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JJ1: "Don't you dare outsmart us!" - California

2026-07-05T06:50:47Z

"Don't you dare outsmart us!" - California

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	As of 2008<!--no more recent data found-->, California spent more money maintaining the sex offender registry than every other individual US state.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081231152817/http://www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/08-08_FAC_SORNACosts_JJ.pdf What will it cost states to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act?] - Justice Policy Institute</ref>		As of 2008<!--no more recent data found-->, California spent more money maintaining the sex offender registry than every other individual US state.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081231152817/http://www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/08-08_FAC_SORNACosts_JJ.pdf What will it cost states to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act?] - Justice Policy Institute</ref>

			To prevent people from "outsmarting" the legal system by traveling to a place with less strict age of consent laws for sexual activity that Californian law would not allow, California made it a crime to arrange a meeting with anyone under the arbitrary age of 18 for sexual activity, regardless of location. The legal code uses the terms "minor" and "child" synonymously.<ref>[https://archive.today/2026.07.05-063737/https://www.simmrinlawgroup.com/faqs/why-is-traveling-to-meet-a-minor-considered-a-crime-in-california/ Why Traveling to Meet a Minor Is a Crime Under California Law]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2026.07.05-064052/https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=288.4 California Code, PEN 288.4]</ref>

	== International impact ==		== International impact ==

JJ1: most populous state

2026-07-05T06:25:16Z

most populous state

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	The age of consent in California is 18 years with no exception for close-in-age sexual partners.<ref>[https://www.age-of-consent.info/california What is the California Legal Age of Consent in 2026?] - "The close-in-age rule in California (3 years) do not provide an exception nor provide any defense; it merely lowers the crime to a misdemeanor."</ref> It also is the first state to have had a [[sex offender registry]].<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/perspectives/mu-lowdown-10-times-americas-sex-offender-registry-was-used-with-lethal-effect Mu Lowdown: 10 times America's Sex Offender Registries were used with lethal effect] - ''"In the 1990s, America began to ramp up deployment of one of its great social experiments, one that began many decades previous in 1940s California."''</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2026.07.03-194637/https://oag.ca.gov/sex-offender-reg California Sex Offender Registry \| State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General] - ''"In 1947, California became the first state in the nation to enact a sex offender registration law that required offenders convicted of specified offenses to register with their local law enforcement agency."''</ref>		The age of consent in California is 18 years with no exception for close-in-age sexual partners.<ref>[https://www.age-of-consent.info/california What is the California Legal Age of Consent in 2026?] - "The close-in-age rule in California (3 years) do not provide an exception nor provide any defense; it merely lowers the crime to a misdemeanor."</ref> It also is the first state to have had a [[sex offender registry]].<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/perspectives/mu-lowdown-10-times-americas-sex-offender-registry-was-used-with-lethal-effect Mu Lowdown: 10 times America's Sex Offender Registries were used with lethal effect] - ''"In the 1990s, America began to ramp up deployment of one of its great social experiments, one that began many decades previous in 1940s California."''</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2026.07.03-194637/https://oag.ca.gov/sex-offender-reg California Sex Offender Registry \| State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General] - ''"In 1947, California became the first state in the nation to enact a sex offender registration law that required offenders convicted of specified offenses to register with their local law enforcement agency."''</ref>

			With 39 million inhabitants as of 2026, California is the most populous state.<ref>[https://worldpopulationreview.com/states US States - Ranking by Population 2026] - World Population Review</ref><ref>[https://factsinstitute.com/ranking/states-by-population/ US States by Population (2026 Rankings) - The Facts Institute]</ref>

	== Legal mine field ==		== Legal mine field ==

JJ1: redundant

2026-07-03T19:59:09Z

redundant

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	'''California''' is a state located at the western coast of the United States. It is ~~known for being~~ one of the regions with the strictest [[age of consent]] laws in the world and a business hub for multiple high-profile tech and social media enterprises.		'''California''' is a state located at the western coast of the United States. It is one of the regions with the strictest [[age of consent]] laws in the world and a business hub for multiple high-profile tech and social media enterprises.

