• em2@lemmy.ml
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        Communities devoted to explicit material saw rising popularity, and r/jailbait, which featured provocative shots of underage teenagers, became the chosen “subreddit of the year” in the “Best of reddit” user poll in 2008, and at one point, making “jailbait” the second most common search term for the site.

        From banned subreddit section.

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        Jailbait is a term usually applied to teen girls under the age of consent that the user of the term finds sexually attractive.

        They are so desirable sexually that you would persue sexual relations with them regardless of the legal penalties that might be involved.

        So, in classic blaming the victim terms, these girls are “baiting” you to wind up in jail, as if you are some zombified, helpless, spellbound victim that must satisfy your desire.

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      This fits my idea of his personality so well that it isn’t even humorous to learn about