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My brother randomly told me something that really made me think.

About what "Protect the youth" has become. Idk what it was like in other countries and I know that it very likely could have been stricter than it was in my country back then. But generally:

He was like "When I was 16, there were two kinds of adult content: Horror movies and explicitly depicted sexual content. The first made me have nightmares, the latter (as in what you could get in video rental stores) generally wasn't of much interest to me because it wasn't something I, as a 16 year old, could relate to. And other sexual content that was interesting (and/or helpful) WAS freely accessible. So whenever I saw an "18+" label somewhere, I just completely ignored that content because I knew it wouldn't be interesting at all to me.

But NOW, what's declared 18+ is even an excessive amount of swear words in streams! NOW, when I see an "18+" label, I don't know if it's horror movies that'll give some 16 year olds nightmares, if it's completely unrelatable porn, OR if it's educational sex ed, a 20 year old talking about their really healthy relationship with their partner (that includes intimacy), education about consent in BDSM (which affects 16 year olds as well, there's no age limit to curiosity), a live stream of wholesome musicians who happen to drink a couple of beers during kind of therapeutic talks, or simply people who aren't puritans and say "fuck" a lot! An 18+ label isn't worth anything anymore!"

And yeah... That's just it.

People who talk about body changes during their (first!) puberty are even labelled adult content. Even though puberty very much happens BEFORE adulthood. It's helpful content for minors. And it's labelled "adult" to "protect the youth".

Nothing means anything anymore.

lvlcurrent

such a cute voice saying something like this so smugly what's up with him LOL

everythingfox

Most unserious animal

prguitarman

Sharing some recent animations. Geometry is fun

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Happy Paper Airplane Day✨✈️ Enjoy a timelapse of the artwork, too

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I looked up from my phone and saw this.

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Backrooms (2026)

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Back in 2021, I tried my hand at creating an Aurora Nyan Cat inspired by the Aurora Borealis, but I just couldn’t nail it. Honestly, the vision and skills weren’t quite there yet, so I ended up shelving the piece.

A few months ago, I got to see the real Auroras, and it sparked something in me to revisit this piece, and after some time it’s finally finished the way I remembered that moment. Very happy with how it came out, and honestly, it’s okay to step back from a project and come back with fresh eyes—even if it takes a while.

Enjoy a timelapse of the work 🌌✨

prguitarman

My drunk ass aimed my phone inside a chip bag and the flash reflected hardcore and got this crazy unedited photo

regretroulette

Hold up, is this possibly the explanation for:

solardrake

That's probably how this picture of my dog happened gsjhdjdb

unyanizedcatboys

why is your dog made of metal and/or tin foil

prguitarman

This is the post that keeps on giving

kennytheroach

this photo of my dog in my backyard on tile

prguitarman

Amazing

toesuckler

all these photos loook like they had the foreground edited out by a very thorough editor

enraged-chihuahua

this is funnier when you remember op made nyancat

sunflowershine03

op made WHAT

imightbe-a-robot

It's been 15 years since one of the best scenes of Doctor Who 😭😭

delusion-of-negation

[tardis whoosh]

"ahh :/"

[tardis whoosh]

"ahh :D"

haventacluewhatimdoing

Love that this alien arm is clearly just green bubblewrap. 70s prosthetics I love you

circular-time

Classic SF once again betrayed by a clear, static-free signal and a flat digital screen

This is how I remember classic Who and Star Trek, folks, with signal ghosts and scanning lines (but usually with more static/snow)

sepdet

Sharing this on my main because it appears from the notes that it's useful for some modern viewers.

You KNOW classic SF used the limited displays of CRT television and the static of transmitted signals the way theaters use stage makeup and lighting to make inexpensive props look great fine— take advantage of the medium! But it's hard to imagine how it looked if you've only seen Blu-ray HD restorations.

I swear to you, despite classic Who using bubble wrap for years as one of its go-to materials that reflected light in interesting ways, we never realized that's what it was.

fauxpapi

Them: how you doin?

Me ( who just got called “big dog” by my toddler): I’m pretty fucking fantastic

shamebats

My child, who spends their entire life being transfered from home to car to school and back, and is not allowed to leave the house or talk to anyone and can only in their wildest dreams imagine a life free from constant surveillance, is very sad. Obviously they're dumb and lazy, like all kids these days.

whineandcheese24

kind of a tangent but i recently went to a bowling alley with my friend i'm 19 he's 18 and the woman at the door didn't want to let us in because there was a sign saying under-18s needed adult supervision. everything got cleared up and we were able to go bowl, but i'm still so mad about the fact that kids need adult supervision to go to a bowling alley and arcade. like okay maybe young kids should have supervision but what do you mean middle and high schoolers need to hold mommy's hand while they play video games. kids aren't just addicted to their phones because phones are addicting, we're addicted to our phones because there's nothing else to fucking do

shamebats

I'm sure banning kids from online spaces while simultaneously not ensuring that they have access to offline spaces to socialize in (without having to rely on their parents who already don't have time for them) will help them feel better & less alienated from society.