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I'm in my 30s and I don't know which boards you frequented to see so much CP because that was not my experience at all. Most of the criticism around the alleged

I'm in my 30s and I don't know which boards you frequented to see so much CP because that was not my experience at all. Most of the criticism around the alleged tons of CP seemed to come from people who had an ideological ax to grind against the site in general. Sounds like a "you problem."

swozey 3y ago
Yeah, you're right. We all have an axe to grind against 4chan. We're all making up that we saw CP on it. I'm a former Goon. I've been all over the trashy parts of the internet. It doesn't benefit me whatsoever to lie about seeing CP on 4chan. I even remember exactly what the picture I saw the last time I went to it looked like. It is seared into my memory. That was my last visit to that trash site.
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- wpietri 3y ago
  My sympathies. I never spent any time on 4chan. But between doing some desktop publishing and helping friends with abuse on the first web-based chat, I saw a bunch of things I could not unsee. It took me maybe 15 years for that stuff to not come back as what they call "involuntary autobiographical memories". It has now faded to the point that I can't bring the full images back at all, just hazy, untraumatizing vague versions. I hope you get there soon!
- mtrower 3y ago
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  - emodendroket 3y ago
    Likening Goatse to child sexual abuse photography seems akin to likening an action movie to ISIS execution videos (except even in that case the mere possession of the material isn't a crime so perhaps it's understating the case).
    - mtrower 3y ago
      That really isn’t the point, I said it was tame for a reason.
  - swozey 3y ago
    What an absolutely stupid comparison. Yeah, goatse was tamer than child porn. Got it, bud. I see where your morals lie. FBI, this guy right here. And who said I saw it one time? I literally said it was full of CP. Good work, man.
    - mtrower 3y ago
      You really think I’m going to link or reference known csam traps here? Or anywhere for that matter? …and because I didn’t do that, you’re calling me a pedophile? Come on man, let’s reign it in a bit here…

swozey 3y ago

Yeah, you're right. We all have an axe to grind against 4chan. We're all making up that we saw CP on it. I'm a former Goon. I've been all over the trashy parts of the internet. It doesn't benefit me whatsoever to lie about seeing CP on 4chan. I even remember exactly what the picture I saw the last time I went to it looked like. It is seared into my memory. That was my last visit to that trash site.

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wpietri 3y ago
My sympathies. I never spent any time on 4chan. But between doing some desktop publishing and helping friends with abuse on the first web-based chat, I saw a bunch of things I could not unsee. It took me maybe 15 years for that stuff to not come back as what they call "involuntary autobiographical memories". It has now faded to the point that I can't bring the full images back at all, just hazy, untraumatizing vague versions. I hope you get there soon!
mtrower 3y ago
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- emodendroket 3y ago
  Likening Goatse to child sexual abuse photography seems akin to likening an action movie to ISIS execution videos (except even in that case the mere possession of the material isn't a crime so perhaps it's understating the case).
  - mtrower 3y ago
    That really isn’t the point, I said it was tame for a reason.
- swozey 3y ago
  What an absolutely stupid comparison. Yeah, goatse was tamer than child porn. Got it, bud. I see where your morals lie. FBI, this guy right here. And who said I saw it one time? I literally said it was full of CP. Good work, man.
  - mtrower 3y ago
    You really think I’m going to link or reference known csam traps here? Or anywhere for that matter? …and because I didn’t do that, you’re calling me a pedophile? Come on man, let’s reign it in a bit here…