I make content
..but on Newgrounds!
Age 18, Male
Student
Italy
Joined on 11/11/24
@Yatsufusa I know i know, what i mean is that it's sad that I've gotten to that point. Like yes, if someone asked or seen or even said a age that I wasn't i would try to be polite about it and correct it, but this is happened on multiple occasions.
(It has not just happened on newgrounds)
But what I'm getting at is that I never really wanted to have to explain to someone I'm a minor. It's kinda sad. Even though it's kinda my fault for not putting my age or that I'm a minor from the start
Why are blammers werid most of them have fetish art in there favs like Platz min Alex etc (besides animator and solarfiction) it’s werid there’s a low chance this is even connected to well anything but Why?
@KennysComiks To be 100% honest with you: I do not understand why it is uncomfortable for you to disclose your age - but since you seem uncomfortable about it, I can 'accept' it without pestering you about it. If that helps. ;)
The thing is, that most users on Newgrounds are adults. Some of us are old enough to have kids that are old enough for a Newgrounds-account. So our wish would be that our (teenage-)kids would be "safe" on NG and that we know how to interact with others without having to ask people's age all the time.
For example: I give a lot of medical advice - because I happen know a lot about human medicine. (And I always open with a part where I explain that I am not a medical professional.) Sometimes I assume that they are living in a country that does not have a very functional 'public health services'. Or that they are living on their own and cannot afford to see an 'actual' medical professional this month when they ask about these things.
I gave medical advice to 'you' the other day. When you suddenly said "my parents" I was a bit surprised, because I would think you would have asked your parents instead of "strangers from the internet". You might have had your reasons to not talk with them about it, but I could not factor that into my initial response - because I did not know. (I hope you're better now, btw.)
I'm not suggesting you should disclose every aspect of your life to strangers on the internet (_especially_ as a minor), but that was the kind of posts usually made by adults. Adults who might not want to disclose that they cannot afford proper medical examination but still want to know if they will cause permanent damage to their body if they wait a week or two before they see a doctor about this. And they cannot ask their friends because they are afraid of being looked down upon for "being poor".
Adults have it _rough_ sometimes...
So yeah... We try out best. But saying things as "There should be no need for disclosing a user's minor/adult-status" on a site mostly populated by adults isn't quite right either.
You are 'partially correct', though: If NSFW-topics come up, I even ask 'adults' "Hey, are you okay with discussing this?" or "Hey, can I send you a link to an "M"- or "A"-rated submission?" and wait for a reply before I start talking about it. So the thought that somebody could breach such a topic to a minor "by accident" seems 'pretty outlandish' to me.
@Glaceon09 I'd like to point out that "not liking certain submissions" and "appreciating unusual art" is not connected.
_Many_ regular users come to NG to see things that are not commonly found elsewhere. Because here you can find a rare overlap between "art", "naughty", and "looks good". ;)
And I'll also have you know that he same "blammers" mass-reported something _today_ that was too disgusting to even mention here. Do not dismiss the protection they grant to NG's community by "keeping watch".
@Yatsufusa I'm not uncomfortable with it, it just bothers me a little. (Which might sound weird) but when I did go to my parents about the medical things, they didn't believe me at all, and when I was taken to the doctors my mother answered everything for me, when alot of things weren't true and shushed me afterwards. So when I came to newgrounds for help on the topic, it felt way better knowing that it wasn't anything threatening. (Curse you google!)
And being the app having a massive population of all sorts of people, (races, gender, sexuality, opinions, etc) my parents are really conservative and Christian so they would obviously not approve of alot of things. So sadly I keep this app a secret, and kinda just fix things myself! Just show them perfect little me, and then I go on here to feel different and listened.
Hope this helps! And I absolutely love the fact your taking the time to type these responses :3
@KennysComiks well yatsu does know what to say, no matter how long, how short
@solarfiction yeah they get a smartie for being a smartie ( ﾟ∀ﾟ)
@solarfiction Yatsufusa doesn't know the 'meaning' of "short reply". It's a curse, really...
I wish I could condense what I had to say into short, _understandable_ sentences.
@KennysComiks This might be getting a bit intrusive, but for me 'as another adult' I am deeply worried that your mother lied to your family doctor. They have sworn a Hippocratic Oath for a reason. 'Doctor patient-confidentiality' is a thing that exists so you can tell your doctor everything.
The latter is protected by law in most civilized places, btw. If they tell someone they lose their license over here. I'd imagine its not much different over at your place - or that somebody would at least need a court-order. That will be some "fun homework" for you tonight if you're interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician%E2%80%93patient_privilege .
Also: Talk to your non-religious friends' parents every now and then. It does not have to be about 'that', just... Get an impression of what's "normal" and what is not.
Also: Don't get caught. In my experience, teenagers are terrible at lying and hiding things. Your parents may or may already know/suspect. ;)
As an 'on topic' example: When I said "I am Yatsufusa's complete lack of surprise." that was in part because it became foreseeable that AlexToolStudio had done 'something' he could get "exposed" for when a post about another user (who is now deleted) was made. ( https://skilledfella.newgrounds.com/news/post/1522444 ) I saw somebody's reply to him and could already sense what was going on there - without having to even read what AlexToolStudio said, because I have him blocked for over a year or something. He was (most likely) standing up for an abuser "so he would not have to face the music" when his misgivings/abuses where made public. Because that's how these things work in his mind: "Mob justice (as long as it's 'my' mob)", and "who has the highest numbers is right (as long as it's me)", and all that BS...
Full disclosure in regards to your parents: I have no issues with spiritual people, but I am not too fond of organized religion of any kind. But that is a topic for another day.
@Yatsufusa yeah I don't know. They are helping and whatever medicine I'm on helps alot. So I don't think it's too bad
Lolz
Yatsufusa
@KennysComiks Actually, I disagree with you on that one. It makes things easier for others to state whether you are a minor an adult. I put into my profile that I am an adult, so other users know that they can treat me as an adult. _Especially_ fellow adults.
You said it yourself: "I think the art and stupid post that's im a minor" ;)
More often than not others will have to make an estimation of what's the case. It's weird to start a conversation with "Hey, are you a minor or an adult?" because to some people (most of the time people from the US of A) that question implies sexual interest. If you do not _have_to_know_, you do not ask. You know... If you want somebody to create NSFW art for you, that would _obviously_ be a situation where you ask before you tell them about your 'fetish stuff'.
(For reference: To 'me' that question implies an interest in the other person's level of education and if I'm allowed to make references to topics that require the knowledge of where babies come from. I will not attempt to discuss topics such as 'radiation poisoning' or expect a minor to know a show that was made long before they were born. Or grasp the inner workings of the NG servers. Things of that nature.)
If somebody says nothing about their age on their NG-profile then I will estimate/judge their age by their words and deeds. And favorites. If somebody has favorite'd "A"-rated submissions or wrote reviews for them, I expect they are an adult. Similarly if somebody has drawn "A"-rated art. You will notice by now that that is a lot of work. I will not always put that work in. So I treat 'a lot' of people as minors. And from my experience with teenagers I can say, _the_second_ you are an adult, you will get very pissed at everybody who does not treat you as one.
If there was a mandatory "minor/adult" indicator for users, life on NG would be easier. And certain scumbags would have no "excuse". (Not that they have one 'currently'...)