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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] JTskulk@lemmy.world 86 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's just a synonym for libertarian.

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 21 points 1 day ago

That's so funny

[–] sober_monk@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] exocortex@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago

Dammit, we all think alike nowadays.... XD

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's a distinction some make, where pedophiles go for the kid kids, like prepubescent, where ephebophiles want the ones who have at least started puberty but are still kids.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 21 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Hold my beer, it's even more complicated

  • Infantophiles go for 0-5 (up until developed consciousness)
  • Pedophiles ~6-beginning of puberty
  • Hebephiles - going through puberty
  • Ephebophiles - after puberty but before adulthood
  • Teleiophiles - 18-late 30s
  • Mesophiles - 40s-60s
  • Gerontophiles - 70+

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronophilia

Don't ask me why I know, I just like getting to the grit of things.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I'm going to accuse some people of being Teleiophiles and Mesophiles.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 21 hours ago

Careful with the mesophile label, some microbiologists may start watching you with interest.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 22 hours ago

Okay, but then why did you laminate the legal statute so you could carry it in your wallet?

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

some

Never seen such a loaded some.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Actually it's sort of scientific consensus. Not that it matters much for casual conversation (do not fuck minors, what's so hard about that), but the distinction is real.

obligatory nerdy note that all those -philias refer to attraction, and not action; pedophile might not abuse children but still be pedophile; child abuser is not necessarily pedophile