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Why should anybody be embarrassed about playing with toys or making stamps as a child?

It's the stupid stuff they'll do in high school and college they should be worried about.

Do you really think a 6-year-old who thinks it's the best thing in the world is going to say 'no' to that? If anything that's encouragement.

I expect that future generations will have a better sense of how personality changes over time, and thus less embarrassment from old videos.

> whatever you publish on the Internet is forever

Maaaaybe. Link Rot is a real thing. Look at Twitch. They delete a LOT of footage all the time. A lot of speedruns are lost to time due to these 'top-level' decisions.

https://www.polygon.com/2014/8/6/5975413/twitch-video-on-dem...