	The age of consent in California is 18 years with no exception for close-in-age sexual partners.<ref>[https://www.age-of-consent.info/california What is the California Legal Age of Consent in 2026?] - "The close-in-age rule in California (3 years) do not provide an exception nor provide any defense; it merely lowers the crime to a misdemeanor."</ref> It also is the first state to have had a [[sex offender registry]].<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/perspectives/mu-lowdown-10-times-americas-sex-offender-registry-was-used-with-lethal-effect Mu Lowdown: 10 times America's Sex Offender Registries were used with lethal effect] - ''"In the 1990s, America began to ramp up deployment of one of its great social experiments, one that began many decades previous in 1940s California."''</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2026.07.03-194637/https://oag.ca.gov/sex-offender-reg California Sex Offender Registry \| State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General] - ''"In 1947, California became the first state in the nation to enact a sex offender registration law that required offenders convicted of specified offenses to register with their local law enforcement agency."''</ref>		The age of consent in California is 18 years with no exception for close-in-age sexual partners.<ref>[https://www.age-of-consent.info/california What is the California Legal Age of Consent in 2026?] - "The close-in-age rule in California (3 years) do not provide an exception nor provide any defense; it merely lowers the crime to a misdemeanor."</ref> It also is the first state to have had a [[sex offender registry]].<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/perspectives/mu-lowdown-10-times-americas-sex-offender-registry-was-used-with-lethal-effect Mu Lowdown: 10 times America's Sex Offender Registries were used with lethal effect] - ''"In the 1990s, America began to ramp up deployment of one of its great social experiments, one that began many decades previous in 1940s California."''</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2026.07.03-194637/https://oag.ca.gov/sex-offender-reg California Sex Offender Registry \| State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General] - ''"In 1947, California became the first state in the nation to enact a sex offender registration law that required offenders convicted of specified offenses to register with their local law enforcement agency."''</ref>

JJ1: Guess which state pioneered sex offender registries.

2026-07-03T19:55:35Z

Guess which state pioneered sex offender registries.

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	'''California''' is a state located at the western coast of the United States. It is known for being one of the regions with the strictest [[age of consent]] laws in the world and a business hub for multiple high-profile tech and social media enterprises.		'''California''' is a state located at the western coast of the United States. It is known for being one of the regions with the strictest [[age of consent]] laws in the world and a business hub for multiple high-profile tech and social media enterprises.

	The age of consent in California is 18 years with no exception for close-in-age sexual partners.<ref>[https://www.age-of-consent.info/california What is the California Legal Age of Consent in 2026?] - "The close-in-age rule in California (3 years) do not provide an exception nor provide any defense; it merely lowers the crime to a misdemeanor."</ref>		The age of consent in California is 18 years with no exception for close-in-age sexual partners.<ref>[https://www.age-of-consent.info/california What is the California Legal Age of Consent in 2026?] - "The close-in-age rule in California (3 years) do not provide an exception nor provide any defense; it merely lowers the crime to a misdemeanor."</ref> It also is the first state to have had a [[sex offender registry]].<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/perspectives/mu-lowdown-10-times-americas-sex-offender-registry-was-used-with-lethal-effect Mu Lowdown: 10 times America's Sex Offender Registries were used with lethal effect] - ''"In the 1990s, America began to ramp up deployment of one of its great social experiments, one that began many decades previous in 1940s California."''</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2026.07.03-194637/https://oag.ca.gov/sex-offender-reg California Sex Offender Registry \| State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General] - ''"In 1947, California became the first state in the nation to enact a sex offender registration law that required offenders convicted of specified offenses to register with their local law enforcement agency."''</ref>

	== Legal mine field ==		== Legal mine field ==

JJ1: romanticized by the music industry

2026-06-04T21:49:32Z

romanticized by the music industry

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	California was also the first state to pass operating system age verification into law, allowing any online service to query the age provided by the user. Here, "child protection" is used as a political trojan horse to get people to accept mass surveillance.<ref>[https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00000.html On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states - lists.debian.org]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adCMNAVBGSQ OS Age Verification: Millions Of Evil People With GPS In Your Kid's Pocket, Required By Law!] - Jody Bruchon<!-- Editor note: this is just a reference. I do not agree with Jody using the word "predator". --JJ1 --></ref>		California was also the first state to pass operating system age verification into law, allowing any online service to query the age provided by the user. Here, "child protection" is used as a political trojan horse to get people to accept mass surveillance.<ref>[https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00000.html On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states - lists.debian.org]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adCMNAVBGSQ OS Age Verification: Millions Of Evil People With GPS In Your Kid's Pocket, Required By Law!] - Jody Bruchon<!-- Editor note: this is just a reference. I do not agree with Jody using the word "predator". --JJ1 --></ref>

			Additionally, California is romanticized and sexualized by the music industry, a famous example being Katy Perry's song "California Gurls", which is filled with sexual references.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F57P9C4SAW4 Katy Perry - California Gurls (Official Music Video) ft. Snoop Dogg]</ref>
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JJ1: improved wording

