It’s like watching a clown show. Maybe he should watch more porn and grow up.
“It sends a report to your accountability partner. My accountability partner right now is Jack, my son. He’s 17. So he and I get a report about all the things that are on our phones, all of our devices, once a week. If anything objectionable comes up, your accountability partner gets an immediate notice. I’m proud to tell ya, my son has got a clean slate.”
Am I just cynical that this sounds more like intentionally training your son to avoid a paper trail from “official” devices? He’s a 17 year old boy, he is almost definitely looking at porn.
I bet he is. He probably has found some ways to get around this monitoring system. This is just so damn stupid, how can you be so naive to think this would work?
I have a gut feeling that something really nasty is going to come out about this guy. I mean worse than we all think he already is.
I have the same gut feeling. People that behave so righteous usually are hiding something.
If you watch the video, it’s hilarious. He said you opt in, that him and his son Jack (the seen in photos, white son), are their accountability partners and one came up with middle age teachers talking as possible porn, too old. Lmao.
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yes
I’m too tired to decipher the meaning of that last part
I’m too tired to decipher the meaning of that last part
I guess that does sound confusing. He was sent something that was blurred and sounded suspicious. Mike unblurred it and it was 2 middle age women, teachers talking and then the video cuts off.
help me, stepteacher
🎶 bow chicka wow wow 🎶
I will refer you to my username on this one…
Man, what a weird fucking thing to do.
I cannot comprehend wanting to discuss something like this with any outward facing news agency…unless you are that painfully unaware of both the internet and ridicule.
Talk about having the blinders on for life.
Why do religious right people always have to make it so weird. Just share porn with your close friends like a semi-normal person, goddammit. Why does it always have to be their own children, christ. Have a normal chat and an AD chat, and don’t mix 'em.
Shit’s unhealthy, man.
What the actual fuck, and why would you say this publicly? People who morally abstain from porn are always the weirdest motherfuckers.
They all too often give of the vibes of “smells a stranger’s hair as they walk by.”
And given literally every photo of this dude gives me those “hugs a little bit too long for it to be not weird” vibes hand in hand with the other, this seems pretty on brand.
it’s because they have an intense interest in controlling sexual expression, which implies a large amount of interpersonal controlling instincts
If this guy gets busted for being a pedo, I wouldn’t be surprised. This guy is fuckin weird.
“It sends a report to your accountability partner. My accountability partner right now is Jack, my son. He’s 17.
So he’s sharing what kind of porn he looks at with a minor.
I’m sure the republicans will be very upset about that. Right?..
🤮
I wonder who Jack’s accountability partner is on his other phone. Hmmm
I am Jack’s accountability partner also his cold sweat and his total lack of surprise
I think the point here is to not look at porn becaue his son is then going to find out about it. “He’s sharing what kind of porn he looks at with a minor” is about as stupid take on this as that article is to begin with.
Reading books to kids in a costume is way too sexual, but automatically sending porn to your underage kid is not, got it.
That’s the jizz of it.
I’m sorry, but are we reading the same article? There’s no mention of anybody sending porn to anyone let alone about reading books to kids in a costume. You alright man?
My bad, my comment required not just reading this article, but having a basic understanding of current events, and that was clearly way too much to expect from you.
There’s no mention of anybody sending porn to anyone
“It sends a report to your accountability partner. My accountability partner right now is Jack, my son. He’s 17. So he and I get a report about all the things that are on our phones, all of our devices, once a week. If anything objectionable comes up, your accountability partner gets an immediate notice.”
So if he looks at anything “objectionable” (meaning porn), it sends it so his underage son.
let alone about reading books to kids in a costume
That part was about the conservative outrage about people in drag reading to kids. I was pointing out how drag is apparently too sexual for kids, but their fathers porn watching habits is not not.
I’m sorry my knowledge of internal politics of a country I don’t live in did not match your expectations. Controversy about people reading books to kids in drag indeed sounds really important though and definitely something I should have been aware of. This is totally a failure on my part.
So if he looks at anything “objectionable” (meaning porn), it sends it so his underage son.
Previously you said:
So he’s sharing what kind of porn he looks at with a minor.
Is he sending his son links to porn or is he not? You’re not being very cohesive here.
I’m sorry my knowledge of internal politics of a country I don’t live in did not match your expectations.
No problem. I just assumed that since you’re engaging in a debate about it, you know at least the basics about the current political situation.
Is he sending his son links to porn or is he not? You’re not being very cohesive here.
