🤷‍♀️🧙‍♂️ True or false? 🙄❓

Hello everybody!! 🙋‍♀️ I have 2️⃣ new statements for today:

➡️ If you are below 16 you also have the right to be on social media!!!!!

➡️ In a LOTTT of countries more than 50% of people will have too much weight (in some countries that is now already and in other countries in the future). So the government must also do something like for example have less fastfood restaurants in cities or that they make sports cheaper or more health information.

About the first statement we have not yet discussed it in our society class, but we have to react tomorrow about Australia because they make a law that you cant be on social media if you are below 16. 🙁 So i am curious what you think and i looked online and here you can read about the news of Australia: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-28/social-media-age-ban-passes-parliament/104647138

About the second statement i saw it on the news: if not something happens it will be VERY unhealthy for a lot of people and the medical costs will be A LOTTT more in the future for everybody so that is even worse than if the government takes more actions. I dont really know how to solve that second problem. 🙄🙄

What do you think about the statements? True ✅ or false ❌ ?

1) everybody should decide for themselves. And some parents should be less overprotective,because a social media becomes dangerous based on the way you use it. Kids should be aware of the risks and make the choice with the parents. I think it’s ridiculous to not let your kids install social media after a certain age. I installed instagram at 11 and i’m not saying it’s the right age but i only posted pictures of what i did on roblox and my account was private,i was careful and I knew the risks of social media. So i never had problems with it. Obviously it also depends from the maturity of the kid.

2)i think that in those countries they should also teach the kids at school about health. Also because when a kid is obese,it’s almost always the parent’s fault. They don’t realize how harmful being fat for a kid is. From a psychological way (bullying,low self esteem…) and obviously for their health,the most important thing. So they also should make sports cheaper .

thank you very much @Idkbro!!!! 🌹 did you have a haircut??? it looks really nice on your new profile photo!!! 🎗️🌸 so you are still the PPG Fashion queen!!!! 👑

for the first statement i agree what you said. ALSO about what you said about parents being sometimes too strict. for me that is bit difficult topic because my dad is SUPER strict too about for example if you post new pics even if is only from our home or old photos and we discussed rules about what i can give for example e-mail or personal things. but i think sometimes TOO many rules are not needed. AND for example you and happy and some others also take good care about others so you can help each other here too. that is also important.

and about the second statement: i think what you said is true. because what happens now is just not enough because in MANY countries it gets worse and worse. so i hope that something happens or it will be a health mega problem and also it is impossible to pay everything for the healthcare. that is just impossible at least what they say on the news.

thank you very much @Roseeeee!!!! 🌹 did you have a haircut??? it looks really nice on your new profile photo!!! 🎗️🌸 so you are still the PPG Fashion queen!!!! 👑

for the first statement i agree what you said. ALSO about what you said about parents being sometimes too strict. for me that is bit difficult topic because my dad is SUPER strict too about for example if you post new pics even if is only from our home or old photos and we discussed rules about what i can give for example e-mail or personal things. but i think sometimes TOO many rules are not needed. AND for example you and happy and some others also take good care about others so you can help each other here too. that is also important.

and about the second statement: i think what you said is true. because what happens now is just not enough because in MANY countries it gets worse and worse. so i hope that something happens or it will be a health mega problem and also it is impossible to pay everything for the healthcare. that is just impossible at least what they say on the news.

thank you very much @Roseeeee!!!! 🌹 did you have a haircut??? it looks really nice on your new profile photo!!! 🎗️🌸 so you are still the PPG Fashion queen!!!! 👑

for the first statement i agree what you said. ALSO about what you said about parents being sometimes too strict. for me that is bit difficult topic because my dad is SUPER strict too about for example if you post new pics even if is only from our home or old photos and we discussed rules about what i can give for example e-mail or personal things. but i think sometimes TOO many rules are not needed. AND for example you and happy and some others also take good care about others so you can help each other here too. that is also important.

and about the second statement: i think what you said is true. because what happens now is just not enough because in MANY countries it gets worse and worse. so i hope that something happens or it will be a health mega problem and also it is impossible to pay everything for the healthcare. that is just impossible at least what they say on the news.

No I didn’t have a haircut but i think my hair are growing a lot,thanks! And i agree with you too

No I didn’t have a haircut but i think my hair are growing a lot,thanks! And i agree with you too

I do think your hairstyle now is awesome!!! You should keep it this way! 😊😊

Hello everybody! 🙋‍♀️ This time i made a statement that is NOTTT from school from society class but because i heard something that i DONT agree with on tv and people say it a lot but i dont think it is correct. It is about this statement:

➡️ Now people are more egoistic and thinking about themselves than in the past.

I believe this statement is FALSE and INCORRECT ❌. On the news i saw a woman and she had made a crowdfunding so she could bake brownies and give them to people who go to the voedselbank. I dont know what the word is in English but it is a place where you get groceries if you dont have enough money and you get that for free. In my country it is in a lot of big cities.

And what the woman did was a HUGE success and she had to bake more than thousand brownies and A LOT of people helped her. And i know a lot of people and even if they dont have a lot of money they do help other people and are volunteer or help with a charity. And there are a lot of ways to help other people like for example on Patreon and people can make nice youtube videos and are supported that way. Or with crowdfunding or giving money to collectors for charities at the door. So a lot of people are NOT egoistic at all.

