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> We age gate other harmful objects: firearms, alcohol, driving, et cetera. We can easily prove those have harms. > trouble you can cause with an Internet con
by themafia 10mo ago
> We age gate other harmful objects: firearms, alcohol, driving, et cetera.
We can easily prove those have harms.
> trouble you can cause with an Internet connection
Why don't we age gate hands? Number one source of human problems right there. Perhaps we should outfit our children like Harrison Bergeron until they reach the age of majority?
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- stackghost 10mo ago>Why don't we age gate hands? Making this sort of reductio ad absurdum doesn't make you seem witty or clever. It just makes you seem pedantic and unable to reason about things like a functioning adult.
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- antonvs 10mo agoThat might be the case if they weren't correct. I notice you didn't actually say anything about what's wrong with the point.
- stackghost 10mo agoDo I really need to waste my time explaining why age-gating hands is not feasible, realistic, or even worth considering? Really?
- antonvs 10mo agoYou should look up the word "analogy". Do I really need to waste my time explaining why age-gating the internet is not feasible, realistic, or even worth considering? Really?
- Cytobit 10mo agoAd hominem attacks can't be much better.
- jswelker 10mo agoI thought it was witty and clever.
- ndsipa_pomu 10mo agoI don't think you're adding anything to this discussion with that kind of comment. The idea of age-gating hands is to demonstrate that overly broad age gating IS ridiculous and the lack of sufficient targetting by Texas is precisely why the judge is throwing it out. Please try to engage with commenters with a little bit more respect and hopefully better understanding.
- mlrtime 10mo agoHands are part of your body. Pornhub is a commercial website distributing age-restricted content. We already require ID for buying alcohol, cigarettes, and lottery tickets without it being a constitutional crisis. Requiring age verification to access porn isn't a First Amendment issue any more than carding someone at a liquor store is. This comparison makes no sense.
- array_key_first 10mo agoPornhub is always age gated everywhere in the world. Because internet access typically involves you to prove you're an adult. Just like the liquor store, verification happens at point of sale. Past that, all bets are off. If I got buy a beer, verify my age, and then go home and give it to a kid, there's nothing anyone can reasonably be expected to do about that. Similarly, if I buy internet access, and then turn around and just give it to my kid, there's nothing anyone can reasonably be expected to do about that. We don't expect the store clerk to follow you home and watch you drink the beer.