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Klepper on DeSantis Banning Social Media for Children Under 14: This A**hole, Might Have Something I Agree With

‘I do think maybe this law isn’t a bad idea’

EXCERPT:

KLEPPER: "(Exhales) This makes me so mad. This a**hole, Ron DeSantis... might have done something I agree with.
(Cheering and Applause)
I mean, what — what does that say about me? I don’t know what this says about me. I do think maybe this law isn’t a bad idea. I think we can all agree that social media is a nightmare for kids. It increases their risk of depression, it exposes them to predators, it harms concentration, it gives you wildly unrealistic expectations of how easy it is to prepare meals. Just throw in the potatoes, some scallions, some boiling water, a couple of fast edits, voila, beautiful dinner and your entire family loves you, you’re a great father! No, it’s not that easy! Turns out, there’s a lot of prep work, the videos don’t show you that, that you got to blanch the onions, julienne the carrots, now it’s 10:00 pm, your kids are starving, they hate you. Why am I supposed to be all the cooking anyway?! I was at work all day! I’m not a failure! I’m on TV, goddamn it! Hypothetically.”

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