The 27k this article references is for the bee stings the actor endured. Which more than likely happened over a few takes spread over a day. At an 8 hour work day, he made $3375 an hour that day.

Yeah, if 27k won’t significantly change your situation you are privileged.

I didn’t know childproof door locks were so serious now adays.

Exactly, it’s bad porn, give them a better, more age appropriate book.

Have you read Fifty Shades? There should be zero debate the book is soft core porn. Even if you want to have a discussion about toxic relationships or any of its other themes you can provide age appropriate books with those themes. You are not witholding information, you are stopping your fifth grader from reading smut. As the parent of a young kid you should be monitoring what they watch and consume.

The parents at that age. Also, let’s not kid ourselves, if you had a kid at that age you wouldn’t let them read fifty shades, you would take it and explain it had adult themes and they can read it when they’re an adult.

Difficult to get through does not equal appropriate for children. A kid can read a hard book, plenty do.

Exactly, they are heavy themes and should be read with parental guidance. Also I got the ages mixed up I thought 12 was 5th/6th grade, turns out it’s 7th. Should be closer to 10.

Just going off what google says are King’s top 10 works:

1. The Shining - Violence, Mental Health, Psychosis

2. The Green Mile - Good for most kids that can understand the concept of racism.

3. Salem’s Lot - I have not read this one, but the internet says it’s gore heavy and horror filled.

4. Carrie - Gore

5. IT - Horror, Violence, and the sewer scene.

6. Pet Semetsry - Considered to be King’s most disturbing book.

7. Doctor Sleep- Shining sequel, still horror and violence.

8. 11/22/63 - Good

9. The Stand - Violence, though better than the others.

10. The Dead Zone - Probably good, thougj has mature themes.

If 7/8 of the top 10 King works are not good for children, and King is the world’s foremost horror writer, it is safe to assume many of his works are not good for a younger audience without guidance and supervision. Obviously Stephen King has novels and stories suitable for young children, and each book should be looked at on their own not as a collective.

The problem here is you chose two non-controverisal books that have harder themes but are still mostly pg. I would argue most parents editor give their 10yo the silmarillion, but i highly doubt many would give them Game of Thrones.

I’m more concerned about the unrestricted access. Kids often have the emotional and logical understanding to read these works, but the point of the library is to have easy and unblocked access to the material, which topics featured in King’s books are heavy and it should be up to the parents to guide and help them read. Over 12/13 the kids should be able to pick for themselves bar pornographic material like that one book everyone always argues over.

Ik it’s not, but the only place you see it regularly is 4chan.

The books shouldn’t be banned in high schools for sure. I could see the argument for middle schools, and the books should never see anyone under 12.

Kekw is deeper internet slang than most people are willing to discover. Kek is like a giggle or snort, not a full laugh but a chuckle. The w modifier means this is a win for them, so kekw is a chuckle about a good situation. If you want more info you can ask someone on 4chan, they are super helpful and nice to new members of the community.

Those artists and programmers had about six years to find different jobs in the industry, I have zero sympathy for the ones that stuck around and did not see the writing on the wall.

Of all the things Russia has spent money on, I have no doubts they have kept most of their nuclear arsenal in working condition. Even if they spent $0 on their military they would find a way to keep the nukes in working order.

Russia physically cannot invade Mongolia rn, I doubt they could invade parts of Russia if they declared independence.

You mean the great Mongolian Armed Forces bordering cowardly Russia? Russia physically could not invade Mongolia rn. China might but I doubt they would stir the pot that much over Putin.

Originally it was, but after the death of the guy Wagner was fully integrated and dispersed into the Russian Military.

And he’s still white!