Im 34 and had this same thought… ): I dun wanna be old yet

He also must not be a gamer. Or at least not one that understands years past 2003

So chrome? Why the fuck would you use chrome that’s awful

Fuck waterfox use an actual trust worthy fork like librefox

Iv unironically not been hired for jobs because of this. Because of how well I separate my online and offline life and my entirely non use of Facebook, Twitter, etc. iv had background companies report me as suspicious due to lack of information.

It’s fucked up.

They are stupid would be my assumption. This said as an American.

He’s bribed to say things people agree with otherwise no he says nothing any sane reasonable person agree with like ever.

Iv come to learn over the years. If you want to buy computer parts just do it.

Your actively stupid if you don’t cause some bigger idiot with more money then brains will make a new grift that causes everything to be unaffordable.

Fuck waiting for deals, fuck thinking twice. Just fucking buy it and ignore reality around you cause you will be pissed either way.

Either a deal comes and you fucked yourself, or everything goes to the moon and now you have nothing AND your fucked.

My cat costs 100 bucks a month. And brings me the only source of joy I have.

That’s cheap and I consider not having suicidal thoughts to not be a luxury.

If there is still food to be stolen from your neighbours then things haven’t reached the point of revolt.

If there is still enough energy to be expended on hating your neighbor, then you haven’t reached the true point of revolt

When things are truly at their worst, your neighbor has no food to take. Your neighbor has no goods worth stealing. Harming them brings you no food, no money and less energy.

When things have reached that point, that is when the only option left is revolt and it does not matter what consumerism what gifts are given what lies are said. The only thing left to do is revolt or die. And no group of people will simply choose to die.

Very few companies will fund any research into this field and they almost always have it locked in private libraries and you have to request for it specifically. You basically won’t ever find anything on the subject publicly or hell, even behind a publicly accessible paywall.

There have been a number of people over the years who have done this very research and spoken about it publicly and that’s a key complaint they have on it.

Few times that research has been shared and I’ve had the privilege to actually read it. It has been shown that one. It is totally normal for sex preference development to just be stunted. It is a thing that just happens. That yes therapy does help and for the most part those who would not abuse so long as they get therapy show no indication that they would change in become an abuser.

It has also been shown that when there are healthy alternatives for the expression, those who are abusers and do so due to mental health, developmental or standard sexual preferences have access to those healthy alternatives. They are more likely to stop abusing or seek therapy once they have found a healthy outlet.

Pretty much the only case where you can say that not having a healthy alternative and therapy shows no help or those who choose to be abusers do entirely to personal reasons.

Basically the only time not having harm free. Healthy alternative material helps is when you’re talking about rapists not pedophiles.

That’s the other part of the problem. So many people just assume pedophiles are rapists. When one is just the sexual attraction, the editor is someone who is a abuser. And while common for those two things to be labels on the same person they don’t have to be, nor do they need to be.

We demonize the issue so heavily that we do frequently drive people to seek out a healthy alternative and a safe method of expression into circles with abusers who will then use those people to make a profit. Which only drives the need for more abuse material.

It’s the same problem that you see with basically any other drug vise issue that we overly demonize in society. If you don’t give people a healthy alternative and a clear path from problem to safe solution to therapy, they’ll never make it to therapy.

But unfortunately, due to the nature of the subject, finding anyone who’s willing to fund more research, finding anyone who’s willing to have their name publicly attached to that research and finding anyone who’s willing to fund actual help for the issue is basically impossible.

For obvious reasons, I’m not going to read any reply to this comment. I’ve had enough death threats to last a lifetime. So if you have a differing opinion or if you want any more information then share it with others and do your own research.

I’m only sharing my personal knowledge that I have on the topic. Whether or not you choose to believe me is your prerogative. As always, this is the internet. Do your own research. And if you do not know how blame your public high school.

The annoying part is having healthy alternatives actually reduces real world harm. So punishing these people for seeking healthy and harm free avanues to deal with their mental issues and sexual needs. Is just baffling.

The scant amount of good research we have all indicates it’s not a choice but a developmental or mental health issue. For the vast vast majority of people who struggle with this problem.

But we just keep demonizing any hopes to let people get mental help or express themselves with out harming a minor.

So all we keep doing is reinforcing the taboo and driving those who struggle to associate with those who actively choose to be abusers. Thus only creating more abusers.

Dat censorship, funny that one can’t even express ones self with out being censored preemptively.

Short term honestly likely fine for your avg person. After even six months tho I wouldn’t trust using it for banking, government sites or anything more sensitive then looking at cat memes.

Till we find a way to synthesize gold at a large enough scale for manufacturing demands to be fully met it’s never going to lose value.

Should have just gone back to TeamSpeak 3

Any time your account gets locked for age reason it requires it. So if you have never had an age lock it’s unlikely you had to do it.

It’s as easy as someone reporting you for being underage with no proof or even just saying “I’m 14 and what is this” as a meme to get locked tho.

Hell the auto flag system can hit you if you just talk like a kid sometimes.

You could just not have Internet access on your phone… A smart phone is more then just the internet. It’s a camera, a Gameboy, an mp3 player, and other useful tools.

Feels like giving up all the usefulness just because it has internet access might be the best example of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Smart phones are by them self fine. It’s no different then when we were kids with a gameboy and a cheap prepaid flip phone

Like what’s actually fucking the problem with smart phones? It’s a camera phone and Gameboy all in one. There’s nothing inherently problematic with that

Every problem people always bitch about are various apps and companies and have absolutely fucking shit and all to do inherently with the phone it self.

Proper parenting, and bitch slapping the dipshits companies shoving additive and invasive software at kids is the solution.

Not getting rid of a useful tool that kids should learn to properly utilize and one of the single largest tools of safety for kids.

So what your saying is it doesn’t rely on just one but two massive corps to actually deliver it’s product which is ment to be an alterative to those very products?

Kek