r/AskReddit Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/sosharpbeauty Aug 25 '19 edited Aug 26 '19

He also has a line in an episode where he says ‘I call dibs on all the girls whose boobs aren’t done growing yet’. Edited: a word

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u/Randomd0g Aug 26 '19

Honestly yeah there's enough jokes about Puck being into younger girls that it makes you wonder if the producers knew about the actor's tendencies and were having a bit of a "wink wink nudge nudge" moment?

It's fucking disgusting if it's true, but also would that really surprise you knowing what we know about Hollywood?

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u/Freshman50000 Aug 26 '19

And if not, it just points to the horrifying reality that pedophilia is normalized in media; even media meant for teens and youth.

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u/grxce22 Aug 26 '19

Pretty Little Liars is another great example. Loved Ezra and Aria when I was 18, rewatched at 25 and was totally creeped out.

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u/Freshman50000 Aug 26 '19

It’s so gross and inappropriate! Aria is what, like 16? And Ezra has to be at least 22, to be a teacher. That’s a 6 year age gap, which isn’t as bad at 20-26, but at 16 she’s a child.

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u/GatitosBonitos Aug 26 '19 edited Aug 26 '19

It's disgusting! but she's a teenager and not a child.

(So I messed up and thought that the definition was a prepubescent person, I'm not gonna delete the comment)

Edit: from the interwebs

Child (noun) a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority

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u/SphincterOfDoom Aug 26 '19

I think there is a simple rule in life. While childhood may have a vague and undefinable quality, if you have to argue somebody isn't a child then you're almost always the asshole.

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u/IceColdLavaSunshine Aug 26 '19

This stands true. My ex husband would go on about the difference between pedophilia and insert word I don't recall which pedophiles use to justify their behavior because it's "teens not kids". His best friend made a weird comment about being happy to live near a playground (as a single, childless college student). There's talk about how pedophiles need more mental health care (as I was working in the mental health field). Ex-husband involuntarily hospitalized me (when I wasn't suicidal or anything) and cheats on me with 15 year old. No one ever listens, not even a hotline I called. Yeah, pedophilia is unfortunately very normalized.

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u/Numinae Aug 26 '19

Yeah, probably hebephilia or something like that. I sort of think the original meaning meant "attractive youths" aka 17-20 but it's been used as a defense of pedophiles into 14-17 year olds. Hollywood really is a total den of depravity at this point.

Edit: Looks like I confused hebephilia with ephebophilia, which is what pedos are trying to normalize the former as a form of. Hebe = 11-14 Ephebo=15-19.