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Comment by kentm | original | Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance
[−]kentm · 2026-07-02 Thu 05:54 UTC · link
Not that I want my kids looking at porn or violent content, but I’m far more concerned about man-o-sphere influencers than that other stuff.
[−]pphysch · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:01 UTC · link
Manosphere content is toxic and harmful but the hyperviolence and desensitisation of the former should not be downplayed. That's where the mass shooters evidently come from.
[−]nearlyepic · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:16 UTC · link
> That's where the mass shooters evidently come from.

I mean, quite a few have come from proto-manosphere circles, too. Elliot Rodger comes to mind.

[−]Balinares · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:23 UTC · link
A hundred thousand furries consuming unfathomable amounts of porn without shooting up anyone kind of cast doubt about that point.
[−]sciencejerk · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:30 UTC · link
Who is talking about furries? But Tyler James Robinson and Benjamin Jeffrey Smith. I guess that's only 2/100k to your point?
[−]sciencejerk · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:14 UTC · link
I had to Google "man-o-sphere". Is it particularly more dangerous or toxic than other identity-based activist communities? Genuinely curious to know
[−]grey-area · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:34 UTC · link
Yes, a lot of it involves denigrating women and an entitled and very rigid attitude towards the male place in society (alphas etc).

This is incredibly toxic for young men growing up and the women they interact with.

Some of the more prominent proponents are actual pimps (the Tate brothers).