r/todayilearned • u/AhmedMostafa16 • 2d ago

TIL that in 18th century England, people would pay to attend Bedlam, a private lunatic asylum, to watch the mentally ill as entertainment

https://retrospectjournal.com/2024/03/24/bedlam-the-mental-asylum-that-became-londons-top-tourist-attraction/
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u/CleanishSlater 2d ago

How would you describe sexualised images of children?

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u/Stanford_experiencer 2d ago

We already have a way to categorize this- it's called the Dost test. The images on the deleted subreddit were largely stolen from social media and only considered distasteful in the context in which they were presented. A ton of the images on the subreddit were selfies.