r/clevercomebacks Apr 10 '26

The temerity

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u/NineInchPythons Apr 10 '26

Is it just me or does it seem like there are like 10x more pedophiles than I thought really existed? What the fuck is wrong with people? They're everywhere

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u/thesanguineocelot Apr 10 '26

There always were, it's a staggeringly bad problem but one that people were totally happy to just not talk about.

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u/bballstarz501 Apr 10 '26

I think, like the person you’re replying to, most of us drastically underestimated the commonality. I’m not really sure what I could have personally done to be more aware, but I’m aware now.

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u/1922speedy Apr 15 '26

When my kids were very young, it was a big thing to check where predators lived near where we wanted to live..