Get Your Pron Before The Ban...

[Bulletdog]

No joke, starting June 15, ebay will no longer allow the sale of any adult content. DVDs, books, magazines, toys, etc. They will be removing the Adult Only category from their site completely.

Well that is odd. This seems like something the repubs would do. I thought the lefties were all about no censorship and promoting any kind of societal depravity. I guess porn is too mainstream for them now? Too many white males like it, so they will ban it?

It’s almost inarguably one of the worst aspects of today’s society. It reduces sex drive, relationships, love, interpersonal skills, and interaction.

I’ll take my wife instead. If your circle of friends still doesn’t find anything objectionable to it you need new friends. It’s ruining men.

Disclaimer: I was a grunt in the mid 2000’s. I’ve watched years of it, I just woke up to the reality.

This is a load of nonsense. Speak for yourself. It does none of those things to me or anyone I know. I do take my wife daily, and there is nothing wrong with my sex drive. I wish there was a way to reduce it. It has been leading me astray since I was 5 years old FFS!

Not everybody has the same drive.

[Firefly]

I dunno. I probably had more sexual relations than I needed to as a younger man. Had I to do it over again, I probably would have tried to actually build a real relationship based on shared struggle.

Neither here nor there, very few porno people really have a happy ending. I do believe nude photography and paintings can be artistic. After all if we want to subscribe to a Judeo-Christian belief strata then we accept that we were made in a godly image and are therefore beautiful. I don’t mean be a complete lardass or dye your hair blue and get tattoos and all. But the human body is a very beautiful thing. Artists have made sculptures of it and drawings.

It can be a celebration of life. That said, while I don’t like the idea of someone else deciding what I can and cannot buy or see; I just don’t get all hooah over porn. If I unironically watch an 80s porn (that I certainly don’t pay for) it’s either to look at people before tattoos or razors, look at all the old set pieces, or 99% of the time to listen to the old soundtracks. There were literal synthesizer gods scoring tracks on them there skin flicks

[1168]

Dude, think about what you’re advocating for.

This is America, do whatever you want of it doesn’t hurt someone else, I’m simply suggesting it doesn’t help.

There are countless studies showing it(and countless rebuttals) but I’d still rather have sex with a woman and buy NODs or take a trip to hike the Bob Marshall Wilderness than spend my money collecting vintage naked pictures of dead people or masturbating to an unrealistic fantasy acted out by drug addled and often traumatized people.

Your position seems a little strict, but I don’t think you’re totally wrong. Something something dopamine, something something realistic standards. Something something realistic expectations on how sexually focused human interaction works.

Sex is much better than masturbation for both physical fitness and the type of fitness that involves neurotransmitters. I recommend polyamory to max situps and 2mr.

I’ll not be throwing any stones.

[utahjeepr]

So this seems like it is gonna have more impact on the "porn as art" or "porn as a valuable collectible" market than on the "porn as porn" market. It ain't like Czech porn distributors are marketing their latest product on Fleabay.

I know a guy who has a huge collection like Steyr describes. Betty Page, early bondage stuff. He has the tamer stuff displayed openly in his home. Not icky like but just kinda risque.

According to him it outperforms the stock market about 3:1 in terms of investment.

As far as porn for porns sake, meh. That's why they invented the internet.

[BoringGuy45]

I'm not going to sit here and advocate for porn, nor am I going to condemn anyone who looks at it, as I've succumbed to that temptation many times, and I do feel guilty about that. But there is so much I hate about the porn industry: Exploiting and demeaning women, incest fantasy, "barely legal" aka pedophile fantasy, and just the general message that sex should be almost completely separated from emotion and intimacy, and needs to be wild and kinky to be enjoyed. I also roll my eyes at any porn star who claims that she feels "empowered" by what she does. Yes, because getting gangbanged by a bunch of guys who are calling you a dirty little slut REALLY makes people think "Wow! That's a powerful, respectable woman there! She really looks like she's in charge of her life!"

Porn is like gambling: Some can handle it, and for some, it becomes a serious problem. I have seen many relationships ruined because of porn; some guys stop having sex with their partners altogether because they prefer jacking off to porn. It's easier: They can jack off while looking at an absolute smoke show woman with no sexual inhibitions. Even if a guy is with a drop dead gorgeous, uber horny partner, he still has to satisfy her when they have sex. He just has to satisfy himself when he's jerking off to a porn star. It is weird to think that a guy could get more pleasure from masturbation than actual sex, but when someone cheapens sex to have no purpose except to have an orgasm, it makes more sense. I guess it's tough to say whether porn caused this problem, or is simply a symptom of this problem.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Ah, thread makes more sense now that I realize Betty Page is different than Betty Boop.

[utahjeepr]

Ah, thread makes more sense now that I realize Betty Page is different than Betty Boop.

Now that's funny. Damn near spit coffee on my tablet.

[Esq.]

There are all kinds of Defective people in the world- and really, that's what we are talking about let's be honest.

People who can't handle porn are no different than those who can't handle their booze or other drugs, stuffing their Pie Holes with crap, or any other manner of Obsessive Compulsive behaviors...They are losers. "They can't help that they are addicts. Their brain is wired...blah, blah,".... whatever...I really don't give a shit.

In another time most of them would have been either killed off because they have poor impulse control or simply written off as "the worthless town drunk" and died face down in the gutter.... Darwin Rules and society is better for it.

So, I have nothing against porn, no more than I do against matches because Pyromaniacs like to watch the world burn.

[CPM]

To be clear, I didn’t invoke a religious belief. I didn’t say porn shouldn’t exist. I just think we’re smarter than to believe the theory that it’s simply benign fun for either the viewer or the performer.

The slightest amount of research that I’ve done has showed me with data, not my personal sample size of one or my feelings, that the risks and legitimate chemical changes outweigh the benefits- for me.

Live your life, but be honest and open minded when reviewing large scale, peer reviewed studies and the data they produce.

[Uni-Vibe]

Would you rather eat ice cream, or watch films of other people eating ice cream?