r/teenagers • u/NetNo504 • 3h ago
r/teenagers • u/YawnMcie • 15h ago
Mod [mod] Changes to media in comments
Hi friends!
We enabled images + GIFs in comments around 7 months ago which I’m sure a lot of you have enjoyed.
Since it’s clear that it’s a very popular addition, we’ll be keeping them for the foreseeable future. Though we are making a bit of changes effective today to help with clutter and safety:
- Users must now have a certain amount of karma to upload custom images/GIFs
GIFs from GIPHY aren’t affected by this, so those can be used without restrictions (other than what’s mentioned in change #2).
Like always, karma thresholds won’t be shared publicly to prevent bad actors gaming the system. It’s nothing egregious though.
- Media comments can no longer be made under posts of serious nature (flaired as Serious, Rant, or Political)
Media comments under serious posts typically lead to spam (trolls making light of a serious situation, or bad faith low effort arguments that involve ‘reaction images’). To keep these threads on topic and civil, media comments are no longer allowed under the above flairs. Flairs not listed are unaffected.
Authors (OP) are exempt from this, and thus can still make media comments under their own posts (should they need to add context and whatnot).
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I don’t think this should affect most of you at all. If you feel otherwise, leave your opinions either here or via modmail, thank you!!!
- [r/teenagers](r/teenagers) mod team
r/teenagers • u/Gavin_beast13 • May 03 '25
Mod [mod] REMINDER ABOUT WITCH HUNTING POSTS.
With a large influx recently of posts showing weird dms please remember that this is NOT allowed on the subreddit as it is against Reddit TOS to do witch hunting. Posting images of DM conversations will lead to you getting banned, even if the person in your DMS is being weird, its still not allowed. So instead please report weird people in your dms directly to Reddit so they can be banned because we cant do anything about it.
Also as a reminder we aren't doing this to protect the weirdos or because we are defending what they are doing, we are simply just enforcing Reddit TOS.
Have a great day/night!
-r/teenagers mod team
r/teenagers • u/Herzog_blender_69 • 16h ago
School Some dipshit just rear ended the school bus dawg 😭💔
Imma be here for a whole ass hour because everyone has to write their name and I don't even get to get picked up by my parents 🥀
r/teenagers • u/Sharp_Sniper • 6h ago
Relationship Yesterday was my birthday… Spoiler
…AND MY GF GIFTED ME A FRICKING TUNGSTEN CUBE :DD
r/teenagers • u/Myszoo • 6h ago
Serious I'm a minor and I'm being blackmailed with intimate pictures. I genuinely don't know what to do.
I'm writing this because I'm terrified, I haven't been able to think straight, and I need advice from people who have experience with situations like this.
I'm a minor from Poland, and I've ended up in a situation that I never imagined I would find myself in. I exchanged intimate pictures with someone online, and now those pictures are being used against me. I'm being threatened with having them sent to my friends and family.
The person threatening me is demanding $250 and has given me a deadline. They have my phone number and information about people I know. I don't know how much of what they're telling me is real, whether they actually intend to distribute the pictures, or whether they're just trying to scare me into paying. They have also made me question whether my phone is safe, although I have no proof that they have access to it.
I've already deleted my TikTok account because I panicked and wanted to protect myself. I don't have the money they're demanding, and even if I did, I don't know whether paying would actually make them stop or whether they would just demand more.
What makes this especially difficult is that I'm a minor, and the pictures are intimate. I'm absolutely terrified of telling an adult. The thought of my family finding out about the pictures is horrifying to me, and I'm scared of how they might react. I know people might say I should just tell my parents, but that doesn't feel simple or safe from my perspective.
I'm also struggling mentally with everything that's happening. I'm scared of losing the few people I have in my life, of being humiliated, and of never being able to move on if these pictures get shared. I know that might sound dramatic to someone who hasn't experienced this, but right now it feels like my entire future is at stake.
I want to make it clear that I'm not asking anyone to find or confront this person. I just need practical advice from people who understand online blackmail, especially when the victim is underage.
My questions are:
- Is paying ever a good idea, or does it usually lead to more demands?
- What should I do if the deadline passes and they actually send the pictures?
- How can I protect my friends and family from being contacted?
- How do I report this and get help as a minor without making the situation worse?
- Is there any realistic chance that they will leave me alone if I stop responding?
