context: lead dev was caught grooming children a few years ago and was kicked off the project. the new lead dev now got caught for the same thing and the whole community imploded and the remaining devs decided t axe the project

  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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    18 hours ago

    there is approximately that same % chance of them exploiting that power

    I think that’s a partially false equivalence. Acting on those feelings would require that you be OK with harming another person, and a child, no less. Most people aren’t. The overlap comes from the fact that the rich and powerful often are, because that’s how they got rich a powerful.

    But the same way a normal person can be attracted to adults, but have no desire to rape, most pedofiles will have no desire to hurt anyone. (That, not the law, is why I think it’s so rare).

    Not hurting anyone and respecting consent is the easiest thing ever. Have you ever be so horny you’d fail at those things? I haven’t. And I am a VERY horny person.

    Nothing about pedofilia changes that part of how human self-determination works.

    You only get the worst of the worst when the type of person that would rape, overlaps with pedofilia. The ones that act on it, DO choose. They are the literal worst among us.

    them being in the DMs of their favorite video game creators.

    THE most dangerous part of Roblox. The child dev studios led by adults are fucking horrifying. “Developers” becoming well-known Roblox game creators has given credibility to some absolutely horrible people to be around kids in ways that should never have been allowed.

    And Roblox basically enables it with their Roblox -> Private Discord integration.

    Because these child-labour powered “dev studios” is how they get their freaking games!

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      Yeah I admit my comment didn’t get into the nuance of “pedophile” versus “child sex predator” and thus has gaps to fill, but one can only spend so much time on the internet.

      Plus I’m used to Reddit (and other, more normie spaces) where making that distinction tends to bring on pedophile accusations.