Not to mention powered flight was invented in Ohio.

Because people were flying the fuck out as fast as they could, Ohio stepped up its game with other inventions: speeding tickets and stop lights.

It's no coincidence that cash registers, price sticker affixing machines and barcodes were all invented in Ohio too. You can try to leave, but you're gonna have to pay and it wont be easy. Ohio is also where vacuum cleaners and chewing gum were invented.

Think I'm being ridiculous? Just wait and see!

There's a variant of three-ring loose-leaf paper binders invented in Ohio. It's called a "Trapper Keeper". Think about it...

The inventions of Ohio tell a bleak, dystopian tale if one reads between the lines. Interesting that Ohio brought the world freon and leaded gasoline along with gas masks...

From what I've learned recently, those may not be safe options.

Best bet would be Mullvad, IMO.

This video summarizes it well though it is a bit of a shill. I've actually taken the time to validate the claims made here and haven't been able to refute them.

https://youtu.be/1opKW6X88og

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It may be small government but that's how they're winning.

https://kindbridge.com/online-pornography-age-verification-laws-by-state-map/

States with Active Age Verification Laws (25 Total)

• Alabama - HB 164
• Arizona - HB 2112 (effective May 2025)
• Arkansas - SB 66 (effective July 2023)
• Florida - HB 3 (effective January 2025)
• Georgia - SB 351 (effective July 1, 2025)
• Idaho - H 498 (effective July 2024)
• Indiana - SB 17/Act 17 (effective August 2024)
• Kansas - SB 394 (effective July 2024)
• Kentucky - Law passed
• Louisiana - HB 142 & HB 77 (first state, effective January 1, 2023)
• Mississippi - SB 2346
• Missouri - 15 CSR 60-18 (effective November 30, 2025)
• Montana - SB 544 (effective January 2024)
• Nebraska - LB 1092 (effective July 2024)
• North Carolina - HB 8
• North Dakota - HB 1561 (effective August 1, 2025)
• Ohio - HB 96 (effective September 30, 2025)
• Oklahoma - SB 1959 (effective November 2024)
• South Carolina - Law effective January 2025
• South Dakota - Law effective July 1, 2025
• Tennessee - Law effective January 2025
• Texas - HB 1181 & HB 18 (upheld by Supreme Court June 2025)
• Utah - SB 287
• Virginia - SB 1515
• Wyoming - Law effective July 1, 2025

States WITHOUT Age Verification Laws (25 Total)

• Alaska
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Iowa
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin

The best part is, Blue sky is complying in advance and this is preventing Free speech. https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/bluesky-rolls-out-age-verification-for-users-in-ohio/

It isn't just religious nutjobs.

"Porn addiction" is right up there with "seed oils will give you super diabetic cancer" in terms of the kind of stupidity that pervades both the left and the right. There is mass widespread vilification of masturbation and sexual health. Sometimes it is based on "God wants you to wear a hat and not masturbate". Sometimes it is based on the idea that pornography is inherently demeaning to women (there is definitely some fucked up shit out there, but the 00s/10s saw the rise of "chick porn" and onlyfans et al have continued along with the focus that porn can be good for more than just the dudes who want to see some hairy taint pounding away at an inflamed vag because ludes are cheaper than lube).

And basically no influencers are going to stand up for it. Partially because porn is inherently competition for them (time you spend rubbing one out is time that could otherwise be spent falling asleep to ishowspeed reruns). And partially because they don't want to be vilified as "gooners" for... supporting sexual health.

And yeah. Once the framework is in place it becomes REAL easy to extend it towards the real targets: LGBTQ+ content.

As an aside, a couple months back I saw a REALLY wild thread on reddit about how men should sit down to pee and make sure to blot any urine with toilet paper. At first I thought it was just a bit but then I saw people lose their god damned minds at some (presumably) guy who explained that if you just give it a quick shake after you finish you are looking at a few drops, at worst, in your underpants and that is nothing. Definitely give it a rinse if you are about to engage in sexual activity but you aren't going to "reek of piss" all day.

They went insane and insisted it is closer to an ounce. This led me down a rabbit hole of checking people's profiles (bursts of insomnia is fun) to see this is a regular argument and more or less coming to the conclusion that, at least for a good many of these people, it is not just a complete lack of hygiene. Which got me googling (actually asking chatgpt and then verifying once I knew what terms to search for) and you know what is associated with (medical term) leaky dick syndrome?

That's right. Weak (again, medical term) schlong muscles. And you know the best way to exercise that? That's right! Kegels and ejaculation!

The bay of pigs all over again, but sexier.

I 100% agree with you. Fuck those fucking fuckers.

I don't think people really know about it just yet because it was snuck in. Here's a link to a description of how it worked. https://sh.itjust.works/comment/21379500

Do you want the real answer or a pithy quip that's suitable for a retweet?

The zone has been so entirely flooded that I can't find Ohioans that know about this.

Also, Ohio's age verification law was tucked into House Bill 96, the state's two-year operating budget bill that was over 3,000 pages long (specifically 3,156 pages). The provision appears in Section 1349.10 of the budget bill, which was signed by Governor DeWine on June 30, 2025.

Unlike other states that passed age verification as standalone legislation, Ohio specifically "nestled" the age verification requirements into the state's operating budget rather than making it a bill in its own right.

So it's not a matter of it being "accepted". Those shitheels just slid it in under the radar.

Also, like that other person said, there are legitimately education challenges in Ohio.

In the late 90s, the way Ohio funds schools was found to be unconstitutional, that is according to the state constitution not the US Constitution, and that has yet to be fully rectified but that's a whole other fucking can of worms.

A level of gerrymandering that more or less makes you give up. Like, multiple constitutional amendments to stop gerrymandering but the legislature learned they could just run out the clock. This resulted in brain drain as progressive, liberal, and educated people left while conservatives flocked to a state with a purple economy and deepening red laws.

Lack of education