The Supreme Court on June 27 upheld a Texas law requiring pornographic websites verify users are at least 18, in a case that pitted concerns about protecting minors against worries about violating the First Amendment rights of adults.

The court split 6-3 along ideologically grounds with the three liberal justices dissenting.

Eighteen other, largely conservative states have enacted similar laws in recent years as access toa growing cache of online pornography has exploded and the material has become more graphic.

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    12 hours ago

    I’m doing my part by buying pornographic magazines and distributing them at local schools. I tried handing out flash drives, but the kids had too much training against plugging in a drive of unknown origin to prevent against malware. Analog porn is also sorta retro, so that’s fun.

    /it’s a joke, stupid

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      12 hours ago

      Speaking of. Why aren’t you potheads flinging truckloads of seeds along the nation’s roads and highways?! We should be neck-deep in high-quality ditchweed at every corner by now!

      And another thing! How come I can’t get no Tang around here?

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        9 hours ago

        Because it’s not the 2000s anymore. Legal weed is already easily obtainable in over half the country, and no one wants to smoke ditchweed. We’ve all moved on to concentrates. Even if you still smoke buds, you can’t even find seeds in the bag anymore. These days you have to go out of your way to obtain them, and nobody is going to bother with that.

        There’s also the fact that stoner culture is dead. People have finally come to the realization that it’s possible to smoke weed without making it your entire personality. The whole stoner stereotype isn’t really a thing anymore. We’ve moved onto other things.

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            8 hours ago

            Huh? What was “harsh” about my comment? You asked a question—and as someone who smokes weed every day—I felt qualified to answer it, so I did. What is the issue? (edit: Is it because I speak in a straightforward, manner-of-fact way?)

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      9 hours ago

      God damn it, you had me up until the end. I was rooting for you at first, but now I’m just disappointed.