Other Be mindful of what your children watch.

[Jackstack]

Why "13" then? It's not like the threats you're describing stop existing after that age and you yourself at least appear to aknowledge that people can have different kinds of awareness and maturity even for that age. You're not classifying them by adulthood of any sort, nor by what I'm told is the psychological idea of a fully developed adult brain, at age 21.

So the age of 12 in your statement seems a little arbitrary to me. Would you mind telling me what your reasoning was to get there?

Ages will never be absolute, a twelve year old may have the development of a fifteen or sixteen. In my opinion, by thirteen, they should have the ability to know what's safe and not safe on the internet. It's like the drinking age, some may be able to handle their liquor at seventeen or eighteen and some may never posses the ability to do so, but it's a good generalized number.

 

[Idea]

Ages will never be absolute, a twelve year old may have the development of a fifteen or sixteen. In my opinion, by thirteen, they should have the ability to know what's safe and not safe on the internet. It's like the drinking age, some may be able to handle their liquor at seventeen or eighteen and some may never posses the ability to do so, but it's a good generalized number.

Sure, but in this case, what makes you believe 13 is a good generalization number?

 

[Triangles]

I would YEET that computer so hard out the window if I was any of these kids. Shit I grew up watching the Ring and other scary movies as a child, but aint no way would I believe a video on YouTube telling me to YEET my parents or myself. Nobody is that gullible, and if so, those parents got some explaining to do.

 

[Jackstack]

Sure, but in this case, what makes you believe 13 is a good generalization number?

Because it's the age that I believe most kids are able to discern what's safe and not safe. And for full disclosure, I'm not coming from an angle of an expert.

 

[forsythia]

So, Something I've noticed is that often times, material is created in an animated format or is branched off or based on an animated film. There are lots of people who think that since the material is animated, it is only for kids. I've met people who think that way, it's dumb as all hell.

So my question is this; aside from Momo being injected into material for kids, are these other things like the Elsa Foot Surgery actually designed for children to see specifically? Or were they made to shock and entertain adults, but were found by kids who thought "OOoo, Elsa!"? (shit, now Let it Go is playing in my head and the foot surgery as well is actually tickling my sense of morbid humor)

My theory when it comes to material that adapts cartoons into adult forms of entertainment is that it's a two part major statement. Cartoons are not just for kids. just because it's drawn or simplistic animation, does not mean it belongs in the toy box. A really great example of this is Sausage Party. And with this in mind, a parent should check EVERYTHING before their child gets exposed to it.​

it comes down to who your target demographic is. i should've elaborated on that, as i never meant to imply that cartoons were just for children. in fact, i also get frustrated when people have that mentality - there's plenty of cartoons that aren't appropriate for children, but here's the thing: they weren't meant for children in the first place. the stuff like you mentioned obviously fits into that category, but the stuff i'm talking about doesn't.

the cartoons i was talking about specifically are youtube ones that advertise themselves as kid's shows and have a target demographic of young kids. like this. [quick note: this is a tame one for sure, and while none of the other ones weren't graphic, their content was questionable. there's many youtube videos like this that show some videos that have more questionable subject matter; those videos are either gone or age-restricted now, though you can still stumble across similar ones.] as for the games, most of them originate on websites who have a target demographic as children and they advertise themselves as such.

 

[Dragunov]

yeah, the kid's side of youtube is just weird in general. those cartoons you mentioned are weirdly common and i honestly can't begin to comprehend why people thought that kind of stuff was appropriate for young children since that's clearly their target demographic. seriously, who thought "mickey mouse baby dies in gas explosion" was a good idea for a kid's cartoon?

also yeah, those games like elsa foot surgery are just strange and gross. they're honestly the game equivalent of those strange kid's cartoons [albeit with less dark themes]. i don't get who makes these, but based off of how many of them there are, they must be making tons of money.

To be fair, we did have Happy Tree Friends back in 2005. Then again, that was actually entertaining and original.

 

[Triangles]

To be fair, we did have Happy Tree Friends back in 2005. Then again, that was actually entertaining and original.

