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[thirty2flavors]

So um. What's with the magical "you are about to view content that may only be suitable for adults -- oh you're not 18 stfu!" thing that has suddenly appeared in my flist? How's lj working this one? Is it something you do or just something they've implemented, er, somehow?

I am unusually irritated, considering it's not even like I actively seek out adult content, really. I mean, whatever, I'm 18 in a month and I can just change my age on LJ, but still, hey, fuck off, livejournal.

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From what I gather it, um, automatically activated if your account said you were under-14 or under-18.

Yeah it's really a futile attempt, lol. I suppose I can understand their War On Explicit Material in one sense, but this sort of thing just irritates me. I feel as though authors/artists/whoever should be able to say, "look, kids, this is explicit stuff, don't look if it's going to freak you out" and if kids look, too damn bad. The idea of censoring everything to protect the kiddies of the world from accidentally learning about sex before the ridiculous age that some kids do (I know a girl who believed, by seventh grade, that you had a baby when you got married - whaaaat?) is stupid. I can see that, okay, little 11 year old Joey shouldn't be reading NC-17 non-con incest slash, I guess, but if little Joey somehow searches it out it's his own damn fault. lol.

Like I said above, I'm just bitter because I feel like they need to stop babysitting us -- on lj, in the media. I can understand not running porn on primetime television, but some measures are ridiculous. Don't even get me started on movie ratings in America, lol.

But yes. Anyway, I just stuck it to the man and changed my age, so it isn't a problem anymore, and as I said it's not like I read that much "adult material" in the first place, but I still do think it's a little silly. It's not as though it's stopping anyone from just changing their age they way I did, and all it's really doing is inconveniencing everyone.

[pamoreno.livejournal.com]

All they accomplish by censoring everything is fuel the urge to seek for what you are missing out.

I've never been much of an "adult content" seeker either, but censorship brings out the rebel in me and makes me want to go and read about incest and non-con and slash and all sorts of kinky things just to piss somebody off. *lol* Unfortunately, it wouldn't make any difference, being twenty-ten already.

Conservative people in America should chill out. There are much more important issues to worry about out there, like teens being able to get guns anywhere. I honestly don't get why do they waste time doing this isntead of worrying about the things that really matter.

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Censorship brings out the rebel in me, too, definitely. The whole "forbidden fruit" theme just makes it more appealing, but everyone seems to ignore that. I'm also raised by the sort of parents who let me watch R-rated movies when I was 5, and believe it or not I have yet to rape anyone or pillage any city! It is incredible, really.

I used to work at a movie theatre for about a year and a half. Our ratings up north are different than the American ones -- we've got G, PG, 14A (must be 14 or accompanied by an adult), 18A (same deal) and R, and as a point of reference, most things rated 'R' in the States are 14A here -- and generally when something is rated 18A, it's because it's pretty hardcore with regards to both sex and violence. Jackass was 18A, so are all of the Saw movies, et cetera... Anyway, we can't let you in if you're under 18, but if you're over 18 you can bring in your five-year-old baby brother if you so choose. A coworker told me that she once had a family purcahse tickets to Hostel - parents and their two kids, about 10 and 12 respectively -- and after about half an hour they came out demanding a refund because it was inappropriate. My coworker sort of gave them a knowing smile and said, "yeah, pretty gruesome, eh?" to which the parents assured them it wasn't the violence, it was the explicit sex.

...?!?!?! Because sex is worse than on-screen murder and torture? Right.

And then there are parents who complain that Ratatouille is too scary for their six-year-old. *dies*

[pamoreno.livejournal.com]

It's almost the same with me. My mom is a biology teacher, so I knew where babies came from and knew about STDs since I was a little girl too and I haven't feel the urge to rape or torture anyone either. Knowing about sex doesn't make you a sex maniac, but makes you more aware and responsible.

Down here, in Chile, movie ratings are also different from America. There is a National Motion Picture Rating Board chaired by the education undersecretary and composed mainly by teachers, psychologists and film directors and their main focus when rating is censor violence of any kind. Sex is really secondary. We've just got all audiences, over 14 and over 18 and so far nobody has complained.

[sweetcherrytree.livejournal.com]

WTF HOW WAS RATATOUILLE SCARY?

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They chase him, possibly with a knife. I don't remember if the knife was even involved.

But yeah, this grandma came back like three days later wanting a refund because she'd been told Ratatouille was appropriate for her kid and he was scared and he was upset so she didn't come back for the refund right away but could she still have it, please, and...

Bahhhh. That kid needs to grow the fuck up, lirl.

Also my friend was babysitting and took the kid to go see 'Cars'. He was scared. IN CARS. NOTHING HAPPENS IN CARS. CARS JUST DRIVE AROUND.