I’m sorry I’m I have a simple view of things, it’s like the matrix, the perfect world was rejected outright almost immediately. Fuck yeah I would love to live in a world without pain I just don’t think it’s feasible for the human condition or healthy for innovation or art or so many other things

I know and I’m a huge fan of Mike Myers but once I watch it I can’t un Watch it so it’s like I’m saving it for a bad day when I need to be cheered up. But you’re right tomorrow is not promised, I should make hay while the sun is out

Yes but pain and suffering can inspire people to do great things

Is that Mike Myers? I still haven’t seen so I married an ax murderer even though I own it

Yes it is. lol

Colonel Sanders

Hey glowie. No

Very cool Vlad, why are you acting like such a Russian troll. Or are you an old sundowning boomer

Ok

I figured you were wrong so I asked an AI and it confirmed what the people below you were saying, you really do seem to be talking straight out of your ass

Yes, it is technically possible to build an accurate, high-confidence age-verification system that does not compromise privacy in the traditional sense (i.e., no central database of IDs, no name/address/DOB stored by the site, no paper trail that can be subpoenaed or leaked). The core tool that makes this feasible is zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), specifically age-based ZK proofs.

How a privacy-preserving age check actually works in 2025

1. User proves age to a trusted credential issuer once
2. • Government digital ID (e.g., EU eIDAS wallet, some U.S. mobile driver’s licenses, Yoti, ID.me, etc.)
   • The issuer cryptographically signs a statement like “This private key belongs to someone born before 2007-11-27” without ever revealing the exact birthdate. User generates a zero-knowledge proof
3. • Using their phone or browser, they create a proof that says:
     “I have a valid credential signed by [Trusted Issuer] that confirms I am 18+ (or 21+).”
   • Nothing else is revealed: no name, no exact age, no birthdate, no issuer identity if you want to go fully anonymous. Website verifies the proof in <1 second
   • The site checks the cryptographic signature and that the policy (“18+”) is satisfied.
   • It learns literally nothing else about the person.

Real-world implementations that already exist or are in late-stage pilots (November 2025):

• Worldcoin’s World ID “age 18+” orb-verified credential + ZK proof
• Polygon ID / zkBridge systems used by some adult sites
• SpruceID + Ethereum Attestation Service kits
• Gitcoin Passport + ZK age attestations
• Proof-of-Humanity + age minimum circuits
• Yoti + ZK prototype (demoed 2024–2025)

Remaining practical hurdles (why it’s not universal yet)

• User has to have a compatible digital credential in the first place (adoption still <30% in most countries)
• Friction: first-time setup takes 2–10 minutes instead of 3 seconds
• Most adult sites don’t want to pay the (tiny) gas/verification fee or integrate the SDKs
• Regulatory gray zone in some jurisdictions that still mandate “know your customer” records

Bottom line
Technically: Yes, 100% possible today with zero-knowledge age proofs.
Practically: It exists, works, and is slowly rolling out, but the porn industry and most social platforms still prefer cheap/frictionless (but privacy-invasive) methods or just do nothing.

So the top reply in your screenshot (“you always need a middle man with too much information”) is outdated — cryptography has already solved the “middle man” problem. The real blocker now is deployment inertia, not theory.

Can I ask my the daily beast gets posted here so much, it seems like it’s just a advertising farm

Bro I’m not the one that wasted a shit load of water just to generate a stupid picture. Don’t be a weirdo

Cartlidge never heals buddy ask any teen now an adult with a ear piercing that they got and that they hated and that they took out if they still have a hole

It had Billy Bob Thornton in it, I’m sure you can find it out with that information, I can’t fucking remember either but it did start with the word TIN

I just looked it up it’s pushing tin

Yeah I thought that too but it turns out only the outside turned shitty

Nope it was that dead asshole Charlie Kirk

The Overton window has shifted so far that any candidate you’re thinking of is on the right, so what were you saying again.

I think wildly different. Getting rid of religion would mean people wouldn’t be getting primed when they were young to believe in stupid spirits and magical fucking thinking. Also the concentration of power in any power structure is just fucked it’s always going to invite unsavory characters

Bro, getting rid of religion with solve a fuck load of problems considering that people would not fucking use it to justify every goddamn thing they do that is immoral, step off weirdo, I’m not talking about murdering anybody holy shit. That is some textbook weird fucking projection my guy, what’s going on in your life that you have such a weird outlook on things

Louder for the people in the back. All religion needs to go. That bullshit is holding humanity back so much.

I chose to get on Twitter, I did it to myself, no apologies needed but thank you I appreciate the sentiment

Funny you should say that and I know that’s probably where it’s going to lead but I did use that fucking AI to fight back in some manner against a holocaust denial fuck bag who believed that the showers were just used for sanitation instead of gassing people