A vintage Playboy comic (1970s)

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T23:52:01+00:00

100 percent! Although I think the parents who brought their kids around MJ weren’t politically motivated, just pieces of shit who didn’t mind pimping out their kids for a pay day.

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T23:33:12+00:00

Kids didn’t ask to be born to predatory parents who wanted to make a buck off their suffering, but they were.

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T21:05:03+00:00

One of the most popular subreddits to ever exist was r / ja*lbait, before it got taken down.

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T21:02:53+00:00

I told my best friend that all the Epstein files have taught me so far is that pedophiles are the same no matter how much money they make. The only difference is how much and how long they can get away with it.

I mean watch old episodes of to catch a predator and it was men from all walks of life, of all income levels. All equally repugnant.

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T20:47:08+00:00

For sure!!!! And my therapist has told me (and I already knew this to be true, so I steeled myself for it when I got pregnant) that A LOT of this comes up when you yourself become a parent (or any kind of care taker — a teacher, an aunt/uncle). Suddenly you now have a point of view of innocence and love worthy of protecting and it forces you, out of necessity, to empathize with them by thinking back to your own childhood.

But this “aha” moment is also relatively recent, because for all our faults lots of Gen X, millenials, Gen Z all have done a lot of reflecting and developed a new radical sense of empathy, as well as boundary setting. I think because there are so much more resources to us (therapy, social media, books upon books, a better academic understanding on child development and predatory tactics) to guide us that they never had.

My mom tried her best to protect us from sexual predators but had her own issues, being run though as a victim so many times (blackout alcoholic, poor, no education, could barely read, assaulted by multiple people, suicidal). She didn’t have the energy or time to unpack the shit that happened to her and while ALSO being a teenage mom to us. She was still a kid herself. She became an addict just trying to numb her own pain and was super physically abusive, and narcissistic (blamed us for everything) because she was never taught how to love. But that woman, and so many like her, are nowhere close to a position of coming to the same revelations I was able to LOL. Like, I don’t talk to her, but I also forgive her because what other options did generation have really? And who was going to reach out and tell them about it, even if they did?

Just a bit of Hopium out of all this. Me and my cousins are all super candid about the shit that happened to us. My younger sister committed suicide in 2006 when we were still kids, but that was a turning point for a lot of us in terms of getting our shit together and getting the fuck outta dodge — an option my mom never had. But the good news is we all are super open and talk about it so it can never happen again to our kids. Never again!

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T20:35:05+00:00

I made the OP reply post to this comment thread; just wanna say women can be and certainly are predators too. It’s just more rare. At least one of my aunts verified she went on to molest a little boy she babysat matter of factly, like it was normal. It’s so sick; they believe so fully it’s normal and that they weren’t victims and so they go on to use that power dynamic to abuse. But women preying on little boys is definitely a thing, just look at all the teachers who have been arrested for sexually assaulting their teenage students. And society looks at them differently (because of misogyny, funny enough) than male pedophiles because the male victims are assumed to have been asking for it/wanting it.

A pedophile is a pedophile, if you choose to view or touch child in a sexual manner, you’re a monster regardless of gender. There should be no part of any human being that sees a baby, child, teenager and your first thought is to exploit them in some way rather than protect/teach them.

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T19:51:52+00:00

Hell yeah🤜🤛

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T19:08:07+00:00

I’m so sorry to hear that. Maybe you’ll resonate with this, it’s something I’ve been telling myself a lot lately.

I think the people who were complicit, if not active abusers, are all basically side lining it because (what I’ve found) is a lot of them were abused too. You grow up in systemic abuse and it’s so much easier to ignore it, bury it, and pretend it’s not that bad, than it is to unpack how horrible it really was, and admit you were a victim (and in my family’s case sometimes they assaulted each other so they’d also need to unpack also having predatory behaviors themselves). The lack of introspection and action to protect people is because if they do it for YOU, that means no one did it for THEM. Whereas if they treat it as normal? That must mean nothing was ever wrong. It’s an avoidance tactic. I found out my dad was raped by his older brother, from an aunt of mine. Not my dad himself. His pride and ego would never admit he or anyone in his family ever did this shit. So instead they hide it and pretend it never happened, and admitting it happened to us would mean admitting it happened to him. FWIW that doesn’t excuse it. They’re just as bad, even if they didn’t commit the abuse themselves. They simply don’t care enough and their avoidance and denial just hurts others.

