r/teenagers Jun 16 '25

Mod [mod] Reminder of NSFW rules.

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Hey all,

I hope everyone is well! My name is Josh and I'm the community director of r/teenagers. I've been a mod of the community of well over 2 years now, and combating predatory concerns has been an absolute must and a top priority from my time here. We are constantly finding new ways to reduce, and hopefully eradicate predation from not just our community, but a much wider picture than that.

Keeping the users of this community is imperative in ensuring a healthy, safe but enjoyable place where teenagers from 13-19 can feel safe in a welcoming environment with no vulnerability. Since I came in, predation has significantly reduced- and before my time is up we'll constantly be finding new ways- even after my time has ended. For example, we recently developed a new bot, Osprey, working within the discord server that flags any potentially harmful content.

Enough rambling (shut up josh- we've heard this before, you may be saying).

I'm writing this as to create a megathread for the community, as a general reminder of NSFW rules, due to a recent uptick in submissions of this nature. Before I continue, I must just put a disclaimer in the fact that NSFW submissions have always been a tricky thing to handle within r/teenagers. Many a conversation internally has been taken of outright removing all NSFW submissions- however this would be implosive within the community. We believe that discussion of strictly serious and non-anecdotal sexual education topics is incredibly healthy to discuss within the specific teenage demographic. It allows positive conversation about topics that may be uncomfortable to speak about with an adult- although that is 100% always promoted.

Within this has tricky boundaries. As I've said previously, we have extremely strict NSFW rules that mean that:

  1. Any topic discussed that has NSFW context must NEVER be anecdotal- it must always be a general discussion without personal relatedness within the conversation- even if its within the context of sex-education.

  2. All topics regarding NSFW content should always be treated in a mature fashion and the NSFW tag. Any unserious comments within an NSFW submission will be removed.

  3. Any stories regarding a fantasy character or anything of the likeness will also be removed.

Some people may believe these rules are too strict- however its absolutely imperative that the users of the community are kept safe from predation, and we have and will always ensure the safety of our users. We're just like you, every moderator is a teenager- we get it, people want to be silly, people want to make funny jokes- but when it comes to maintaining your cyber safety, we will always do everything in our power to ensure anything in our control keeps you safe- and you can do the same for your own benefit.

Thanks a bunch!

-Josh and the r/teenagers moderation team :)


r/teenagers 19h ago

Discussion Fr tho like why are so many immigrants racist

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8.1k Upvotes

So I'm Indian and some of my family in the US who are all first gen immigrants are all so racist and don't want immigrants coming in from other countries like why are you so hypocritical 😭😭😭


r/teenagers 1h ago

Other Comment your birthday, another redditor may remember to say happy birthday

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r/teenagers 17h ago

Social Why do gender wars exist?

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2.3k Upvotes

Really, every gender has a problem. Men: most suicidal rates. Woman: periods. Every gender has there pros and cons.


r/teenagers 14h ago

Serious 1 in 6 men will suffer sexual abuse and that’s only from reported cases

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1.3k Upvotes

they legally can’t even be rape victims in some countries too :/


r/teenagers 10h ago

Selfie Rate the glow up fellas

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462 Upvotes

About 1 year


r/teenagers 21h ago

Advice a 17 year old girlfriend asked me to be her boyfriend.. 😭😭

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4.0k Upvotes

hell i don’t know what to do!! i am 14 (almost 15) and should i deny or what?? i already had a girlfriend but we broke up a year ago..😭. i am scared to tell my parents…i mean the girl is nice but idk….


r/teenagers 1h ago

Discussion What time do u go to sleep?

