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Posted: 1/16/2006, 12:05 pm
by Henrietta
Rusty, you're an oddity in maturity. Even guys my age wouldn't be able to handle that.

Posted: 1/16/2006, 4:51 pm
by Kathy
"you're an oddity in maturity" is my favourite quote of the day!

Posted: 1/16/2006, 4:52 pm
by afealicious
russell? mature??? :wtf:

jokes jokes lawl

Posted: 1/16/2006, 6:27 pm
by Rusty
Henrietta wrote:Rusty, you're an oddity in maturity. Even guys my age wouldn't be able to handle that.
:mrgreen:
afealicious wrote:russell? mature??? :wtf:

jokes jokes lawl
:nikki:

Posted: 1/16/2006, 6:45 pm
by Joe Cooler
Chanandler Bong wrote:Can anyone name one fact aboot porn?
-Porn generates approximately $1 billion annually with growth projections to $5-7 billion over the next 5 years, barring unforeseen change

-Americans spend an estimated $8-10 billion annually on pornography. This exceeds the combined gross of ABC, CBS, and NBC, which is $6.2 billion.

-Laboratory studies have showed that viewing violent pornographic films can increase aggression against women.

-It is believed that 70% of women involved in pornography are survivors of incest or child sexual abuse.

-9 in 10 kids 8-16 yrs. have viewed porn online, mostly accidentally while doing homework

-345% increase in child pornography sites between 2/2001-7/2001

-Adult industry says some traffic is 20-30% children

-The U.S. Customs Service estimates that there are more than 100,000 websites offering child pornography - which is illegal, worldwide

Posted: 1/16/2006, 6:49 pm
by closeyoureyes
Yaaaaaaay.
:|

See I wouldn't care if it was between psychologically stable, consenting adults. But as you can see, it usually isn't. The prostitution/child traffiking involved in the adult film industry is a growing growing problem.

Posted: 1/16/2006, 6:55 pm
by Kathy
wow - those are some interesting facts.

I remember my first chat room experience with friends on AOL. A man PMd me, asked me some nasty questions and then sent me a picture of himself naked...

Posted: 1/16/2006, 7:04 pm
by Rusty
Well that's disgusting...did you report him to the AOL people?

Posted: 1/16/2006, 7:30 pm
by Kathy
yes, after a few days a friend suggested I do that. Problem was it kept happening because I had cutesy usernames that indicated I was a young girl. It was traumatizing!!

I love watching Dateline when they catch these guys online by pretending to be kids, and they set up meetings and catch them!

Posted: 1/17/2006, 11:39 am
by thirdhour
Oh MAN, I saw one of those and it was so creepy.

They caught 18 people in one day, including a teacher, a doctor and a rabbi.

There was one guy that took off all his clothes, waiting for the child in the kitchen when the Dateline crew walked in. Then they managed to get him to meet another 'child' the next day.

ps. ew

Posted: 1/17/2006, 11:43 am
by Axtech
Joe Cooler wrote:-9 in 10 kids 8-16 yrs. have viewed porn online, mostly accidentally while doing homework
and 9 in 10 researchers believe 8-16 year olds when they claim to have "accidentally" stumbled upon porn while doing homework. :P

Posted: 1/17/2006, 11:47 am
by Kathy
hahah :lol:

Oh Robbo, thanks for the laugh!

Posted: 1/17/2006, 12:20 pm
by Soozy
Back when I was 16 there was no internet.

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(well, I'm sure it existed, but no-one used it)

Posted: 1/17/2006, 12:23 pm
by nikki4982
Oh, it existed... and I had it. :lol:

So there!!! :P ;)

Posted: 1/17/2006, 12:23 pm
by Kathy
When I was 13-14, my school had internet only for those deemed 'above average'... anyone in the advanced education class got computer & internet time a few times a week (and it came with special projects to challenge the 'smarties') When I went to high school we had a computer lab but no internet until a few years later.

Posted: 1/17/2006, 12:42 pm
by Soozy
nikki4982 wrote:Oh, it existed... and I had it. :lol:

So there!!! :P ;)
when you were 11?

even when we got it in 1995 there was no-one else to email and everything was sooooooo slow we had to turn the pictures off if we wanted anything to load in less than a year. Then I went to uni and we didn't even have Windows (I need Joey to reminisce about Pine with)

Posted: 1/17/2006, 12:55 pm
by nikki4982
:nod: Our first internet bill (that I could find in our file cabinets, anyway):

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Posted: 1/17/2006, 1:05 pm
by Kathy
:GASP: 1989?!? Wow!

Posted: 1/17/2006, 1:12 pm
by nikki4982
I love how cheap it was, too. Hah!

Posted: 1/17/2006, 1:17 pm
by Soozy
Woah! We definitely didn't have it over here then.