By looking at porn, the programs he installed on his and his sons devices shares it. It’s cohesive, you just need to thing about for more than 1 second.
Clearly it says a report is sent, not the actual content. I’m all with you but let’s not invent stuff
one of those sex reports, probably about the weather
yes
Arguing for involving your own son in the management of your porn habits, is that really the hill you want to die on?
“Let’s make a strawman of this dude calling out a strawman”
No but I really wish it was the hill this chuckle fuck would die on.
Won’t they think of the children?
They did think of the children when they asked themselves “who should keep me accountable for the porn I watch”.
I’m not sure how they got to that conclusion and I don’t want to know.
What makes you think Johnson isn’t “thinking” about the children when he uses a child to watch him watch porn?
Won’t they think of the children?
Oh they do.
Far too much and not in a healthy way.
It’s like watching a clown show.
I dislike the guy but I’m not going to kink shame him if he’s down to clown.
They might even jerk each other off to keep themselves pure, who knows.
Johnsons pulling each other’s Johnsons
🤮🤮🤮
I am happy with not knowing the porn consumption habits of my elected leaders as well as everyone else really.
How long is this weirdo going to have this position of power?
Now imagine how much classified information this shit service has from screen capping his shit all day.
That headline is… incredibly inaccurate. They’ve pledged to each other to avoid porn, and have software that throws an alarm (visible to each other) if they view it.
“Monitor Each Other’s Porn Intake” implies that they are seeking out porn and sharing it with each other, which is not what is happening here.
I think there are plenty of legitimate concerns here, but father and son sharing porn links is not one of them.
Also, I imagine young Mr. Johnson has at least 1 Android tablet or other burner device that is unknown to Dad.
No, what monitoring in this context means is to be made aware of each other’s porn INTAKE, or how much is being consumed and when, which the software is said to do. Nothing is suggesting they seek porn out to share content with each other, just that they are alerted when the other accesses porn.
I’d bet youre right about the alternative devices though.
In any other context, “monitoring intake” implies that the monitored party is consuming a quantity of the thing under discussion, and that the monitoring party is getting a report on what, when, and how much.
You wouldn’t say “monitoring food intake” about someone abstaining from food, or “monitoring alcohol intake” about someone maintaining sobriety. You’d probably say “fasting” or “avoiding alcohol”, or similar language. Such language should have been used here for clarity, IMO.
People on the thread are responding like they are reviewing each other’s porn, because the language encourages that misinterpretation.
I would say “monitoring food intake” means “making sure there isn’t too much”. One can infer through context that “too much” porn to conservative Christians would be “any” porn. Given the context of who the article is discussing, I did not assume they were sharing porn with each other. I have not seen any comments where this was assumed, as well.
making sure there isn’t too much
which implies that some amount is expected, that’s my only point.
Really seems like a good faith effort you’re making there, taking just the part in quotes and making like it was my whole argument.
I’m not sure why the quote is getting you bent out of shape. “monitoring X intake” implies that someone is taking in X (“intake”, definition 2 in Merriam Webster ), and it’s being measured & reported (“monitoring”). It doesn’t matter whether X is food or water or Youtube videos or porn.
It’s just the wrong word here. I’m not saying it’s history’s greatest crime, just a bad editorial decision that leads to confusion.
I want to be this high
“son, i’m going to be fasting from my big tiddy goth gf porn, care to help me out?”
Nope, still sounds fuckin weird my g
Yeah, I don’t really care if it’s none. “Hey son, I know we’re both going to be tempted to look at porn on the internet so I’m buying us an application that sends random screenshots from our computers to each other to ensure we don’t consume any. Please hold me accountable if you see any porn on there.”
Like no, that’s the most charitable and honest version I can think of and it’s still not something you should ask your kid to do. Even if the kid was 40, it’d still be fucking weird. Like you have a wife. Or presumably a church where they’d probably gladly help you with this.
But also why do you need this at all? The whole covenant eyes thing just as a concept concerns me. It’s like if teetotalers had random breathalyzers despite never having drank. AA isn’t that invasive and they’re already addicted. They’re acting not only like porn is the most addictive thing in the world, but like you’re inherently addicted to it for existing.
I just looked into the app being used here, called “covenant eyes” and it seems your interpretation of the phrase is actually more correct, unfortunately that makes the headline even less misleading. You are indeed able to see and review exactly what content was accessed that set off the alert.
If you watch the “How it works” intro video on their site it seems they are literally monitoring and reviewing each other’s porn intake.
