Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest

Re:Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest by weisk on Friday December 19, 2025 @12:08PM (#46328208)

"Do you confirm you are above 18 years of age (or the planet-rotation equivalent in your local star cluster)?"

i am so confused, whats the reason behind this little event handler?

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Re:Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest by smcin on Friday December 19, 2025 @12:13PM (#46328252)

Probably because a few articles contain curse words (which corporate filters may hiccup on).

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Re:Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest by ctrlmeta on Friday December 19, 2025 @12:11PM (#46328236)

The website has been made by AI. May be it has learned from its training that this kind of confirm box is cheeky humor for humans?

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Re:Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest by arcfour on Friday December 19, 2025 @02:03PM (#46329598)

It is a joke about how stupid and pointless pushes to require "age verification" online are. Such efforts have been in the news a lot recently.

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Re:Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest by keepamovin on Friday December 19, 2025 @11:30PM (#46333632)

You understood it! I’m so proud of you. Actually I think you’re kind of special because the reference requires stitching together some desperate signals. I think you’re pretty creative.

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