's kiss

This. Lots and lots of people, especially when I was younger, would go on about how "animals" (non-humans) can't experience pain or emotion. 30 years of evidence to the contrary later, fuck 'em.

So... kids shouldn't have the right to their own personal expression, but they should have the right to give themselves cancer. Got it. Makes perfect sense.

There will soon come a time when I am only able to shop for a new car at a junkyard.

I fully agree with Murdoch... there should definitely be no ICE in New York... or anywhere else.

Break me off a piece of that KitKat truck.

Archangel1313... are you okay? Is everything good? I don't see how not wanting people to mutilate other people's genitals is bigotry. Or is this a disingenuous "parents' rights" argument?

accident

Maybe? Hopefully? I'm really, really hating that I have to question this. >.<

Surprise level: 0

So... when my friend's toddler absolutely refused to eat broccoli at Thanksgiving, guess what I did?

I loaded up my plate with broccoli, and started enjoying the hell out of it right in front of her. I wasn't even faking... it was actually really good.

I offered her a piece of mine, and guess what? She liked broccoli from then on.

The whole authoritarian "do as I say, not as I do" is bullshit and always had been.

Kids (and everyone, really) model behaviour. Practice what you preach as a parent, and everything becomes easier. Be a hypocrite, and everything becomes harder. Imagine that. 😁