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idk, when I was a kid I wasn't interested in looking at sexual content (and the very limited times it crossed my path wasn't titillating), until I got old enough to be interested, and at that point I think I should have been allowed access to it, ideally with some education

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seeing porn as a young teen was great for me, I have zero regrets about it, was significantly better than not watching porn. It was only interesting to me because I was old enough to be interested, and all the grownups attempts to "protect my innocence" were misguided.

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Porn is an addictive superstimulus, like drugs or junk food. Forcing people to wait until they are older and wiser and able to act on the advice of their parents is a good idea IMO, but enforcing this is quite tricky

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My sugar consumption was also heavily restricted, and as soon as I moved out of the house I ate candy for weeks straight, and had extremely high candy consumption for a few years after that, as a rebound reaction to it being denied me for years

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I predicted this in February 2022 & got a lot of crap for it at the time, but now it's going to happen this week thanks to this tweet of yours. 🤷‍♂️ twitter.com/jonst0kes/stat

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There is a split coming in the rationalist/EA/neolib/libertarian (basically the vibecamp coalition) over porn, & whether or not it's basically fine for kids. They'll start at "16 is fine", then go down to "14 is fine". Then the recriminations & blocks etc.

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This is an important point. Kids are very good about not approaching things until they are ready to engage with them. Expressly forbidding things only makes them more appealing. Modeling healthy alcohol consumption is much better than adults drinking in secret

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My folks were very good about not sending me out of the room when there was kissing on the tv. (No they didn’t watch porn when I was around.) The fact that nothing was off limits by default was extremely healthy for me as a kid

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Porn distributors + sex chat rooms should enforce boundaries to protect minors from viewing XXX content and having sex chat with adults like ID verification & payment walls. Creators and minors both benefit from some barriers to verify age and ability to consent.

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Not related I’m sure

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I have such idosyncratic preferences and so rarely feel romantic interest in people, I'm definitely gonna fall in love with AI

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How do you know it’s significantly better than not watching it when you are not in a position to be able to compare?

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Oh yeah, dopamine burnout sex worker turned postrat struggling with the mere concept of motherhood is exactly what I would want for my daughter. Do you not have regrets because you don't have regrets or do you not have regrets because you wouldn't be able to live with them?

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