Call Jho (pronounced Joe). Any pronouns are ok!

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Joined 11 months ago
Cake day: October 13th, 2023
  • Jho@feddit.uktoUnited Kingdom@feddit.uk•UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16sEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I get the network effect of having all the other kids with phones.

    I don’t think the network effect is the only factor to consider here. Kids are at real risk of social ostracization and bullying by their peers if they do not have a smartphone. And that’s dangeous in of itself.

    I’m not sure if the dangers of being ostricised and bullied are more significant than the dangers presented by owning a smartphone. Either way, I don’t think it’s a simple decision for a parent to make.

  • Jho@feddit.ukOPtoUnited Kingdom@feddit.uk•Cropped out, banned, airbrushed: the school photos that show the ugly face of Britain todayEnglish
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    6 months ago

    That this prejudice will follow these children into adulthood is perhaps the bleakest part.

    This is the thing that horrifies me the most about this story. Adults, schools, and parents are setting an abominable example to these children.

    I can only imagine the confusion and shame a child must experience when being told to hide their insulin pumps, their wheelchairs, their hearing aids, etc. And I’m frightened to think of the pupils who feel empowered to “other” their classmates because they are being “othered” by the adults. It’s a clear example of how we teach children bigotry.

    An experience from my childhood which still sticks with me to this day is from when attending an ultra-orthodox church. I was maybe 5 years old and tried to follow my dad into a restricted area and being stopped by the priest, being told “sorry, only boys are allowed back here”.

    As a child I was taught that adults are always right, and to listen to them. This may very well be my earliest memory of being taught sexism, which only got reinforced throughout my life due to trusting the adults at this church and through trusting my very religious right-wing father. Even as a kid I recognised that what I was witnessing was unfair, but I did not have the power, the understanding, nor the will to challenge this unfairness because the adults must know what they’re doing… right?

  • Jho@feddit.uktoAsk UK@feddit.uk•What's the worst job you've ever had?English
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    6 months ago

    Two spring to mind. I could rant forever about them but I’ll try to keep it short.

    First was an apprenticeship at a furniture logistics company. I was essentially an extremely overworked and underpaid spreadsheet monkey (I got paid £4 an hour). I received no training and gained no valuable experience or qualifications. In hindsight it’s clear to me the company just wanted cheap labour from vulnerable teenagers.

    After this I took a job handing out leaflets for a store which buys/sells goods. The job was in fact not to hand out leaflets like I thought but to harass people I saw walking towards CEX (to try and convince them to sell their games/consoles to us instead of CEX). Obviously this was seedy as hell and embarrassing. I’d get told off at the end of the day every day for not bringing in multiple PS4s or whatever.