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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by Aerroon on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @06:23PM (#46625487)
And later you had the satanic D&D.

Every generation seems to pick their moral panic and then engages in "unintentional concern trolling" over it. The people mean well, but low quality evidence shouldn't be good enough to condemn things.

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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by ben_w on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @06:40PM (#46625665)
Indeed. The question is, how good is the evidence?

Serious question, given it kinda feels like Meta's been acting like cigarette companies back in their heyday, while X is acting like it's the plot device of a James Bond villain.

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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @07:28PM (#46626138)
D&D isn't designed to be addictive, and hasn't been used to psych-profile its users or influence elections.
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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by camillomiller on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @08:57PM (#46626962)
False dichotomies all the way. I feel like any discussion around meta and social media on this platform brings out the most obnoxious sycophants.
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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by johnisgood on Thursday January 15, 2026 @07:53PM (#46641675)
+1

I stopped engaging in such discussions. There are some people who are reasonable and make sense, but the rest are just outright batshit crazy. They want more restraints, more censorship, more anti-privacy crap? Or they equate "good" with addictive? Come on.

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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by eli on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @10:52PM (#46627808)
It was designed to be boring?
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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by Pooge on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:06AM (#46629545)
Just because it's good doesn't mean it's addicting.
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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by krapp on Thursday January 15, 2026 @07:57AM (#46631764)
Are we getting to the point where any enjoyment of anything is viewed as an addiction and a sickness?

Is the concept of a game just being fun that alien?

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