• Flying Squid
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    163 days ago

    That’s why we don’t let them drive, drink, smoke, or consent to sex.

    You were never a teenager, were you?

    • @bitchkat
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      42 days ago

      Age to drive: 16? Still a teenager Age of consent: varies by state but is generally around 15 or so. Smoke: gross. But I never heard of a teenager having much problems acquiring tobacco, alcohol, or weed.

      • Flying Squid
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        62 days ago

        Kids in my daughter’s middle school were vaping. According to my daughter, a kid’s mom was selling vapes through them to kids in the school. There will always be a market to sell kids contraband and plenty of kids will be happy to pay a premium for it regardless of what their parents say.

        But in this case, with gender affirming care, it’s generally a case where the parents also want the child to have that care. It’s being denied despite what the parents, the child, and even their doctor wants.

      • Flying Squid
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        22 days ago

        A rhetorical one. I am guessing most people understood that.