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One in five kids online is sexually solicited?
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Author:  Jello B. [ Sun May 21, 2006 6:35 am ]
Post subject:  One in five kids online is sexually solicited?
Somehow I think that these statistics are WAY off. I want to know if these claims can hold any water.
Author:  Cybernetic Teenybopper [ Sun May 21, 2006 7:00 am ]
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Nope, but I have been bullied online. Which is something different, I suppose. But never solicited. Though I do sometimes have suspicions about the motivations of this one fellow I know... But nobody here, so don't worry about having to sneak surreptiously around corners while weilding an aluminum baseball bat.
Author:  Dactyl [ Sun May 21, 2006 7:02 am ]
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No, and where did you get these statistics?
Author:  Jello B. [ Sun May 21, 2006 7:04 am ]
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Dactyl wrote:
No, and where did you get these statistics?

An ad that's on Myspace. And I think I saw it on TV, too.
Author:  Teh Ch8t [ Sun May 21, 2006 2:39 pm ]
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Nope. It's mostly in chat rooms, and MySpace.
Author:  ramrod [ Sun May 21, 2006 2:43 pm ]
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Teh Ch8t wrote:
Nope. It's mostly in chat rooms, and MySpace.
Forums are usually safer than chatrooms. With forums everyone knows everyone else, and you have to register. With most chatrooms, you can just go in without any registration. (Well, with things like AIM at least.)
Author:  Teh Ch8t [ Sun May 21, 2006 2:47 pm ]
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ramrod wrote:
Teh Ch8t wrote:
Nope. It's mostly in chat rooms, and MySpace.
Forums are usually safer than chatrooms. With forums everyone knows everyone else, and you have to register. With most chatrooms, you can just go in without any registration. (Well, with things like AIM at least.)


And with this forum you need proper grammar, which I'm sure they are not capable of. :p Also, this isn't one o' them HUGE forums with millions of members. And third of all, we're kind of clean.
Author:  Beyond the Grave [ Sun May 21, 2006 2:58 pm ]
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Didn't happen to me when I was a kidlet.
Author:  ramrod [ Sun May 21, 2006 3:23 pm ]
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Beyond the Grave wrote:
Didn't happen to me when I was a kidlet.
Of course, the internet was a much different thing back when we were 12 and 13 BTG. There was no MySpace back 8 years ago. Everything was Dial-up.
Author:  Beyond the Grave [ Sun May 21, 2006 3:26 pm ]
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ramrod wrote:
Beyond the Grave wrote:
Didn't happen to me when I was a kidlet.
Of course, the internet was a much different thing back when we were 12 and 13 BTG. There was no MySpace back 8 years ago. Everything was Dial-up.
It was still going on back then, it wasn't a bad as it now, but it ws there.
Author:  Badri3211 [ Sun May 21, 2006 4:34 pm ]
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No.
Author:  No Toppings [ Sun May 21, 2006 4:50 pm ]
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Nope.

I personally think they're bum stats...

I could be wrong though...
Author:  Hagurumon [ Sun May 21, 2006 5:10 pm ]
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Nope. You're safe as long as you know how to distinguish creepy "hey, u want sum candy???" people from "This is like, totally proper grammar" people. Which really isn't that hard at all. In fact, I've even given out my address before. ^_^
Author:  Acekirby [ Sun May 21, 2006 5:20 pm ]
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Not that I know of. I mean, I haven't gone to the park to meet someone who has candy for me that I met online...

Coincidentally, this is the reason my parents think chatrooms are the devil. Ah, well.

Hagurumon wrote:
In fact, I've even given out my address before. ^_^

Heh. Myrrh's given out like everything about her here.
Author:  Jello B. [ Sun May 21, 2006 5:56 pm ]
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Thanks to Myrrh's carelessness, I now have her Social Security Number!

...not that it'll be worth anything in a few years... :P

Let's see... Mandy, Myrrh, and Disk have my address, and I have Myrrh and Disk's adresses.
Author:  The Experimental Film [ Sun May 21, 2006 6:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Bah
Well, I live in Ace's bathtub.

