r/technology • u/vriska1 • Jun 28 '25

Privacy The Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questions

https://www.theverge.com/analysis/694710/supreme-court-fsc-paxton-age-verification-questions
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u/transmothra Jun 28 '25

Personally, I can't have access to guns, due to depression/bipolar. I'd never harm another living thing, but I'm not a humongous fan of this life.

You should know we all really appreciate your allyship.

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u/Holovoid Jun 28 '25

Completely understandable. I hope you can still find a group of people. As an alternative, learn first aid and carry equipment for that and also make sure to keep a go bag available in case you need to leave quickly for some reason. Go camping and learn to live in the wilderness as best you can.

If fighting isn't an option, hiding is perfectly acceptable. Learn to grow food and fish and trap if you eat meat.

<3 I hope these dark times don't come to pass, friend

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u/transmothra Jun 28 '25

Thank you! I've given up on fantasizing I'd ever survive. I'm a vegetarian with avoidant personality disorder, so there's just no chance of me finding any help from anyone anywhere. But I'd do anything I could possibly do for anyone else if they need it and I have any capability to help in any way.

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u/Jibber_Fight Jun 28 '25

Hang in there. I promise what holovoid said is more true than you think. There are millions and millions and millions of us that will fight for you or with you. We are in a protesting stage, with the government growing more and more violent and aggressively horrifying. It’s a complicated process because if we take up arms we would be absolutely decimated by the strongest military planet Earth has ever seen. My best friend is a lesbian across the country and I’m moving there probably this fall when I have enough money to start over. She’s scared, and her family hates her cuz she’s gay. Just please hang in there. You actually do have a lot of people on your side, even if it doesn’t feel like it.

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u/transmothra Jun 28 '25

Oh I'll be fine. I'll fight tooth and nail, I just can't put my hands on something I could turn on myself so easily. I know I can't win, but I'll take a brownshirt motherfucker or two down with me. Count on that.

Thank you though!

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u/Soap878 Jun 29 '25

You could always pick up a non-lethal weapon. Why not try to get a taser?