• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    4 months ago

    Even if this was an actual problem, which it isn’t, this is not the way to deal with it. Children ask all sorts of awkward questions, not answering their question is literally the worst way to deal with it. They’ll just ask the question more loudly in a very clear voice in the middle of a crowded Tesco. It’s best to just answer them and move on.

    You can tell no Conservatives ever actually raised their own children.

  • ReCursing@kbin.social
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    Section 28 bullshit all over again. It didn’t help anything then, it won’t help anything now, it will just hurt people. Fuck’s sake, what is wrong with this shites?!

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    Because we all know 12 and 13 year olds never have sex. One study says nearly 3000 of them got pregnant between 2000 and 2007 but clearly immaculate conceptions all round.

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    Because telling them “I’m not allowed to answer that question.” isn’t going to make them look it up themselves anyway. I mean, you could lie to them, but I can’t imagine that being a popular policy.

    Even if the sentiment behind this wasn’t so horrid, this’d still be stupid.

  • s12@sopuli.xyz
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    If you’re going that far; just ban gendered pronouns altogether.