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What is something that people think is dangerous but in reality is completely harmless? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No informed person I know takes the numbers seriously for ESRB. They often do look at the rating, but they don't consider the "17 and up" rating to actually mean 17 and up.

Even my own parents who honestly could barely understand video games still understood that the ratings were heavily inflated. I mean, I remember being I think 13 and my dad being like "you're finally old enough to watch an R rated movie with me if you'd like". Video games were similar. For my family, once I was about 13 or so, I was considered old enough for M (17+) rated games.