Why is he even allowed to compete?

[u/PrinceOfPunjabi]

[u/AmbroseMalachai]

What the hell. This is literally the kind of thing your parents thought would happen if you told people who you were online back in the early 2000's. This is nightmare fuel.

[u/mondrianna → u/AmbroseMalachai]

Our parents thought that because it was happening. As a person who grew up on the internet, people were very polarized by me openly stating I was 12 with some people saying “oh sorry I have to stop talking to you now bc I don’t feel comfortable being friends with a 12 yo” and the ones who stuck around all wanted to “date” me and see pictures of me naked.

[u/ZurgoMindsmasher → u/mondrianna]

Yea I remember people straight up blocking me in the early 2000s, or kicking me out of IRCs when they realized I was a minor at the time.

Reason was always the same: come back when you’re grown up/we don’t want to be creeps/please be careful Internet‘s a dangerous place

[u/RS994 → u/ZurgoMindsmasher]

The sad irony is that the people who do that, are the sort of people you actually want your kids to grow up around.

[u/darps → u/RS994]

Yea but if they didn't kick kids out, it would be a motivation for certain other people to join.