seanbonner:

moth:

“The internet is not our playground anymore.”

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Ben Brown (via mickipedia)

All due respect to Ben Brown, but fuck this.

When I was a little kid and would hang out at the playground and the older kids would show up and tell me to leave, I always left. I ran home scared. I hid in my room hoping those kids didn’t see which direction I ran because they might follow me and then they could be waiting for me next time I left. I’d stay in my room for hours freaking out about it.

And then I grew up and realized that those kids didn’t have any more right to the playground than I did and the only reason they had any power over me was because I gave it to them. I told them it was OK for them to boss me around. I gave them my playground.

I’m not making that mistake again. This is my playground and I’m not giving it away to anyone.

It’s the same with life in general. Play.