Quote Originally Posted by Ranaku View Post
Thing is that it really doesn't matter if you put a sign up that says "I really don't like to tumble between the sheets with kids" and then you tumble between the sheets with a minor. (Which happens daily in the game and really often obviously.) 18+ is a empty statement to feel good about yourself in this moment. Something to push potential responsibility away. Just doesn't work that way in many countries.

It's like putting a no entry sign up and then leaving the door open while letting others enter anyways. But hey at least you said they can't enter! Or like being blind and saying "I only date people with green eyes." and then not caring at all if people lie about their eyecolor.

So what is the reason behind having these standards when you don't care at all about keeping them intact? I mean i would really love to believe it's all like you say but i know players betray their standards for convenience everyday. I mean can't do a background check on every random stranger you wanna erp with, right? 18+ statement must be enough. And if they weren't 18+ hey at least it wasn't your fault. People's fake standards are just compromised beyond repair at this point.
Even though you can say 18+ is an empty statement, it is still a reasonable boundary that should be respected. You even ignored the fact that I said "even with ERP completely removed and it is completely SFW". Many venues that are 18+ actually end up blacklisting players and blocking them if it is found that they were either lying about their age or are underage. If you actively lie, the fault isn't with the person who very clearly stated a boundary that the liar crossed intentionally. A lot of players I know personally will block underage roleplayers or people who disrespect the "No one under 18" boundary. Just because the people around you don't care doesn't mean that literally, no one does.

Like I said, even if it is perfectly SFW RP that doesn't involve tumbling between the sheets, a majority of adults do not want to write with people who are 10+ years younger than them. Even if it is a completely sfw adventure RP no darker than anything you'd see in the game, I wouldn't want to write that with someone who is nearly 10 years my junior. It isn't a "compromised standard" it is a reasonable boundary.

You'd think that "Even if sex isn't involved, many adults do not want to write with teenagers who may be a decade younger than them." would be a reasonably agreeable statement regardless of whether or not ERP is involved but I suppose not and somehow people manage to take issue with adults wanting to maintain a boundary as opposed to openly or actively seeking out teenagers to RP with.