(He just doesn't know it yet.)
Author:  Acekirby [ Sun May 21, 2006 6:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Bah
The Experimental Film wrote:
Well, I live in Ace's bathtub.

(He just doesn't know it yet.)

Keep in mind Fuhbuh and I live under your bed...
Author:  Hagurumon [ Sun May 21, 2006 6:14 pm ]
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Well, pretty much everyone knows my real last name (HINT: it's not Bate!), and I told Mandy my address once... although I don't live there anymore due to a dispute with my mom aboot her having me arrested... and if I had a phone number, I'd probably tell that to everyone, too. My mom and stepdad are Internet safety freaks, but luckily they don't really watch what I type very often. And when they do, I just minimize the window and pull up something else. But yeah, the 1 out of 5 ratio... that doesn't sound accurate.
Author:  Einoo T. Spork [ Sun May 21, 2006 7:22 pm ]
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No, never. That's because have I brains and some common sense. We all know that many more than one out of five people on the Internet have neither of those.
Author:  Cybernetic Teenybopper [ Sun May 21, 2006 8:33 pm ]
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Einoo T. Spork wrote:
No, never. That's because have I brains and some common sense. We all know that many more than one out of five people on the Internet have neither of those.


Ahem, bruddah. *peace sign*

Really, it begs the question. How is it that this place is all cool and clean-like and full of almost nothing but awesome people, while most sites are chock-ful of nothing but the lowest common denominator?
Author:  Einoo T. Spork [ Sun May 21, 2006 8:34 pm ]
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Cybernetic Teenybopper wrote:
Really, it begs the question. How is it that this place is all cool and clean-like and full of almost nothing but awesome people, while most sites are chock-ful of nothing but the lowest common denominator?


Because Homestar Runner fans are the coolest, friendliest people ever. :D
Author:  topofsm [ Sun May 21, 2006 9:00 pm ]
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Einoo T. Spork wrote:
Cybernetic Teenybopper wrote:
Really, it begs the question. How is it that this place is all cool and clean-like and full of almost nothing but awesome people, while most sites are chock-ful of nothing but the lowest common denominator?


Because Homestar Runner fans are the coolest, friendliest people ever. :D

We talk about Homestar Runner here?

Yeah, that esplains a lot. I haven't been solicited, sexually, verbally, or however ways you can.
Author:  Marshmallow Roast [ Sun May 21, 2006 9:38 pm ]
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I... have been actually. :blush: Before I came here, I used chatspeak and hung out in creepy chatrooms. I want to make sure nobody is as dumb as I was. I'm only so comfortable with giving out information to you guys because I trust you and I love you and we talk and communicate regularly.
Author:  Code J [ Sun May 21, 2006 9:44 pm ]
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Yeah, I have as well. Some creepy people find out my screenname and are pretty creepy about it. Usually I play their game and talk to them, and end up pwning them with some awesome comeback and then they go away. Or I block them.
It's also happened on MySpace once or twice but I just blocked them.
Author:  Dactyl [ Sun May 21, 2006 10:34 pm ]
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Well you two are safe here. *hug*
Author:  Jello B. [ Sun May 21, 2006 10:46 pm ]
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Dactyl wrote:
Well you two are safe here. *hug*

PEDOPHILE! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Author:  Dactyl [ Sun May 21, 2006 10:54 pm ]
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KIDS CAN'T BE PEDOPHILES, I'M ONLY 14![/list]
Author:  Jello B. [ Sun May 21, 2006 11:14 pm ]
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Dactyl wrote:
KIDS CAN'T BE PEDOPHILES, I'M ONLY 14!

ME TOO, BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM THINKING I'M A PEDOPHILE, EITHER!
Author:  ed 'lim' smilde [ Sun May 21, 2006 11:16 pm ]
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Those stats probably count, like, leching or something...
Author:  Jello B. [ Sun May 21, 2006 11:18 pm ]
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Solicit: Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently.

So I don't think leching counts.
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