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Rule34 blocked the UK entirely rather than comply due to the new law. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends on what you mean by "kids". Elementary schoolers, no, but some teens are willing to do a surprising amount of work to accomplish something if it's important enough to them. And then they pass their method along to their friends, or offer to set up anyone in the school for the price of a couple of bags of snack food.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"snack food"

[–] tarknassus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Need the munchies for after puffing whatever they put in their vapes.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not sure whether the readership for this article is primarily British ("crisps") or primarily North American ("chips"), so I compromised. 🤷

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

lol I’m just joking that teens in high school would probably trade weed for things rather than snacks. I’m not proud of it, but I got paid in weed junior year of high school for customizing MySpace accounts, which is why I laughed at “snacks” because if they are later age high school students they probably aren’t trading in sour cream and onion.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I admit, my information on what teens use for barter is even more out-of-date than yours (by about a decade, based on when MySpace was popular).

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Haha all good, I wasn’t criticizing, snacks just made me laugh. Teens have probably been bartering weed and alcohol in high school since the 70s.