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...and in some cases, the child without. |
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I was just thinking of something like this. A trainer bakery, where people could post ideas without the pressure to be original, practical and suchlike. People with incomplete or second-rate ideas could go there and discuss them without being torn to pieces. There would be a ban on sarcasm, flamage and newbie-assaulting. Meanwhile us grown-ups could continue being rude, sarcastic and destructive. |
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Or do you just mean a place without the clown porn and lava lamp dildos? |
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I'm sorry but I'm going to have to fishbone. It's both patronising and a bigger target for trolls. |
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If the aim is to keep it safe for kids then you have to moderate it - carefully and heavily. |
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If it's to keep the kids out of halfbakery by giving the HB and adultcheck or some such then you're eliminating the chance of some brainy 12 year old masquerading as an adult (as in «Ender's Game»). That truly would be a shame. |
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[admin: If you have forgotten your password, send e-mail to <bakesperson@halfbakery.com> and ask for help.] |
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I'm glad *I* didn't post it now. I guess we all dream of an arcadian childhood paradise where we can run free without nasty people jumping on our heads and shouting "baked" or "loser", but that pretty much describes most childhoods also (apart from the people shouting "baked", unless you were a chimneysweep or something). |
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I still don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with something for kids if they could still come here as well, but I'm not sure if they're better or worse off without the trenchant criticism of the adult halfbakery. I'm sure kittens could contribute as well, but they *would* need a separate site. |
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I agree with st3f to a large extent. I don't really see why kids, or anyone else for that matter, should be excluded. One of the great things about the internet is that you can say whatever you like and nobody can make any pre-judgements based on your age or appearance or whatever. They just have to take your words at face value and react accordingly and if, in the process, you discover that you really *are* a bit of a thicky or that you don't fit in then what the hell, you can just log in on some other website for a bit. It's a tremendously liberating and, mainly, consequence-free environment and although there are certainly areas of the net where you wouldn't want kids to visit, I can't see the halfbakery as falling into that category. |
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DrBob - [[there are certainly areas of the net where you
wouldn't want kids to visit, I can't see the halfbakery as
falling into that category.]] - I agree - apart from
explaining what a 'lava lamp dildo' (mentioned earlier by
pottedstu) is, to a child. |
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Perhaps someone could explain it to me too. |
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Maybe it should be "Prebakery" for kids, as in pre-school. |
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Give them a chance to come up to half speed. |
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A bakery training program. Presented with a series of ideas, candidates should be able to reply "baked", "WIBNI", "rant", "redundant" without hesitation. |
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Ah, now that's something I could vote for, pottedstu. A 1/2bakery aptitude test. Nothing compulsory but just an item on the help menu done as a multiple choice quiz for entertainment value (most of the definitions for things like that are on the help page anyway so there'd be no excuse for failing). |
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I'd vote for that... I tried a link tonight but I don't really
know how to do that. If us "newbies" fail the test can we
have a symbol next to our names to denote that we are
only learning? Maybe a bag of flour .| — | arora,
Nov 17 2001, last modified Nov 18 2001 |
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Just fishing around in here and found this. Please note that this idea post-dates my initiation here.
Or are you suggesting that I need to relocate? |
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[st3f] your dreams have come true! oooooooooooeeeeeeooooooooooooo |
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Well it's been a while since anyone annotated here but I would just like to say I love this idea! But still I am against it. I welcome kids at the halfbakery. There's nothing they don't already know, nothing to shock them, I assure you. |
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Come on kids, post your thoughts here! |
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How old is kids? I'm 14 and I've been posting since I was 13. I'm sure that there are more younger than me. |
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Gizmo, Sorry, I was referring to pottedstu, because your summary was so short, I missed the details by 3/4! |
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>of something like this. A trainer bakery, where people could post ideas without the pressure to be original... |
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And also the place for ideas you want to sell, without developing them. |
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