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r/teenagers 1d ago

Advice My mother keeps insisting I wear this hoodie, cause she bought it

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7.6k Upvotes

I can't stand it, partially because it had something to do with a baby shower which was before I was born anyway

But mostly because it's AI slop, probably made in a sweatshop, and it's not even that warm or comfortable

Any reason I give is instantly shut down, per usual


r/teenagers 6h ago

Social u guys are so lovely <3

127 Upvotes

i wanna put y'all into a giant blender and churn out a bloody smoothie❤️


r/teenagers 15h ago

Rant I want to be trans, but will never be trans. (Image unrelated)

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421 Upvotes

So I feel like a girl. I've created this alternate personality that I got by sometimes (only online) and I just think that I wasn't ment to be a man. But Im not going to be trans for a few reasons:

  1. Its alot of work. There's alot of surgeries, which means traveling and pain, and also its juet not good enough. (Too much work for not enough reward.)

  2. Idk how my family will react. I think they'll be supportive, but it'll never be the same. I know for a fact my grandparents will never look at me the same again.

  3. Its alot of money. Obviously the surgeries, but then other things like, picking out new clothes, and getting the proper medication, and just stuff like that.

Anyway that was my rant, feel free to say whatever about it.


r/teenagers 16h ago

Meme Mostly people say women look better than men.

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491 Upvotes

r/teenagers 9h ago

Meme Anyone else like me?

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131 Upvotes

r/teenagers 6h ago

Gaming Undertale true pacifist completed. Literally the best ending in gaming

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62 Upvotes

r/teenagers 1d ago

Meme As a dude I can confirm this is true 😭

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2.0k Upvotes

Im lowk depressed lol


r/teenagers 1d ago

Discussion Why do boys do this

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I have never understood when boys will dare their friends to go up to a girl who they think is unattractive and say they like her for shits an giggles. Or when they come up to a girl and say "my friend over there likes you" and then their friends start shaking their head no or making gagging noises or saying "ew bro." It hurts a lot of girls feelings and just makes them insecure and unsure when someone expresses genuine feelings for them.

Do you boys genuinely find doing this entertaining and funny?


r/teenagers 14h ago

Music hiiii recommend me a song!!! 🗣🔥💯 i’ll give u one back that i think you’ll fw 🎀

261 Upvotes

woah


r/teenagers 7h ago

Discussion Is not having a laptop or computer at this age have been limiting?

59 Upvotes

At 17 I’m not allowed to have a laptop even if I finished highschool, only allowed use is Option 1: if I wake up at 7am. Option 2: get into online school. But both will have extra limit, having to sit meter away from my parent and showing screen to them at all times. The same parent who mistaken an art app for a game so he took away all my access to laptop. I just see how all my classmates and friends have unrestricted access and I feel it’s limiting me so much. I only have a phone to do everything. Quite annoying.


r/teenagers 2h ago

Meme Doomed Yuri/Yaoi

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24 Upvotes

r/teenagers 22h ago

Rant my coach told me to not call a gay student gay 😐

959 Upvotes

So i (bisexual girl) was in PE last week, and my (gay and out) friend was doing, objectively, gay things 💀 (like pretending to ride on sticks, and rizzing up boys 🥀) so i decided to say "hey, ___, that's kinda gay lol", obviously in a funny manner because he literally IS gay, right? well i guess my pe teacher didn't know that or didn't care, because he looked me dead in the eyes, and said, "don't use 'gay' in a derogatory way; that will be seen as homophobic" 💔 mb bro

(i love this teacher and mean no hate towards him, he is great. this post is just lighthearted cuz the moment was funny to me )


r/teenagers 13h ago

Meme Genuinely, who the hell is buying this for school 😭😭😭

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153 Upvotes

r/teenagers 6h ago

Rant i have SUCHH a fat crush on him 😣

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HE'S SOO HANDSOME I'M ACTUALLY TWEAKINGG 😭😭😭

he calls me pretty and beautiful and gorgeous and he said he loves my voice and spending time w me and HE SAID HE TOLD HIS BEST FRIEND ABOUT ME AND HOW CUTE AND SWEET I AMMMM UGHHH HES SO ADORABLE

his voice is so AWWWWW and he's so silly and sweet zjwhjddnsj

but like we're long distance/online and i'm gonna crash out i wanna kiss him so bad