2026-05-22T21:16:45Z

improved wording

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	This makes it a legal mine field for young adults to date and sleep with people at a similar age. There is a risk that one of the partners lies about their age, so people sometimes ask each other for government identification, which can become an unromantic formality.<ref>[https://archive.today/2025.07.01-011740/https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/8ol8d8/should_you_ask_to_see_a_girls_id_before_sleeping/ Should you ask to see a girls ID before sleeping with her? : NoStupidQuestions] - Reddit</ref>		This makes it a legal mine field for young adults to date and sleep with people at a similar age. There is a risk that one of the partners lies about their age, so people sometimes ask each other for government identification, which can become an unromantic formality.<ref>[https://archive.today/2025.07.01-011740/https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/8ol8d8/should_you_ask_to_see_a_girls_id_before_sleeping/ Should you ask to see a girls ID before sleeping with her? : NoStupidQuestions] - Reddit</ref>

	As of 2008<!--no more recent data found-->, California ~~was the US state that~~ spent ~~the most~~ money maintaining the sex offender registry.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081231152817/http://www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/08-08_FAC_SORNACosts_JJ.pdf What will it cost states to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act?] - Justice Policy Institute</ref>		As of 2008<!--no more recent data found-->, California spent more money maintaining the sex offender registry than every other individual US state.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081231152817/http://www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/08-08_FAC_SORNACosts_JJ.pdf What will it cost states to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act?] - Justice Policy Institute</ref>

	== International impact ==		== International impact ==

JJ1: Expenses for maintaining the sex offender registry.

2026-05-22T21:16:11Z

Expenses for maintaining the sex offender registry.

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	This makes it a legal mine field for young adults to date and sleep with people at a similar age. There is a risk that one of the partners lies about their age, so people sometimes ask each other for government identification, which can become an unromantic formality.<ref>[https://archive.today/2025.07.01-011740/https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/8ol8d8/should_you_ask_to_see_a_girls_id_before_sleeping/ Should you ask to see a girls ID before sleeping with her? : NoStupidQuestions] - Reddit</ref>		This makes it a legal mine field for young adults to date and sleep with people at a similar age. There is a risk that one of the partners lies about their age, so people sometimes ask each other for government identification, which can become an unromantic formality.<ref>[https://archive.today/2025.07.01-011740/https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/8ol8d8/should_you_ask_to_see_a_girls_id_before_sleeping/ Should you ask to see a girls ID before sleeping with her? : NoStupidQuestions] - Reddit</ref>

			As of 2008<!--no more recent data found-->, California was the US state that spent the most money maintaining the sex offender registry.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081231152817/http://www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/08-08_FAC_SORNACosts_JJ.pdf What will it cost states to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act?] - Justice Policy Institute</ref>

	== International impact ==		== International impact ==

JJ1: /* International impact */ +1

2026-04-08T07:18:38Z

International impact: +1

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	== International impact ==		== International impact ==
	Californian culture and law reaches out internationally, given that all large social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Snapchat, Pinterest), the most widely used knowledge services and digital libraries (Google, Wikipedia, OpenAI, the Internet Archive), as well as other influential technology entities behind ~~the~~ products almost everyone uses in their day-to-day lives (Apple, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, GitHub, and the Linux Foundation) are all headquartered there.		Californian culture and law reaches out internationally, given that all large social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Snapchat, Pinterest), the most widely used knowledge services and digital libraries (Google, Wikipedia, OpenAI, the Internet Archive), as well as other influential technology entities behind products almost everyone uses in their day-to-day lives (Apple, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, GitHub, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Linux Foundation) are all headquartered there.

	California was also the first state to pass operating system age verification into law, allowing any online service to query the age provided by the user. Here, "child protection" is used as a political trojan horse to get people to accept mass surveillance.<ref>[https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00000.html On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states - lists.debian.org]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adCMNAVBGSQ OS Age Verification: Millions Of Evil People With GPS In Your Kid's Pocket, Required By Law!] - Jody Bruchon<!-- Editor note: this is just a reference. I do not agree with Jody using the word "predator". --JJ1 --></ref>		California was also the first state to pass operating system age verification into law, allowing any online service to query the age provided by the user. Here, "child protection" is used as a political trojan horse to get people to accept mass surveillance.<ref>[https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00000.html On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states - lists.debian.org]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adCMNAVBGSQ OS Age Verification: Millions Of Evil People With GPS In Your Kid's Pocket, Required By Law!] - Jody Bruchon<!-- Editor note: this is just a reference. I do not agree with Jody using the word "predator". --JJ1 --></ref>

