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Rich B wrote: Fri Jun 19, 2026 10:28 am it’s pretty difficult to target just kids for junk food though, unless you think that kids are doing the majority of the weekly shopping/cooking/ordering?

Well you could ban "Happy Meals" and toys in meals for one...

Ah now Gavin, that's unfair - Packets of butter are now smaller...

Every little helps...

Send Help - Sam Raimi-directed movie about two coworkers (one douchebag boss-bro and an overlooked-for-promotion woman) who are stuck on a deserted island is also utterly excellent and now on streaming.


Yeah, I enjoyed this yesterday evening. Surprisingly grim and gory in places (I didn't know ...

V8Granite wrote: Fri Jun 19, 2026 6:17 am I wonder how much depression, illness, energy issues could all be solved by just halving the junk food a lot of people take in.

That stuff brings in 20% tax so I guess the Government aren’t as interested in banning that stuff from kids Under 16

That sums it up perfectly Zed…

duncs500 wrote: Thu Jun 18, 2026 4:53 pm Maybe all the racists don't want to put flags out now because it might look like they're supporting an ethnically diverse team!

You know that’s not why we’re not seeing as many George’s Crosses

On top of that, the scale of the moderation problem with user-generated is beyond enormous, wIth something like 10 billlion videos uploaded to TikTok alone each year, it's off the charts. It incomparable to moderating any other form of media.


I know you're the expert on these things Gav but I ...

I must admit, I don't really liker he as a person but you can't say she doesn't know what's she's talking about. Far more knowledgeable and insightful than some of the gormless idiot pundits that are on this world cup ( Cough..Giroud...cougn...)

England’s defence was a bit ropey but everyone’s been crying out for this sort of positive attacking football for years so good to see.

Stones shouldn’t started and O’Reily needs to improve.

Bellingham was better immense.

As an Arsenal fan, I have to ask - “Everyone suddenly OK with set piece ...

WhatsApp, Instagram, SnapChat, YouTube, then XBox Live

I meant to ask earlier, I presume you don't think the banning of advertising of high sugar and fat foods to under 16''s goes far enough. I presume that while you may only give your boy the occasional bag of crisps or chocolate bar, because ...

WhatsApp, Instagram, SnapChat, YouTube, then XBox Live

I meant to ask earlier, I presume you don't think the banning of advertising of high sugar and fat foods to under 16''s goes far enough. I presume that while you may only give your boy the occasional bag of crisps or chocolate bar, because some ...

sounds familiar.


Nope, not the way my son has used his phone, xBOX and iPAD. He maintains excellent connections with his aunts, uncles, and cousins in Ireland and further afield, has built up an near encyclopaedic knowledge of sports statistics, something he's very passionate about and has an ...

Because as a society we set all sorts of rules and limits for what is acceptable based on risk - Driving, drinking, smoking, school attendance, sexual consent, etc… Once upon a time all those were without rules too, the world changes.


I don't think it's quite the same though - 80% of 90% of 14 ...

I can see your point...

You're banned... Now clean yourself up and we might lift the ban

but then again,

Clean yourself up... or else you'll be banned

would achieve the same goal but not throw the baby out with the bath water

And, with this and every similar national decision, it's even further down the list.

We shouldn't just take the easy way out though because it's hard.

I absolutely refuse to believe the social media companies can't do significantly better - they just don't because a. It costs money and b. no-ones really making them.

Instagram Algorithms are almost supernatural in the way they ...

Bottom line is this...

Rather than go into battle with the tech giants, Politicians have passed the buck over to parents to manage the fallout from this while at the same time 'appearing to care about the yoof: while at the same time, allowing the tech and social media companies free rein to ...

Everyone know the “We’re just innocent men” clip…

Here’s a load more. Some are funny…