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I love when completely innocent people say things like “no wrongdoing was acknowledged" and "no criminal charges have ever been brought against me". I was suspicious before, but if there were no criminal charges then who cares, right? Right?

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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

As someone who's never been into sexting... what's the difference between "leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate", and "actual sexting"?

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's not one. Sexting is very broad, it does not have to be pictures or direct references to boning. Any sexually-oriented text communication can be considered sexting.

[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Has this changed? It used to be that sexting was explicitly just referring to sending nudes and the surrounding horny conversation. If you're right, the definition has broadened to include flirting or locker room humor.

What should really happen is Dr Disrespect should release the DMs (after redacting any details of the minor) so we can stop speculating about how bad this is.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Locker room humor generally refers to talk between guys, which could have sexual undertones, but isn't normally something I'd think of as "sexually-oriented".

And flirting can range all the way from smiling long at someone at a cafe or calling them 'cutie' in conversation, to me spanking my s.o. as they walk by in a sexy outfit and telling them they're gonna get punished if they keep distracting me from work- so there's a huge range in there, some of which I'd definitely consider sexting, if texted to someone.

Frankly, I have zero sympathy for him, because it's very easy not to interact over direct message with fans at all, much less underage ones.

I've worked customer-interfacing jobs that required a high level of direct, personal relationship-building before (sometimes even *gasp* with people I found attractive!), and I never once felt compelled to take those communications into a private space, and there was never even a potential for those people to have been kids.

You don't "stumble into" private messages with a minor that "get out of hand".