>>536042720
wow...

This isn't about kids, and it isn't about safety. Every country seems to be passing the same law, all at once. And with a near 100% majority in their congress. This is clearly coordinated.

The fines for non-compliance are astronomical, like $20 million dollars, with no exceptions for small websites.

Punishment for non-compliance includes jailing the owners of websites. The age verification APIs are not free. It makes running a website significantly more expensive than the cost of a VPS. "Social Media" is defined so broadly that any forum or even a comment section is "social media" and requires age verification. "Adult Content" is defined so broadly it includes thoughts and opinions that have nothing to do with sexuality. Talking about world politics is "adult content". Talking about economic conditions is "adult content".

No one will be able to operate a website anymore unless they have a legal team, criminal defense indemnity for the owners, AI bots doing overzealous moderation, and millions of dollars for all of the compliance tools they need to run, not to mention the insurance they would need to carry to cover the inevitable data breach when the verification provider leaks everyone's faces and driver's licenses.

This will end all independent websites and online communities.

This will end most hosting companies.

Only fortune 500's will have websites.

This will reduce web developer jobs to only a few mega corps.

Why are trans women prejudiced against cis straight men who are kissless dateless handholdless virgins? It's not fair.

How do I cope with being a kissless dateless handholdless virgin at 29 years old, despite doing everything in my power to avoid this fate?

I am a 29 year old KDV. I come from a country (the UK) where adult virginity is extremely uncommon because people are so sexually open here. So, my situation is even more abnormal than it would be anywhere else in the world.

I spent all of my teenage years and my early 20s relentlessly self-improving. I had a wide and strong social circle towards the end of high school and throughout university. I kept myself in shape, groomed myself well, dressed well, and wore nice-smelling fragrances. I participated in various hobbies like theatre, debating and playing football (soccer), and was extremely socially active.

I would estimate between the ages of 16 to 25 I met 100s if not 1000s of single women, and yet not even one girl/woman ever showed any form of romantic interest in me.

Meanwhile, every single other man I have known (even those who WERE dateless virgins at 18) ended up getting a girlfriend or having casual sex at least a few times, and most of them did so without even trying. Even the short, ugly, fat, smelly, and/or autistic guys I knew managed to do it with ease.

I truly don't know what is wrong with me. By all logic, I should have been able to get at least ONE date or ONE kiss or ONE girlfriend in my lifetime. Even the most embarrassing guys usually have a story of a girl they dated for a brief time in their youth, but I have nothing.

Whenever I've brought this story up to people, they tell me that I'm a "good looking guy" and "could get a GF easily", even women tell me this. But it just never happened for me. What did I do wrong, guys?

>tfw i want to play Horizon Forbidden West, Dragon's Dogma 2, Remnant 2, Lords of the Fallen (2013), STALKER 2, WUCHANG, Cyberpunk 2077, BG3, Expedition 33, Rise of the Ronin and Atomic Heart
>can't because PC is too weak

Lies of P and will start FarCry5
i need money to upgrade my PC...

>still on "find Astral Shrines"
>still need to say to Ulalaka i love her but at least she is bond LVL10

>lost all the will to continue

the combat is a fucking boring ass disgrace and this is killing me. also i kinda want to improve my bond with all the gods and at least with my party members, but it takes time and upgrading gear for my team is fucking useless because they don't do damage, even though they don't need to, but, it feels pointless and lame.