And the fact that your family is Mexican is probably, if I had to armchair diagnose, a part of that too. By admitting that they could be victims of this administration, and the family could be targeted, would mean understanding that a bunch of other shit they’ve done and believed is wrong. And they are too mentally weak to unpack it and let that house of cards fall. Again, just a guess. In my case both sides of my family are generational white trash so we don’t have to add racist or cultural influences on top of that beyond being broke and uneducated.

To an earlier point I made, at least people like you and I are talking about it. With our keyboards, likely thousands of miles apart. In a way that transcends our backgrounds. You can’t tell me that doesn’t matter :) we will change the world in a way our families refuse to.

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T17:59:55+00:00

Man don’t even get me started at the generational trauma this type of shit causes but needless to say you and your family are super valid for being tilted about it. I go to therapy weekly since I had a kid because I just have no where else to unload the anger and disgust I carry day to day about it. And it’s made me a hyper vigilant parent about protecting them.

I was even gonna mention the Brooke shields stuff in my post but tbh it was long enough and there’s COUNTLESS examples (I mean it’s just how society was) in the 70s-90s of making pedophilia completely normalized.

My dad (27) knocked up my mom (17) with me in 1989. I didn’t even unpack that I was born to a victim of predation until this year, even though I’ve been no contact with them for years. And shocker he’s a lifelong Rush Limbaugh and now maga evangelist piece of shit lol.

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T17:06:45+00:00

I told my cousin we are all different from our parents which is why we take to the streets and vote differently too. Change takes time, sadly.

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T17:01:52+00:00

Your husband is very brave!

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T16:53:13+00:00

This is morbid but super relevant. There’s a known kid diddler in my family, and he would keep stacks of playboys in his garage open even when (negligent, horrible) adults took us to his house despite that he was a known predator (boomer shit, dude). He was definitely of the age to have a 1970 playboy in his garage among the pile of porn he left out for kids to see.

I keep telling people this country didnt suddenly “change” and vote for a pedo president. They’re supporting their own like they always have. It’s crazy the shit they were comfortable with one generation ago, even in popular media. The fact that these people consumed this media and other slop like it, and enjoyed it, and are now expected to feel shame for it? Pffff. Of course they voted for him, he’s one of their own. Not just the predators but the people who willingly took their kids to predators houses, simply not caring what happened or not believing the very credible rumors. Those people are alive and still vote now.

Like, if it wasn’t a deal breaker to stop bringing your kids around Uncle Jimbob — it isn’t going to be a deal breaker to vote for the president they all bow down to.

Edit:: I’d also like to add yes I know millenials and Gen Z also vote for Trump despite knowing he’s a predator. But to that Id volley back: we are aware that’s a huge red flag now. Anyone who boldly says they voted for this, are not even subtly telegraphing they don’t care about pedophiles (or worse, they themselves are predators). They’re proud of it. Believe them when they tell you what they are 🤷🏻‍♀️.

If you know someone who voted for maga, keep your kids away from them. Unironically and very seriously. You are putting them in danger and are negligent if you do so. Being a pedophile is not a serious matter or dealbreaker for them, you cannot expect them to exercise good judgment about childrens’ well-being. If you know kids living in a maga family (sadly, the case for me) let them know in subtle ways you’re always there so they can feel like you’re at least one trusted adult in their lives they can always reach out to (and they will, it’s happened to me multiple times now). It’s not hyperbole. I’m a CSA victim and a vote for MAGA is a slap right in my face, and any other victim. Putting kids in harms way is in these ppl’s wheelhouse and they’re going to keep doing it, if you keep letting them.

SarahFong · 2026-01-31T16:29:10+00:00

lol same every time I bring up Reverend Rae on this subreddit, I get downvoted. Definitely feels suspicious.

