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nkk@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Have you seen kids? Theyre begging for it!

  Hard, heavy /s

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  • Zoomboingding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s ok to not be sarcastic about some things

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  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Hard, heavy /s

    That’s what she said

    !she being the little girl!<

    !hard, heavy /s!<

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  • wuffah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    In this example, the allegations here stem from inappropriate contact with minors in the age range of 15 to 17 years in a NSFW Discord server.

    The problem is that in cases such as this, they’re not children so much as not yet adults. “Teenagers” used to be the common parlance for this age group and they are particularly interested in sexuality, while not having the cognitive tools or maturity to recognize or protect themselves from actual adults that will sexually abuse them.

    The major issue in conflating “children” with “teenagers” is that these are distinct developmental periods in which the latter will literally beg for sex from adults who should not be giving it to them. This is why we moderate and protect the sexuality of this age group - to mitigate the bad decisions that result from an intensely hormonal developmental period paired with increased cognitive and social liberty.

    Teenagers are horny, and as such they need additional protections from people like groomy 20-something game devs. But infantilization that seeks to erase teenage sexuality and autonomy does nothing to protect them.

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• HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A certain unknowable % of the population is afflicted with pedophilia.

  If you give someone enough power (money/authority/prestige/etc.) to take advantage of children, there is approximately that same % chance of them exploiting that power, minus whatever fear they have of consequences.

  Parents, please monitor your children’s social media. If you’re too busy, don’t let them be on social media. They might face a bit of social stigma for not being on the latest brainrot app, but it’s better than them being in the DMs of their favorite video game creators.

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  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    there is approximately that same % chance of them exploiting that power

    I think that’s partially false equivalence. Acting on those feelings would require that you be OK with harming another person, and a child, no less. Most people aren’t. The overlap comes from the fact that the rich a powrful often are, because that’s how they got rich a powerful.

    But the same way a normal person can be attracted to adults, but have no desire to rape, most pedofiles will have no desire to hurt anyone. (That, not the law, is why I think it’s so rare).

    Not hurting anyone and respecting consent is the easiest thing ever. Have you ever be so horny you’d fail at those things? I haven’t. And I am a VERY horny person.

    Nothing about pedofilia changes that part of how human self-determination works.

    You only get the worst of the worst when the type of person that would rape, overlaps with pedofilia. The ones that act on it, DO choose. They are the literal worst among us.

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    • ManOMorphos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Also, many child molesters aren’t even specifically attracted to children. These types commit their crimes because children can be easier targets than adults at times.

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    • HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah I admit my comment didn’t get into the nuance of “pedophile” versus “child sex predator” and thus has gaps to fill, but one can only spend so much time on the internet.

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    • filcuk@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The easiest way to climb to the top is over other people’s backs.

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  • Semicolon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    IIRC the majority of child molesters are non-pedophilic in the clinical sense and I’d imagine this is even more true for post-pubescent minors. Additionally there have been neurological findings that differentiate offending vs non-offending pedophiles, mostly to do with risk-taking behaviors (as in, pedophiles that are generally risk-avoidant are also less likely to offend). So just being a pedophile might not be as strong of a prognostic factor for predicting abuse as one would think.

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    • HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah I admit my comment didn’t get into the nuance of “pedophile” versus “child sex predator” and thus has gaps to fill, but one can only spend so much time on the internet.

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  • DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I mean the Epstein class made sure the CIA and G7 only captured child rapists below a certain income.

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    • HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      1. I suspect the exclusivity is part of why they enjoy it.

      2. The Epstein class would much rather stay out of the reach of the law even if it means some of their cohorts get away with rape.

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      • DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I bet thats why Elon Musk was so angry. He wasn’t exclusive enough to be a part of the Epstein class so he’s making up for it by supporting Trump.

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  • PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The same %

    It goes up with money and power. Why else is literally every single billionaire a pedophile?

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• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If you’re a politician, or for a regular person?

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  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Hasnt the minecraft-type community (and i’d consider terraria a minecraft-type game. 2d, side scroller, and arcadey yes, but still a minecraft-type) always had a problem with people being creepy towards kids?

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    • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Has it? Genuine question here. I feel like you cant make that kind of statement without backing it with some kind of evidence.

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      • TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I’m not the original guy you asked and I’m not presenting any genuine evidence, but it isn’t so much that the games are causing groomers to appear because they lack community guidelines or terms of service or are outwardly open to letting anyone play. No, it’s more so that these games are insanely popular among children and the pedos are chasing after the kids wherever they happen to coalesce. It could be Minecraft or Roblox, it could even be something like TF2 or Quake or even Microsoft Flight Simulator. The game itself doesn’t matter, what matters is that they’re on the prowl for kids and will follow them wherever they go and try to talk to them however they can

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      • glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        More like I keep hearing about incidents and it blows my mind every time because being so douchy doesn’t normally occur to me.

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    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Terraria isn’t really a community type game. It’s way different than what minecraft became, or Roblox.

      Regardless. You’re taking my quip about all the pedo politicians too seriously.

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• Soulinyx@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They’re the same people who probably buy into the whole “but age is just a number” rhetoric, while also asking online, hundreds of age-gap related questions and seeking validity from it.

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• dan1101@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  People don’t talk about it because it’s a very sensitive subject, but apparently very difficult for a large percentage of the population. :(

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• Jolteon@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s kind of surprising that neither of them was a billionaire.

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