JJ1: /* International impact */ more big names

2026-04-08T05:46:22Z

International impact: more big names

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	== International impact ==		== International impact ==
	Californian culture reaches out internationally, given that all large social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit) ~~and also some other~~ widely used knowledge services ~~including~~ Google, Wikipedia, and ~~OpenAI~~ are headquartered there.		Californian culture and law reaches out internationally, given that all large social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Snapchat, Pinterest), the most widely used knowledge services and digital libraries (Google, Wikipedia, OpenAI, the Internet Archive), as well as other influential technology entities behind the products almost everyone uses in their day-to-day lives (Apple, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, GitHub, and the Linux Foundation) are all headquartered there.

	California was also the first state to pass operating system age verification into law, allowing any online service to query the age provided by the user. Here, "child protection" is used as a political trojan horse to get people to accept mass surveillance.<ref>[https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00000.html On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states - lists.debian.org]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adCMNAVBGSQ OS Age Verification: Millions Of Evil People With GPS In Your Kid's Pocket, Required By Law!] - Jody Bruchon<!-- Editor note: this is just a reference. I do not agree with Jody using the word "predator". --JJ1 --></ref>		California was also the first state to pass operating system age verification into law, allowing any online service to query the age provided by the user. Here, "child protection" is used as a political trojan horse to get people to accept mass surveillance.<ref>[https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00000.html On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states - lists.debian.org]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adCMNAVBGSQ OS Age Verification: Millions Of Evil People With GPS In Your Kid's Pocket, Required By Law!] - Jody Bruchon<!-- Editor note: this is just a reference. I do not agree with Jody using the word "predator". --JJ1 --></ref>

Jim Burton: /* Legal mine field */

2026-04-04T02:44:44Z

Legal mine field

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	Culturally, any attraction to a person below the social construct "age of majority" is strongly frowned upon, even if that person is physically mature and able to reproduce and looks physically indistinguishable from a slightly older legal adult, given that they are socially infantilized with the label of "minor" that is applied equally to both toddlers and mature teenagers.		Culturally, any attraction to a person below the social construct "age of majority" is strongly frowned upon, even if that person is physically mature and able to reproduce and looks physically indistinguishable from a slightly older legal adult, given that they are socially infantilized with the label of "minor" that is applied equally to both toddlers and mature teenagers.

	Even romantic relationships without intercourse between adults and teenagers are strongly discouraged in the United States.<ref>[https://archive.today/2025.08.28-095740/https://answers.justia.com/question/2019/05/29/can-a-minor-date-an-adult-without-any-se-693922 Can a minor date an adult without any sexual relationship and still be legal? - Nebraska Criminal Law Questions & Answers - Justia Ask A Lawyer]</ref> As usual in the United States, violators of sexuality-related laws are often publicly pillorized on a sex offender registry, no matter how minimal the violation was, for example intercourse with a person one day away from becoming a legal adult.		Even romantic relationships without intercourse between adults and teenagers are strongly discouraged in the United States.<ref>[https://archive.today/2025.08.28-095740/https://answers.justia.com/question/2019/05/29/can-a-minor-date-an-adult-without-any-se-693922 Can a minor date an adult without any sexual relationship and still be legal? - Nebraska Criminal Law Questions & Answers - Justia Ask A Lawyer]</ref> As usual in the United States, violators of sexuality-related laws are often publicly pillorized on a sex offender registry, no matter how minimal the violation was, for example intercourse with a person one day away from becoming a legal adult.<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/perspectives/lowdown-17-and-364-meme-real Mu Lowdown: The 17 & 364 meme is sadly rooted in reality...]</ref>

	This makes it a legal mine field for young adults to date and sleep with people at a similar age. There is a risk that one of the partners lies about their age, so people sometimes ask each other for government identification, which can become an unromantic formality.<ref>[https://archive.today/2025.07.01-011740/https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/8ol8d8/should_you_ask_to_see_a_girls_id_before_sleeping/ Should you ask to see a girls ID before sleeping with her? : NoStupidQuestions] - Reddit</ref>		This makes it a legal mine field for young adults to date and sleep with people at a similar age. There is a risk that one of the partners lies about their age, so people sometimes ask each other for government identification, which can become an unromantic formality.<ref>[https://archive.today/2025.07.01-011740/https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/8ol8d8/should_you_ask_to_see_a_girls_id_before_sleeping/ Should you ask to see a girls ID before sleeping with her? : NoStupidQuestions] - Reddit</ref>