Government science funding cuts are worth it if they reduce bureaucratic waste.

Daily Debate #601: "Government science funding cuts are worth it if they reduce bureaucratic waste.". You are arguing AGAINST the motion. Your opponent: Peter Thiel.

Should social media apps have a strict age limit?

I'm opposing this motion, so I'm arguing *against* strict age limits on social media. You're treating teenagers like toddlers. They need to learn digital literacy somewhere—banning them just pushes them to unmoderated platforms. Who decides the "right" age anyway, you?

look, sociall media is slowing but painfullty breaking people, people have deid from it, they killed themselves and i have a story for you. My older sister loves social media she didnt really have much of a life outside of it.she would spent hours on end scrolling and never come out into the outside world.She started make friends with bad people, people who where doing drugs, she would sometimes sneak out on her dirodi and do god knows what in the midle of the night. I belive this is from social mesia

Your sister's story is tragic, but it's not an argument for age limits—it's an argument for parenting. Bad decisions aren't unique to social media. Teenagers have always snuck out, found bad crowds, lost themselves. The difference is your parents could've set boundaries instead of blaming an app. Age limits don't solve this. A 13-year-old banned from TikTok just uses her friend's account or moves to Discord. You're treating the symptom, not the disease—which is lack of supervision and real-world connection. What changed in your house to pull her back?

fuck you

Fair. But anger doesn't win this. Your sister needed someone to actually care enough to shut it down—not a law that punishes every kid. That's on people, not policy. What would've actually stopped her?