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There’s some survivorship bias here. Not everyone who was exposed to disturbing content is unaffected or can move past it so easily. And in 2024, it’s far more

There’s some survivorship bias here. Not everyone who was exposed to disturbing content is unaffected or can move past it so easily. And in 2024, it’s far more likely to encounter something you had no intention of seeing. It’s worth thinking about the social climate right now as the long tail of the last 25-30 years of technology advancement. Mass shootings are so common now they often don’t even register on people’s radar. These effects are so complex that we’re still trying to figure out how to measure them, but we should take seriously the power and danger of the instant wide distribution of the worst elements of humanity. I grew up on the old Internet, and made some of my most important friendships using it. It shaped who I am today, mostly for the better. But I don’t think we can let nostalgia or even the many benefits blind us to what the Internet has become or the real harms that come along with those benefits.

AlexandrB 3y ago
> And in 2024, it’s far more likely to encounter something you had no intention of seeing. Strongly disagree. I haven't stumbled on "goatse" level shock imagery in years. Sure you might encounter stuff you had no intention of seeing, but that's only because you're being funnelled into link farms or other for-profit crapware flooding the internet. It's very rare to stumble on something disturbing.
- KaiserPro 3y ago
  In the last year I have seen (on facebook no less): various levels of war crime the killing of people at close quarters (with the last sound that they made, which still haunts me) A sniper killing someone taking a poo. These were nestled in amongst memes, which were fun and engaging. None of them had content warnings. goatse wasn't all that shocking to me, because he is very much alive. 2 girls one cup is at least a ramp into skat, rather than straight in. Now, if a 16 year old saw that, I'd probably not worry too much, I wouldn't be happy. But if my 10 year old, or 6 year old saw that, I'd have a whole load of emotional clean up to do.
- lupusreal 3y ago
  Goatse is tame as fuck by modern internet standards.
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AlexandrB 3y ago

> And in 2024, it’s far more likely to encounter something you had no intention of seeing. Strongly disagree. I haven't stumbled on "goatse" level shock imagery in years. Sure you might encounter stuff you had no intention of seeing, but that's only because you're being funnelled into link farms or other for-profit crapware flooding the internet. It's very rare to stumble on something disturbing.

KaiserPro 3y ago
In the last year I have seen (on facebook no less): various levels of war crime the killing of people at close quarters (with the last sound that they made, which still haunts me) A sniper killing someone taking a poo. These were nestled in amongst memes, which were fun and engaging. None of them had content warnings. goatse wasn't all that shocking to me, because he is very much alive. 2 girls one cup is at least a ramp into skat, rather than straight in. Now, if a 16 year old saw that, I'd probably not worry too much, I wouldn't be happy. But if my 10 year old, or 6 year old saw that, I'd have a whole load of emotional clean up to do.
lupusreal 3y ago
Goatse is tame as fuck by modern internet standards.
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