[ SECRET POST #2558 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2558 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Frozen]


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[Cabin in the Woods]


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[Trailer Park Boys]


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08. [SPOILERS for Elementary]



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09. [SPOILERS for Zelda comic]



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11. [SPOILERS for Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder if a lot of the feelings about age kind of stem from the fact that at least American culture, especially since the late-'90s To Catch A Predator 'everyone online who is older than you and hanging out in places where you hang out is TOTALLY A PEDOPHILE' view kind of came into place, makes it seem like older people who hang out in predominantly youthful spaces always have some kind of alterior motive? People who aren't in fandom, or in social settings where it's common to interact with people from several age groups, I think do see it that way and everyone is really aware of the stigma, especially those in their mid-20s and 30s who were teens when those kinds of TV shows were everywhere, creating incredibly paranoid and difficult parents for those whose social lives were largely online. I remember quite well having to sneak around online, not because I was reading porny fic or anything, but because anyone who you were talking to who you couldn't provide a name, phone number, homeroom class and long story about where you met them IRL (read: school) was completely off-limits because omg no one is who they say they are online!!1 So, now that we are the elder in a lot of fandom spaces, we kind of see that stigma reflected on us a bit, because why would a 30 year old want to be hanging around with my 17 year old? It's totally because they want to have some sort of creepy sexual relationship and not because they happen to like the same things. Never happens. And in the same way, young people are taught to be cautious of us for the same reason, which is why we feel uncomfortable revealing our ages, too--no one wants to be looked at as the 'ew, why is that creepy (wo)man hanging around with all of us teenagers'.

[(Anonymous)]

Completely this.

When I first got on the Internet it was like Wild Wild West and everyone thought it was cool that people of all different ages (though predominantly still only North America then) were talking back and forth to each other. Times have definitely changed, but the hidden Internet is also a thing, so.