Underage drinking is still more common than it should be,
Sure, but it's significantly lower than legal drinking.
We as a society acknowledge the harm of underage drinking so prohibition is effective. Prohibition of adult drinking was puritan bullshit the majority didn't agree with so it didn't work.
I think you'd find a majority of parents agree social media is shit, but they're unwilling to isolate their child. In this case prohibition would be effective.
If you set parental controls on your own teen's device, all you're doing is isolating them from their peers and making them the kid with the weird parent who doesn't let them post on tik tok.
Social media isn't what it was when we were growing up. It's designed to prey on them the same way slot machines create gambling addictions.
I'm no puritan but I do truly believe banning kids from social media and restricting teens at a legislative level would be a net benefit for society. Same as alcohol or drugs.
But this isn't really in keeping with the nature of this community
I just want to jump in here to say that you're clearly the one being aggressive and arguing in bad faith.
You've had your ramble about how disgusting US exceptionalism is. Congratulations, everybody in this thread has literally already said this. Nobody disagrees with you. We already know.
OP only made two points:
This flight isn't "been there done that" science, like quite a few ignorant posters above have already said
He explained why NASA, an organization that is made up mostly of people who are probably disgusted with the US administration, are required to say something patriotic on their broadcasts.
So ultimately the question is, who are you actually talking to?
It's not even just wildlife. My sister was attacked by the neighbour's cat while she was playing in our back garden as a toddler. She still has scars under her lips.
People letting their pet cats loose is just as bad as dog owners doing the same.
I read it for the first time recently and honestly no other book has ever had such a profound effect on me.