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Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton looking at a 'pedophilia' chatroom while on an airplane (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/usa@lemmy.ml
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[–] 18 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Is that just old-school IRC via a web ui?

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    HOLY SHIT: https://lifeline.chat/

    LifeLine is a real-time support chat for people who are attracted to children. Whether you're a boylover or a girllover, or someone who knows one, we're here to listen.

    This is like a pedo support group.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Maybe an inappropriate take but on a personal level there's something very depressing about finally being online enough to learn a url like this.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I really suspected it to be an IRC hosting service and the chat to be some hidden room on the server. Not for the entire domain to be dedicated to pedophiles.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I was about to comment that clicking that just clicking this link seems like a recipe to get someone sent to your door, but on second thought this guy's just doing it out in plain view so who knows

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    I was morbidly curious, but you don't have to peel back very much to see that the "support group" framing is kayfabe. A support group would be talking about therapy or coping mechanisms for their attraction, this forum appears to be reveling in it.

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