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"StreetPass Mii Plaza" has been added.

Listen now: https://share.m.nintendo.com/en-US/US/officialPlaylists/07735f9b-7dac-4a03-b3e4-e7214069b89b/

huh i wonder why

The stored energy in popsicle sticks triggered by a firecracker

Report: It Would Probably Be Nice Having Friends
https://theonion.com/report-it-would-probably-be-nice-having-friends-1823425409/

Let me be perfectly clear here as an instance administrator who had a minimum age requirement of 16. It’s not as simple as allowing minors into your spaces. If you are going to allow for them to reside within your community (and especially on your infrastructure) you need to be aware of several things.

Minors don’t have the best understanding of consequences, they don’t have the experience that we do when it comes to certain things. I know minors who are mature and who do care about authority but that’s not going to be most of your experience. Expect for them to get into trouble, to not take things seriously. If you think they are going to abide by everything you’re already setting yourself up for failure.

Queer minors are especially difficult to deal with. I’m not saying this as a negative, I love the fact that around here we have queer minors who are exploring their gender identity, their orientation and so on. What I’m saying is that these minors often have a lot of trauma. Most of the ones I’ve met live in abusive households and don’t really have the ability to talk to real life peers. They’re isolated from their peers. This makes them extremely vulnerable. You need to protect them, you need to be proactive and you need to establish trust.

Minors aren’t going to just tell you straight up “this person is being creepy to me” especially if they don’t know you. It doesn’t matter if you’re the administrator. You need to listen when they come to you. If you fail to take their words into consideration they probably won’t come forward to you afterwards. You need to treat them seriously and even if you think they’re “overly paranoid” you need to respect that they have feelings and that something is important to them. Dismissing them is going to make them not want to talk to you about future concerns or issues.

It’s not as simple as lowering your age requirement and treating them like an adult. They’re not adults, they can act like adults, they can be mature but they are still children. This isn’t to say you should treat them like they’re toddlers. Doing that is a big mistake it’s one of the quickest ways to get them to stop talking to you. It’s dehumanizing and that makes them upset that you aren’t being level or treating them like a person. There’s a very fine line.

DEI