Right? Where was the outrage from parents? I'll tell you why there was none, because we were smart enough not to mimic what we saw on television. I was able to play video games for a couple hours and then go ride my bike with my friends to 7/11 for slurpies. I was able to (and can currently) play GTA San Andreas murdering innocent bystanders without the urge to do it in real life.

Kids these days are force fed media by their parents, and then the parents wonder why their children are so corrupted by video games and stupid MOMO YouTube videos.

 

[Triangles]

Right? Where was the outrage from parents? I'll tell you why there was none, because we were smart enough not to mimic what we saw on television. I was able to play video games for a couple hours and then go ride my bike with my friends to 7/11 for slurpies. I was able to (and can currently) play GTA San Andreas murdering innocent bystanders without the urge to do it in real life.

Kids these days are force fed media by their parents, and then the parents wonder why their children are so corrupted by video games and stupid MOMO YouTube videos.

Garuntee you show a kid two girls one cup in todays world and they would cry saying they see soft served iceream in their nightmares. PFFFT soft.

 

[forsythia]

oh god hearing that happy tree friends came out in 2005 makes me feel old.

honestly, i don't get parents who think kids will mimic stuff from fiction; they're not idiots. they understand the difference between fiction and reality, and i have to question their parenting methods if their kid goes and hurts people because of a violent video game. [or really any other form of media.] if they think something isn't appropriate for their kid, they shouldn't be letting them play/watch/read it in the first place. especially stuff with an adult demographic; if you think your kid can handle that, it's fine, but if you don't, just don't let them get involved with it. they should take actual responsibility over their kid instead of blaming the content that they let their kid consume.

 

[AnimeGenork]

So I don't know if this is real
I don't know if it's a hoax
But it's messed up

And I am so proud that my sister doesn't have an iPad or iPhone and she SITS IN HER ROOM, READING HER ADORABLE PICTURE BOOKS AND MAKING LAME INTERRUPTING COW JOKES

I will say, though, that I am mildly disappointed in how much she loves Teen Titans Go!, but that's a separate issue

 

[anabiel]

Most sources are telling me this MoMo thing is entirely a hoax, that it never "organically" appeared or caused any trouble for any children, and it certainly has no mind control powers or anything. It was a creepy internet story à la Slenderman or dozens of other internet scare fads over the years.

However, my fear is that it'll go from a non-issue to an issue simply because people already think it's an issue. Once the idea's planted into the minds of edgy teenagers, the hoax could very easily become real. It'll still have zero mind control powers and wouldn't be capable of forcing kids to do anything they didn't already think themselves capable of doing, but I'm sure flashes of freaky things in the middle of children's videos could cause unnecessary discomfort, especially in younger kids.

 

[Church418]

Hate me all you want but there's a wonderful solution to this problem and it's called stop feeding your kids the damn iPad. So many parents are quick to throw kids in front of the TV or let them roam free on the computer, you think this is the worst thing they could come across? Parents are SO worried about this stupid thing but won't take their 7 YEAR OLD'S IPHONE and tablets away to play with their kids. I heard MOMO doesn't talk to your kids if they have a book in their hand instead of a tablet.

A lot of parents let the TV play in the great room during the day because eventually they do have to break away and cook dinner or do house work.
That's a nice ideal, but reality proves more challenging. You can't engage with your children all the time.
Plus, an image like momo only needs to appear on screen for 1 second for damage to be done. That's what's frightening to parents.

 

[Lord Food Person]

Fuckin hell mate. Dat’s mad crazy. There some truly Sickos out there man. I’ve seen dat thing before but I jus brush it off but I can’t imagine wut dat shit does to children yo. Thanks 4 da warnin.

 

[Dragunov]

Fuckin hell mate. Dat’s mad crazy. There some truly Sickos out there man. I’ve seen dat thing before but I jus brush it off but I can’t imagine wut dat shit does to children yo. Thanks 4 da warnin.

You have the thiccest profile pic I have ever seen man.

 

[Lord Food Person]

You have the thiccest profile pic I have ever seen man.

Ayyyyy......