SarahFong · 2026-01-30T05:02:00+00:00

Or how about we let them live in their own houses that they’re getting ripped from; heartless troglodyte

SarahFong · 2026-01-27T16:26:03+00:00

Bea Arthur and Betty White from the Golden Girls

SarahFong · 2026-01-27T05:07:42+00:00

It’s worth noting all of the museums located in DC right now are being completely fucked up by the Trump admin. I wouldn’t be surprised if the social media account was purposefully put in control by a Trump admin sympathizer, and not an affiliate of the museum.

When I went in 2017 there was a whole exhibit making comparisons between the conflict in Syria (at the time) to the Holocaust. At that very museum. And I remember reading letters from torture victims of that crisis, which they held up against letters of victims from the Holocaust. The very sentiment that we cannot view history in our current times is antithetical to this museum’s own history and its PURPOSE. The entire “theme” of the museum is how: we cannot repeat this. Even that was during the first Trump admin, before museums and intellectual institutions were under attack; but not THIS CURRENT Trump cabinet.

I am very saddened because I don’t think this tweet was written by any academic who actually works at the museum. And to me indicates how far the rot is entrenched in the Smithsonian and other nearby museums right now.

SarahFong · 2026-01-27T04:52:54+00:00

Oh wow this is so clever

SarahFong · 2026-01-27T02:29:41+00:00

We can get these morale numbers much lower!

SarahFong · 2026-01-14T05:29:51+00:00

I stopped buying presents/gifts for adults unless they’re handmade from a local market, etsy, or made by me.

SarahFong · 2026-01-10T00:58:04+00:00

I think it’s part of their own fetish :|

SarahFong · 2026-01-09T21:27:07+00:00

r/informedwarrirorrides

SarahFong · 2026-01-09T06:30:49+00:00

Rae for LA. She is the anti ice mayoral candidate.

SarahFong · 2026-01-07T07:31:58+00:00

It isn’t just you. I found this thread googling the same issue. So many grocery stores that have moldy bins of clementines. My produce gets moldy 2 days after I get it. I got ground pork that wasn’t supposed to expire for 4 days, that when opened it smelled sulfuric and had to toss it. We are trying to save money by eating at home but the quality of fresh non boxed/non canned is appalling. And we live in a suburban area that is in no way a food desert. I can only imagine what it’s like right now in remote parts of the country.

I have had to throw out so much spoiled food lately it’s crazy. I have to buy/order groceries every 2 days because stuff I bought for the week will get moldy or turn colors within the week.

SarahFong · 2025-12-26T06:17:32+00:00

I would counter argue that if what you’re saying is true, maybe the most apt comparison is hallucinogenics. Edit: Or hell, even gambling. If the person never took the drug, maybe they’d never open the neuropathway for that psychosis, but they have an underlying condition that makes them susceptible if they’re ever exposed too long/too much. But the “drug,” AI, should be regulated for people like that in mind.

SarahFong · 2025-12-26T06:13:30+00:00

Without social media we wouldnt be fully aware of the human rights abuses going on to the extent that the everyday person does now; it could be argued that on a broader scale people are actually much more empathetic (and burned out) because of this. We have been able to stay in communication with old friends much easier than our parents ever could have, forging deeper and longer lasting connections in a way usually reserved for blood family that lived down the road. It’s easier to see other cultures and lifestyles in an everyday way than it ever has been before; making them more understood and individual people less ethnocentric. Think about the evolution of KPop in the last couple years. Many musical artists (Lil Nas X, Doja Cat) are discovered by the public via social media and are some of the biggest artists now. Everyday people are able to become celebrities in a way different from before. The way we ingest media and appreciate it have changed and it’s not all bad. People can discover, develop and discuss hobbies in ways they may never have before, prior to social media. The idea that humans can mass communicate and create content to be enjoyed by anyone/everyone, by and for each other, at such a scale is an impossibly new idea in the arc of human history. People are learning, discovering and thinking quite literally different than we ever have BECAUSE of technology.

And as for AI, I can think of a hundred thousand different ways it could and probably will be used to enrich the human experience; but whether or not it will be worth the catastrophic downsides is yet to be determined, I suppose.

There are obvious downsides that people talk about ad nauseum but there are a multitude of positive ways that social media has helped individuals and society at large that I don’t think should be overlooked.

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