I’ve been around enough to know they respect sometimes not being treated like children.

I’m not saying that a child who’s not ready for something should be forced to deal with it. The role of a parent is to be a safety net they can run back to every time the world gets a little too scary—literally, there are studies about this. But for a child that is ready, who wants to know, what I mean to find out is why you would reject them.

I don’t want to explain concpets that most actual adults cant understand, or even discuss in a mature way, to a child.

See, the worry I have is that things like this are the reason those adults don’t understand it. In some respects, these adults are still children because they were never given the opportunity to learn.

And it’s not like it can’t be useful to them. The fact that people can be abused, like certain aspects of it, then hate themselves for liking any part of it—I mean, I can think of a few “left alone with uncle” situations that really ring true here. If they can’t understand what they themselves are going through, I really don’t know what hope they have.

Just to reiterate, I’m not saying we should gather up every 4-year-old and show them a snuff film. What I am saying is that, to some degree, growing up is a self-directed process, and when somebody is ready to tackle something, they should at least be given the chance to experiment with those ideas. Even for adults: only as much as they can handle, and a warm, comfortable room when they can’t anymore.

Oh yeah, absolutely. The fact that we own nothing these days is crazy.

I’m sorry, did you not want to play Ocarina of Time in the year of our lord 2046?

I would if it had any lasting power. I mean, can’t they just push out another eula update 6 months from now when this change is no longer useful to them?

Fuck arbitration, of course, I’m just not expecting this to really mean anything.

People should be allowed to smoke and gamble, too.
I still don’t think it’s good that they do that, though.

One of the aims of Stop Killing Games, as far as I’m aware, is the preservation of history, which seems like a very odd thing to be indignant about.

I would be extremely uncomfortable having a conversation about why people stay with their abusers with a kid.

I… you don’t think they could learn from that?
I mean, if it’s really just that it’s too much work to explain, why would it make you uncomfortable?

to have to explain things like “the gray areas around coercion and nonconsensual sex” to someone else’s kid in a panel setting.

Why would the panel people be the one’s doing this?

Do the tickets to these events say that they’re adult only?

Like, a concert ticket in the alcohol section (which is only because they can’t be served) will specifically prohibit under-21s. I guess I’m just curious why an event would “exclude children” without going so far as to actually exclude them.

Being this unaccountable is why your kids don’t talk to you.

“Asherah, I’m sorry for being weirdly fixated on advice that doesn’t matter.” See, you could start there.

I also noticed that they were talking about sending arguments to a custom function? That’s like a day-one lesson if you already program. But this was something they couldn’t find in regular search?

Maybe I misunderstood something.

All right, I guess I’m here to collect then. We doin’ paypal or what?

Just cant resist provoking hostility to feed that persecution complex, can you.

See, this is unhinged. You’ve been antagonizing them this entire time.

You’ve criticized them for bringing up rape, and yet you just can’t seem to leave them alone, can you? Weird.

Some poor sap has come in here just to say something like “McDonald’s shouldn’t run their coffee machine so god damn hot if it’s going to fuse labia together,” and you’ve come in to correct the record: “Hm. Well. Actually, the only safe way to handle hot coffee is not to buy one. I’m very smart.” Cool. Thanks, dude. I don’t know what that has to do with anything, but I’m glad the abstinence-only sex ed seems to be working for you.

But if said old men decide to comment something like, “would love to squirtle on those jigglypuffs” on the revealing image, we’re suddenly entering nonconsensual territory.

I would love to know which women are set off by this.

Man, you must tell a lot of women online that their titties are bumpin’.

Thank you for linking me to Wikipedia.

It’s like those lies people would throw around to create fear like fascists do with minority groups.

Dude, that’s so right. You should take that to the holocaust museum.

the same arm xD

That’s right! Exactly.

For instance, this is public, and if a bunch of random weirdos came in here and started saying things like “whoa, who let the monkey out of his cage?” or “I’m about to put something on his public platform = 1,000 unsolicited dicks,” there’s absolutely nothing you, or I, can do about that—and it would be wrong to do anything, of course!

You’re cool, man, you get it.

Yes, but I imagine the roundabout is to maintain pressure.

I want Kamala to win but I also want her to fix the fucking gaza problem, and she can’t be allowed to forget that.

You didn’t answer the question.

If the DNC doesn’t listen anyway, why would a 3rd party vote “get attention from them”?

There is no other way to get the attention from the politicians.

And if those politicians are so keen on ignoring you, why would they listen to this? Oh, you voted for Cornel West because you’re “unsatisfied,” literally who cares? The status quo wins again, goodbye. Say hello to the camps.