Porn addiction?
@djsumdog Yes/No. Somewhere in-between
The pandora's box has been opened, there was already infinite porn, there's even more now, and there's now infinite porn with AI, nobody is putting all of this under the rug at this point
A lot of the issue would be solved if you didn't give children unchecked access to the web, don't give them smartphones and tablets and bring back the family living room computer
More importantly, give people girlfriends, would solve the rest of the issues. Start regulating dating apps to not be utter fucking shit and undo the feminist bullshit and that would be an immense start already
The pandora's box has been opened, there was already infinite porn, there's even more now, and there's now infinite porn with AI, nobody is putting all of this under the rug at this point
A lot of the issue would be solved if you didn't give children unchecked access to the web, don't give them smartphones and tablets and bring back the family living room computer
More importantly, give people girlfriends, would solve the rest of the issues. Start regulating dating apps to not be utter fucking shit and undo the feminist bullshit and that would be an immense start already
The parents can block traffic (buy software or routers) with ease. Some might say, "well they'll just get around it." So? The parent can make their moral stance clear. They might even say, "I look at porn sometimes too, but I feel guilty because I know it's wrong," if they want to be honest.
That can instill the value, even if society can't really stop proliferation. The kid knows why their parents believe whatever and can choose to act on it or ignore it.
If the parent doesn't care .. then whatever. The kid can hold that value, or go all trad and reject it for themselves. Maybe it doesn't matter and the kid grows up fine? Maybe the grow up to live in a goon cave? Who knows?
That's why the age verification stuff is so BS. It's a backdoor to individual digital identities, under the guise of the anti-porns wanting to mandate their ideology on all the "don't cares" because "Reee! No, people are hurting their kids if they don't block their access; so we should block everyone's!"
That can instill the value, even if society can't really stop proliferation. The kid knows why their parents believe whatever and can choose to act on it or ignore it.
If the parent doesn't care .. then whatever. The kid can hold that value, or go all trad and reject it for themselves. Maybe it doesn't matter and the kid grows up fine? Maybe the grow up to live in a goon cave? Who knows?
That's why the age verification stuff is so BS. It's a backdoor to individual digital identities, under the guise of the anti-porns wanting to mandate their ideology on all the "don't cares" because "Reee! No, people are hurting their kids if they don't block their access; so we should block everyone's!"
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@djsumdog @coolboymew The best solution for any parent is to not set up any user accounts on any of the computers at home and instead give their kids one of those flash-drives with a custom Linux distro that has a whitelist of approved websites and software (there are companies that sell them if you can't make them yourself). There is not much to work around if you can only use the computer with said drive and a whitelist. Though the kid may have a tech-savvy friend who may give them a Linux flash drive without a whitelist, but that's probably the only loophole.
