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1. Have proof they’re a teenager first. More than just a picture, have a video call with them.

2. If you want to meet up with them, have your parents or a trusted adult come with you. Even if they are a proven teenager, its still good to have supervision in case any issues happen.

3. If you are talking to an adult, and they start being sexual in any way, you run the fuck away. It doesn’t matter if they’re 40 or 20. An adult inherently has a power dynamic that teenagers do not. And its up to the adult to act responsible about it. There’s exceptions of course, if you’re 16 and dating an 18 year old, that’s not a problem, we’re not talking about that.

4. Being in a server with adults or ran by adults is not inherently bad. Talking to adults is not inherently a problem, and will likely happen in any number of Discord servers. It is only an issue when they are acting sexual and show predatory behavior.

5. Look out for grooming behavior. It can be difficult, because at first it seems like innocuous behavior, like complimenting or giving gifts. Especially if you feel lonely and have low self esteem. And groomers actively target people like that.

If they start trying to isolate you, talk sexual with you, state they depend on you for emotional needs, blame you for their own actions, try to be secretive about the relationship- Then you need to talk to people you trust, block the perpetrator, and call the police on them.

this goes for anyone. be suspicious of dating a man with no friends who only talks about how shallow and stupid and violent other men are. be suspicious of dating a woman with no friends who can only talk about how all other women are catty bitches and abandon her. be suspicious of church group leaders who want to tell you that everyone outside your denomination is sinful. be suspicious of that cool older discord mod who won’t shut up about how many other adults are just sexual predators cruising for teenage prey. be suspicious of an online friend who always seems to be getting ‘attacked’ and needs you to back them up.

It’s all part of the Dragon Age experience ™

I saw this post by @bitchfeeet once and it has lived in my head rent free ever since

Dragon Age Origins: Why have I been in the deep roads for twelve years

Dragon Age 2: Why have I killed twelve different bandit leaders in this same warehouse

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ppl don’t like to imagine bi ppl coming to terms with being bi after identifying as gay bc they think that’s a downgrade lol. That’s why there’s like 100000 stories about cishets realizing they were bi and like 2 of gay ppl realizing they were bi.