• shneancy@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    i grew up during the wild internet days

    saw one man one jar, two girls one cup, smile HD, happy tree friends, and incredibly graphic gore when i was at the ripe old age of 12

    considering the circumstances i think i turned out fine, well, as fine as a person with empathy can be in this hellscape

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      Yes, but that was still before social media. As weird as it sounds, social media is probably more damaging than the early oughts shock sites

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        2 hours ago

        trueee, the closest i got to social media back then was a forum for a game i liked with less than 50 regular members