Please take this seriously. I'm genuinely frightened, I feel trapped, and I don't know what my next step should be. I need advice, not judgment. I already know I made a decision that I regret. I just want to get through this without losing everything that matters to me.
r/teenagers • u/Vast-Aside-6064 • 15h ago
Advice Does anyone have any advice? Please. I hate feeling bad and like this
As I lay in my bed right now i look at my chest. I would like to have boobs yet i do not have them. I feel like I have them but I don't have them. I want to be feminine. I want to be cute. I want to be female. I would like to have boobs and other stuff right now yet i realize I must wait. I dislike having to wait. I want to have them right now. I've even prayed to god to have them. I feel bad about not having them and I don't like feeling bad. I want boobs a lot
r/teenagers • u/CyanGod710 • 20h ago
Discussion Such an odd way to say "3 in 4 civilians killed in conflict in 2025 was a man or boy"
r/teenagers • u/Ha_youWishXD • 6h ago
Social Everyone is posting their firearms so here is mine
There is to many i dont feel like telling the name of the all so if you want to know ask but I will say number 6 I made 11 I made and 14 I also made
r/teenagers • u/MechanicExpress4113 • 4h ago
Discussion Was anybody else homophobic when they were young and then realized they were queer?
See, I myself absolutely hated the idea of being queer and everything surrounding it until i turned like 15 then i realized “well shit, im bi”. I never even noticed i had same sex attraction until like a few months before i turned 16.
r/teenagers • u/Any_Wasabi_5233 • 16h ago
School I’m taking the gender test rn, I hope I get a good one!
(this is a joke, it’s a test for my General Sociology class lol)
r/teenagers • u/Conscious_Address188 • 1h ago
Social what fictional character do you aspire to be?
mine is the christian grey (not the nsfw part)
r/teenagers • u/Conscious_Address188 • 5h ago
Social everyone is posting their firearms so heres mine 💔
r/teenagers • u/Conscious_Address188 • 2h ago
Meme this subreddit lowk like a school
cause we graduate when we turn 20 idk
r/teenagers • u/geekbars4life • 15h ago
Rant I’m starting to hate being Jewish
Every day I see more and more shit at my uni of people blaming the Jews for Isr4el’s actions and treating us with contempt on the basis that we are Jewish. People have said that the fraternity I am in is the worst one simply because we are a Jewish frat, we’ve been accused of being fascists for simply being a Jewish frat, I’ve heard people say Jews are the ugliest people, that because our drives for charity are run by Jews that people shouldn’t donate since we’ll just steal the money to fund Isr4el, that the blood of Palestinian children is on our hands because Isr4el and the Jews are the same, and that all Jews should leave our campus since our school is predominantly anti-Isr4el. IM SICK OF THIS SHIT. I DONT SUPPORT ISR4EL I CONDEMN THEM, SO DO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN OUR HILEL AND FRATERNITY BUT NOPE, EVERY JEW LIKES ISR4EL I GUESS. IM NOT AJ ISR4ELI IVE NEVER BEEN TO THE LEVANT AND YET IM SUPPOSED TO BE CULPABLE WITH THE GENOCIDAL BUTCHERS HALFWAY ACROSS THE PLANET. WHY IS ANTI JEW SENTIMENT SO FUCKING NORMALIZED?? WHY?? WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DESERVE YOUR HATRED AND PREJUDICE? BLAME THE ISR4ELI GOVERNMENT, NOT US. WE HAVE DONE NOTHING AND YET YOU ALL TREAT US AS IF WE ARE THE INCARNATE OF SATAN. BLAME THE ISR4ELI GOVERNMENT, NOT US, AND STOP ACTING AS IF EVERY JEW IS PRO ISR4EL, WE ARENT YOU RACIST PIECES OF SHIT.
r/teenagers • u/Life-Package-4013 • 3h ago
Advice Yo someone please tell me to go to sleep
It's about to be 5 in the morning 🥺✌️
r/teenagers • u/Ph4ntxmm • 17h ago
Social Ask a dutch person anything
I will answer in the morning
r/teenagers • u/SpiritualOstrich6885 • 6h ago
Discussion Why is everyone on this sub so afraid of the concept of sex
I like this sub, but every like 3 posts is the same variation of questions: ‘when is it right to have sex?’ ‘why are so many teenagers having sex?’ ‘People should wait until marriage’ ‘All teens care about now is sex’ and it’s so overdone. There’s SO MUCH MORE things to talk about than that.
WHO CARES. I’m 17 and haven’t had sex, but why do we treat it as a crime? Shaming teens for having sex isn’t gonna stop them from having it, and as long as it’s safe and consensual, I really don’t care. Talking about how much you despise sex to me is just as annoying as talking about how much you love sex. Like that’s really none of my concern, just have it when you’re ready.
r/teenagers • u/True_Champion_1470 • 1m ago
Advice I want boobs sooo badly!
This is literally an accurate depiction of me everyday. I wanna have boobs, and look at them, and feel them, and have to wear a bra, like all the other girls my age. But instead Im here completely flat chested, and not even able to start E. All I can do is imagine it to console myself. I just wanted to post this to scream into the ether and ask if you have any advice or can relate?