• bassomitron@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Well, technically, they do, if the store selling said items has a policy following the listed age ratings.

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      1 year ago

      Pretty sure every kid in the 90s opened the black curtain at the rental shop to look at the back of the VHS.

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        1 year ago

        My wife used to work at a video store in the 90s. They would catch kids in the adult room all the time. You didn’t have to look at the back either. There was explicit porn right on the front of the box.

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      1 year ago

      No, they don’t. The private entities in question are the ESRB and MPAA.

      They’re run by the ESRB and MPAA respectively, neither of which are government entities.