I wouldn’t be shocked to find there’s something to the jokes.
Sexually repressed conservatives usually have freaking weird kinks.
Yeah seriously just be into pain like the rest of us
Sounds like a security issue now that he’s speaker
I mean when I read “monitoring each other’s porn intake” I assumed it meant “monitoring how much porn each other watches”. And considering who it was, I assumed that was for the sake of making sure that they didn’t watch any porn. I did not at any point think that they were sharing porn links with each other, because that’s generally not what monitoring someone’s intake means.
I assumed it meant they each keep tabs to make sure the other gets just enough porn each day but not too much.
Daaaaaaaaad you’ve exceeded your porn allowance for the day and it’s not even elevensies yet! 😠
Now this is the quality sarcasm that has disappeared from Reddit! Stay witty, mon ami!
Edit: this is my high way of saying, “LOL.” 🤣
I, uh… I made the same assumption, but unfortunately it wasn’t sarcastic. I imagined it being like two bros that have an alcohol problem but don’t “believe” in rehab (whatever that means), so they make a deal to check each other’s recycle bins and call each other out when they’re not keeping it under 3 a day.
Intake implies there is some consumption to begin with
Not necessarily, it can also involve monitoring if there IS intake in the first place.
“It sends a report to your accountability partner.
Depends on what is in that report. If it shows visited links. That would also make it pandering to a minor.
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No it’s not.
Maybe you can explain how the headline isn’t 100000000% accurate instead of confirming it’s completely accurate
Right, because making your son your porn accountability buddy is an extremely normal and healthy thing to do.
How dare this article make it sound like such a healthy and normal thing is somehow extremely weird and creepy!?!
It’s not like he had his wife holding him accountable for not looking at naked bodies online. That would be disgusting. No, like any upstanding citizen he wisely decided that he’d have it alert his son if temptation ever became too much and he looked at porn.
If only he had a parenting guide so that we could all learn to run a household in ways that will definitely not result in all the kids needing therapy down the road.
Right, because making your son your porn accountability buddy is an extremely normal and healthy thing to do.
It absolutely is NOT, and that was one of the several problematic aspects of this that is not resolved by addressing the confusing language.
Pretty sure the above post is sarcasm?
No, I think it’s completely and undoubtedly serious.
Sarcasm?
What’s that?
Nah, I didn’t read the headline thinking that they were sharing links with each other. It read to me like he and his son are holding each other accountable for how often they pleasure themselves with porn, and that’s incredibly fucking weird and inappropriate. While I think it’s generally a positive thing to be open and honest with your children, there is definitely a line. And this totally crosses that.
Yeah I was lucky enough to be raised by a sex positive mom. As a young child I called body parts by their names because they’re just body parts. Any questions I asked my mom got a truthful answer to the best of her knowledge and as appropriate as possible to my age. There was an understanding that if I was old enough to ask I was old enough to know. That was incredible for me. I have a healthy sex life in part because of this. I also don’t know anything about my mom’s sex life except for the time I found her copy of 50 shades, and the fact that my parents couldn’t stand each other for over a decade.
This is so much weirder and honestly depending on the son’s age it sounds like it could be adultification. A child shouldn’t be responsible for holding a parent accountable in general, but for this it’s just yikes
I did not interpret the headline that way.
Pretty sure they BOTH have a burning devices.
Also, everyone is reading this as some kind of creepy weird sharing kinks thing. Guaranteed this is just overbearing parenting 101. Anyone raised in or around extreme Christian groups reads this for what it is: child monitoring software and forcing your values on your kid.
I am sure your 17 year old signed up, wholly voluntarily, to not look at porn. I’m sure this wasn’t pitched as, “I’ll even do it too, and set it up so you get alerts for me!” Right as they took away a near adult’s ability to explore his sexuality.
You could have just said “Mr. Johnson,” and “the other.”
I think there are plenty of legitimate concerns here
Absolutely, Covenant Eyes is malware. Even worse, courts sometimes mandate it, eg in child custody cases. It’s commercialised spying from a business that has proven itselt not trustworthy.
100% this. it’s another arm of big religion. we have to defeat them
I’d put money down that the kid set it up and has certain sites unlisted.
I feel like the reason they’d have to make a pledge like this in the first place is because one or both of them already got caught watching porn.
The son is 17. If he’s not beating his meat regularly, something is wrong with him.
Or asexual. But that seems unlikely in this scenario.
