Post #2838467
2026-05-10 23:28 UTC
@danirabbit@mastodon.online I don't think "safely" is even relevant. I had unfiltered access to the net since I was ~12 and I turned out fine. A friend told me she started watching porn when she was 13 and she turned out fine.
Yes, some people end up as NEETs/shut-ins/incels but those are outliers good for clickbait headlines. If we (decisions should be made by people, not politicians) are to restrict freedoms, we need sufficient proof of a causal relationship.
Until them, age-restrictionists can fuck off.
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@danirabbit@mastodon.online 2026-05-11 13:48
@martin_t@mastodon.social i was thinking of safety more in terms of from predatory adults. In terms of content I wish that our society was focused a lot more on violent content. I’m not a child psychologist but I think being exposed to extreme violence and death is probably not good for anyone to see let alone a child. Being exposed to sexuality as a teen seems vaguely developmentally appropriate. I remember reading gay smut with my friends in class lol