Yet another thread about explicit pf's

[ZavosEsperian]

You're also somewhat prudish if you think a 13 year old is somehow being exploited/corrupted just by seeing a non-explicit ad for 18+ NSFW content.

This isn't an argument and is just plain old ad hominem.

They see far more explicit content on TV, TikTok, the internet, etc. all the time.

What is the point of saying this? None of these things have anything to do with the argument at hand and are a false equivalence used out of convenience.

If the 13 year old goes to that Discord, that's on the parent for not teaching their child better or monitoring their online activity.

I am going to have to break this down since there are multiple parts:

...not teaching their child better...

The only thing "teaching their child better" can do is lessen the odds of the prefaced event from happening, it cannot prevent it. For example, you can teach someone about the dangers of using tobacco products until you are blue in the face, but this by itself does not guarantee whoever it is that you taught will completely listen to you and not use tobacco products.

...monitoring their online activity.

This one I may need some more clarification. "Monitoring their online activity" is extremely broad overall and can be done in a multitude of ways. For example, software can be used to block all sorts of content, take periodic screen captures, block the execution of programs, as well as all other sorts of ways to see just what the child is up to. Placing the computer in a public location can also be done as well, and the parent can also watch and observe what their child is doing. All methods listed above that are software-based can be defeated by a more tech-savvy child and, as such, are not sufficient with making your statement true in all cases should software be used. Moving a computer to a public location makes it less likely for someone to want to access something they shouldn't, but that does not mean it will work 100% of the time. The only surefire way to monitor a child's internet in a way where it is impossible for them to access content they shouldn't would be for the parent to hover over them at all times, which is unrealistic in many cases, especially if there are multiple children in the household or if the parent is a single parent who may not have the time to use the guaranteed method.

Within a game that is rated T, there is an expected responsibility of all players to assume the age of a random player can be as low as 13 years old, regardless of what the average age of the player base is. It is extremely irresponsible to advertise for age 18+ RP inside of a game rated T in PF, which is something players have direct access to extremely early in the game.

The responsibility of knowing who you are RPing with is on you and no one else. Should someone send something that is ERP to someone who is less than 18 years old, regardless of whether the minor told the truth about their age, the person who is an adult can be held accountable in court for sending sexual messages to a minor, as a minor lying about their age is not a defense against something like that.