The fact that people were raised being told our whole lives that you should never ever give your personal information out to strangers on the internet, and now suddenly it's no longer an issue just baffles me.
It's like everyone forgot what cybersecurity is and why we had it
Attack me all you want.
But when multiple Western governments begin introducing social media restrictions, ID requirements and age verification systems at the same time…
…I stop believing it’s about kids.
The UK is just the only one using children as the marketing campaign.
@HMBohemond There is hard Sci-fi, that explains everything. See Farscape
There is soft Sci-fi that leaves things vague, if they arent central to the plot. See Star Trek
and there is Sci-Fantasy, where large portions of the settings just exist and no I am not explaining it. See Dune.
@ViioRaiin "Erm, you said something I don't like? What are you, a Live Action Role Player?"
Actually, I don't think these people know what "LARP" even stands for. They heard it once on TikTok and ran with it...
Many people think ID age verification isn’t taking over the United States, but it’s actually spreading rapidly.
Can’t stress this enough; contact your local representatives and tell them they will LOSE your vote if they support Digital ID
@revenant_MMXX I disagree with Razor's take claiming that Sailor Moon had homosexuality forced into it, but didn't bother to argue because he just doesn't like anime in general. Can't remember any anime that had current year-isms forced into it from the start that didn't come from localizers.
I wasn’t laughing at Rape Gang Survivors. I founded an organisation dedicated to supporting rape gang survivors.
I was laughing at Charlie Downes, Harrison Pitt, and Alistair Harrison because they are contemptible people. I hold them in contempt for harming survivors.
@KitsuraNines I also feel like this has lead to AI becoming more accepted as an option is because of time cost. As art just becomes more accessible with AI and less hang ups than a normal artist that just take so long and that’s just 1 benefit of it.
So many examples of Black male excellence, all alive today, and they choose to prop up a dead career criminal fentanyl junkie and a guy who’s in jail for stabbing someone to death.
@cetxitter There's a Let's Play group I used to keep up with whose main guy trooned out, and his "feminine" voice is just the voice he would use to make fun of female characters in their older videos.
This is so much more true than people realize.
EVERY SINGLE LEFT-CODED PERSON TALKS LIKE THIS.
Leftists throughout the Western world are all really and truly the definition of the NPC meme, to the point where even their accents have all started to blend together into that California Valley Girl twang, NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE FROM.
American Leftists sound like British Leftists...
...who sound like Canadian Leftists...
...who sound like German Leftists...
...who sound like Irish Leftists...
...who sound like Scottish Leftists.
They're ALL out of shape, and wear the same uniform of matted, unwashed and/or Fruity Pebbles-ass hair coloring, septum rings, pale skin, and KN95 masks.
And for some strange reason, these assholes have been able to RUN THE ENTIRE WEST FOR A DECADE AND A HALF.
@Dreamboum People like that Zombo character make it difficult to defend watching Let's Plays because they act like watching someone play a game is a one to one equivalent to actually playing it themselves. They never get to "that looks fun, I wanna play it now", the just consume.
We're banning raves, because we don't want you having fun where we can't watch you. By the way let me tell you about Woodstock.
We're cracking down on underage drinking. It's bad for you. Yeah of course we hit up the pubs at your age it was great.
We're banning smoking, but just for you - the smoking age will go up one year every year. Oh yes of course, we used to be able to smoke inside everywhere, it was great really.
We're banning flavored vapes. We don't have any evidence they're bad for you, you just like them too much.
We're banning dodgeball during recess, someone might get hurt. Yeah we really enjoyed dodgeball too.
We're banning flirting, because it might make the girls uncomfortable.
We're locking you in your room for the next two years. Yes we know you're in no danger from the virus, but we're worried that you'll get us sick. By the way you have to take this needle if you want to leave your room again. Yes, twice. Well there will be boosters too. No, we aren't worried about side effects, that doesn't effect us at all.
We're closing the frat houses, because we don't want you having fun without our permission. Please join these officially sanctioned university clubs instead.
We're bringing in labor from the third world to work the service jobs, so you can't have a summer job.
You need to go to university to get a good job. By the way we're raising the price of tuition. Oh look we're raising it again. Don't worry there are loans. At interest.
Actually we're giving the good jobs to the foreigners we just imported, to make up for our racist past. We are very good people. No of course we aren't sacrificing anything. You just have to take one for the team.
Also, we're giving the foreigners the houses. We needed to increase real estate prices. For our pensions, you see. Sadly no, you'll probably never be able to afford one yourself. By the way don't forget to pay your taxes. Need to support those pensions somehow! Eh? No, we're giving ourselves tax breaks of course. Seniors discount you know.
Oh by the way, that one thing you still have, now that we've banned joy and kicked every ladder out from under you? That social media stuff you kids like? You guessed it! We're banning that too! Just for you though, we're still going to watch AI videos on Facebook. It's for your safety, you see. We've noticed that you're all getting rather irate, and we think it would be better for your mental health if you shut up for a while. Why don't you just go outside?
Eh? No of course we aren't going to stop Ahmed and his twelve illiterate cousins from raping your sister, that would be culturally insensitive, which would make us feel very bad, and we can't have that.