wait..... why is this just boys, and also cant we have all of that?
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Was going to comment something like imagine being GenZ and growing up with Mike Adriano and Trevor from GTA as your role models.
Actually as a millenial I remember spending my time getting Tommy Vercetti to use prostitutes in Vice City while the free porn sites were far less moderated and contained extremely questionable content.
Maybe these external influences are less of an issue if people realise they are "entertainment" and not reality. I could picture a kid who struggles to separate the two but they'd be a minority.
IMO parents/caregivers need to step up to ensure kids are raised properly but I think that's the main point Southgate is making.
As a fellow millennial and Vice City alumni I agree with you and Gareth Southgate.
But I also think that the quantity of time that kids are spending online and in front of screens is playing a bigger part than we recognise. We didn't have smartphone on us 24/7. And of course content producers have gotten better at making their stuff visually stimulating and addictive.
Funnily enough though, a few weeks ago I had some late night sessions playing GTA for the first time in about 15 years and noticed afterwards that I was driving faster and accelerating much hard in the car IRL!
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