that’s a lack of imagination….
just because i can’t think of a great solution doesn’t mean there isn’t one.
off the top of my head, here’s a system without a centralized surveillance database:

1. porn site gives you a random token,
2. you then hash that with a time-stamp,
3. get the token signed by your government ID system (like a dmv),
4. return the signed hash.
5. the government only knows that you used age verification for something somewhere….

now the hard part is just explaining cryptographic signatures and hashes to people….
of course people could still give a kid a verified account, but at least it’s harder for them to access it, i don’t need perfection….

i think it should be a little harder for a child to watch anal prolapse fisting porn than “click yes if you’re of legal age”….
but… not a good excuse for creating a citizen surveillance database.

that’s not what gatekeeping is….
you don’t “gatekeep” qualifications and skills.
“you’re not really an artist because you were born rich” would be an example of gatekeeping.
“you’re not really a doctor because you didn’t graduate from medical school” is just the definition of a doctor.

because they succeeded in attaching castro-communism to democrats… also the democrats failed to talk to spanish speakers… also hispanic culture is in general especially opposed to the trans thing….
also the election was hacked and it’s easily proven

because they were refugees from cuba, and scammed into thinking democratic socialism was the same thing as an authoritarian dictatorship calling itself communism under Castro…
(cue the tankies telling me Cubaa was paradise and people came over on rafts just because)

they’re victims of a scam, not the people you should be angry with… you should be angry with the grifters that scammed them.

get 6 screens and watch them all simultaneously, no audio, just subtitles.

another example of: one of the best ways to teach children is to trick them.
try to force them to use linux and the terminal? booooring, hell no….
give them linux computers without games?
they’re 1337 haxors in two weeks… with skills that will help them for life….
especially if they ever get locked in a building with velociraptors….