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Don't say you didn't browse rotten.com when you were 13, we would do so on school computers even before I had internet at home. (meh, now the page is only displ

Don't say you didn't browse rotten.com when you were 13, we would do so on school computers even before I had internet at home. (meh, now the page is only displaying odd advertisements for silly smartphone apps)

70forty 13y ago
Yep, rotten.com among others exposed me to things that I'm sure would've horrified my parents if they knew. I don't regret it though, I think it shaped me positively. I was around 11 when I saw this for instance: http://www.sibkray.ru/upload/blog/e4b/07.jpg http://www.sibkray.ru/upload/blog/e4b/07.jpg (extremely NSFW) I still consider it to be the most powerful image I've ever seen. It made me realize the absolute horror of war, in an instant. I would rather my child see this image than witness the cartoon violence of Call of Duty and then see military propaganda like the commercial below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkKF4ZcqW14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkKF4ZcqW14 Kids can handle reality with the right guidance. I have been "desensitized" I suppose, but only in that I'm capable of seeing similar images without cringing. Hopefully that would extend to a situation in which someone was critically injured, I would be able to jump in and help them without hesitation or squeamishness over the blood/gore involved.