ChatGPT and Deepseek said I should cut them off because friend 1, 2, 3 and 4 goto the pub with a 17 year old who’s turning 18 and the pub has something called skimpies which is bartenders in bikinis and stuff. They’ve been going there for months. Friend 4 is friends with someone who has slept with a 14 year old at 18 because he was drunk and drugged and she took advantage of that. He sees it as he was drugged and drunk and wasn’t really in control or something like that. I have other friends who are friends with a guy who is attracted to raven from teen titans and follows anime girl accounts and some of them look like lolli. I spoke to them about this and they’re unsure and waiting for him to do something really bad then they’ll unfriend him. Friend 4 will unfriend the rapist if he does it again because to him it confirms he was in control. My friends have known the 17 nearly 18 year old since high school. One of them is best friends with him. My friends are 19-20 btw. I live in Australia and the age of consent is 16 here. Is ChatGPT and Deepseek correct or are they overreacting? The points they make seem so valid and correct.

Edit: Why I Distanced Myself from My Friends I'm no longer friends with several people due to serious moral concerns I can't ignore anymore. Here's what led to that decision: • Four of them (aged 19-20) have been regularly going to a pub with a 17-year-old who only just turned 18. The pub has "skimpies" -bartenders dressed in lingerie or bikinis. • They've been going for months, meaning he was a minor in a sexualized adult environment. • They justify it by saying, "We're just catching up," or, "We don't care about the skimpies," but they still chose Thursday, the day skimpies are always there. It's morally off, even if technically legal under Australia's age of consent laws. One of those friends regularly hangs out with a guy who had sex with a 14-year-old while he was 18. • His excuse? He was drunk and drugged, and she "took advantage" of him. • My friend said he'd only stop being friends with him if it happens again-because then it proves it was intentional. That logic is terrifying. • Some of my other friends still hang out with someone who's sexually attracted to Raven from Teen Titans and follows anime accounts featuring characters that look like "lolli" girls (childlike). When I raised concerns, their attitude was, "If he does something bad, we'll cut him off." In other words-they're waiting for damage instead of acknowledging obvious red flags. • The 17-year-old they all hang out with is someone they've known since school, and one of them is still his best friend. That probably makes it easier for them to justify everything.

Where I Stand Now I used to think, "As long as nothing sexual happens, it's fine." But I see now that normalizing these environments, brushing off red flags, and staying silent is part of the problem. They didn't reflect. They doubled down. I realized: if I stayed close, l'd be quietly endorsing it. So I walked away.