wading deep into the bowels of internet hell and gazing into the abyss is an important coming-of-age ritual

15-16 seems to be the best age to do so

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wonder how different it is now than 15-20 years ago when the internet was still the wild wild west

kazaa/limewire exposed me to snuff & CP before I even knew they existed, around 11-12 years old

public chats/forums were, like social media today, quagmires of human depravity

15-16 seems to be the best age because any earlier and you end up like... *gestures vaguely*

and any later and you're left sort of naive

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