What do you think about this statement? True ✅ or false ❌ ?

hello yue i think that is partially correct . I personally think there is not much empathy left in the world. people think more about themselves and if they ever do a good deed, it is immediately posted on social media. For example, I also see every day on trains, buses or trams that people no longer stand up to give up their seats to the elderly. I still do that myself. Just now I was in a store and 2 elderly people were looking for peanut oil. and I showed them where that was. more people need to learn to listen and see what is happening in their environment. empathy does not have to be great, a simple good day can do wonders. good luck with exams

Hello everybody! 🙋‍♀️For today I have two statements and i am curious what you think:

1️⃣ If countries took art from colonies or other countries, they have to give it back when it is requested.

2️⃣ If there are statutes of a hero from colony powers, it cannot be removed by protestors.

I think for statement 1 it is true if for example it was stolen. But false if it was taken but it would be destroyed and therefore it was protected (for example if it was taken away from a country where it would be destructed).

And for statement 2 i think it is true and protestors cant do that. If people want to remove a statute it should be discussed and also if somebody did something wrong because what we think now it is different than if in that time it was not wrong how people saw it. But it can never be destroyed because some people think it, but there should first be discussion about it.

What do you think about these statements? True ✅ or false ❌ ?

I will replay when the little one sleep @Yue_

Thank you very much @Fleurke!! 🙏 🙂

And I agree with a lotttt that you wrote @psysarah15!! And I think that it is a good example that you give for example about Roman heroes. Because if we judge them now maybe people dont agree what they did but at that time they were in their societies heroes so it becomes different and we dont want a lot of Roman statutes or buildings destroyed and why would it be different for other heroes of the past. But if a lot of people dont like a statute or something else like for example a painting they can together decide if it has perhaps to be removed. But in some countries statutes were destroyed by small groups of protestors and that is never good i think. 🙄🙄

Thank you very much @Fleurke!! 🙏 🙂

And I agree with a lotttt that you wrote @Sarahsalah27!! And I think that it is a good example that you give for example about Roman heroes. Because if we judge them now maybe people dont agree what they did but at that time they were in their societies heroes so it becomes different and we dont want a lot of Roman statutes or buildings destroyed and why would it be different for other heroes of the past. But if a lot of people dont like a statute or something else like for example a painting they can together decide if it has perhaps to be removed. But in some countries statutes were destroyed by small groups of protestors and that is never good i think. 🙄🙄

1/ its true they most return it . I do not agree with the 2nd because I am not in favor of statuses. For example, in Belgium the 1st king of the Belgians is everywhere in the picture in places, but he was not a good man. so I would rather not see his statue

Thank you very much for your answer @Fleurke!!! Do many people in Belgium also think like you about the 1st king?

Hello everybody! 🙋‍♀️

In another forum i was reminded of this True or False forum by @Etienne!! So i have a statement and I am curious what you think about it because it was a lot in the news in my country.

➡️ Trump said that countries of NATO must give a LOTTT more money each year to the army or he will not defend these countries.

Do you think that is right? And do we need more money for NATO to protect against wars? Or do you think that we already pay enough and that we need the money for other things? Or maybe do you think that more money for NATO will perhaps create more wars?

What do you think about this statement? True ✅ or false ❌ ?

False. First interesting etymology, the root word "pay" in "payment" comes from the Latin "pacare" (to pacify), from "pax", meaning "peace". Thus he wants to tell that "if you want peace, prepare your payment." Technically he sells "Pax Americana", nothing less, nothing more.

➡️ Trump said that countries of NATO must give a LOTTT more money each year to the army or he will not defend these countries.

I think he's somewhat right, the US spends significantly more money than its allies in the military. However they spend a lot because it does align with their own interests, not out of kindness. The right answer IMO would be for individual countries to invest in their own military rather than just give money to the US, but most countries will probably not consider that opinion

I think he's somewhat right, the US spends significantly more money than its allies in the military. However they spend a lot because it does align with their own interests, not out of kindness. The right answer IMO would be for individual countries to invest in their own military rather than just give money to the US, but most countries will probably not consider that opinion

In that case, eventually US should stop messing with those countries as well. In French, I think it would be legitimate to say that the US wants "le beurre, l'argent du beurre et la crémière" at this point. After all, being part of NATO (but also EU), for France, consist mainly in feeding foreign countries at the expense of its own nation with only very few benefits that are essentially targeting a privileged caste.

Hence, and to answer @Yue_ at the same time, I think I join your point about investing a little bit more for in our own military so that we switch from a "Pax Americana" like @diogenes_cask mention to a "Si vis pacem, para bellum" mindset.

Thank you very much for your answer @Fleurke!!! Do many people in Belgium also think like you about the 1st king?

Yes their are alot of people who think the same a couple of years-ago many people trying to destroy some monuments of him

False. First interesting etymology, the root word "pay" in "payment" comes from the Latin "pacare" (to pacify), from "pax", meaning "peace". Thus he wants to tell that "if you want peace, prepare your payment." Technically he sells "Pax Americana", nothing less, nothing more.

I did not know that. So if you pay you give peace or you get it because you have done that!!

And thank you very much too @Etienne, @Lianshen and @Fleurke!! 🙏🙏 Now America pays a LOTTT more than other countries. So if NATO protects all of us it is important that we help it too. But i also think that if we pay more to NATO than other countries will also pay more to the army and it only gets more dangerous. And in many countries there are a lot of things that are important but there is no money. So if you spend a lot on the army that will also be a problem for many other things i think. 🙄🙄

Hello everybody! 🙋‍♀️

Yesterday we had a discussion in our society class about Trump and Biden. Ok so we discussed this:

➡️ Biden has given pardons to several people and Trump will also do that. The President of America should NOT have that power anymore because it can be abused.

That was the statement and i think the statement is true because one person can now give a pardon and NOBODY can do anything about it if it is abused. That is not right I believe and for example in our country it is also not possible that the prime-minister gives a pardon.

What do you think about this statement? True ✅ or false ❌ ?