PutinsLeftNipple [she/her]
While I’m not entirely against pornography obviously, I do believe that the extreme nature of mainstream porn that is shoved in the faces of so many young men (and young boys) as soon they dive into the internet is extremely problematic. Nothing wrong with being kinky of course, but the fact that the first thing so many 9 year old boys see when they first google “boobs” is violent, degrading, and incest-themed porn troubles me deeply. The result is that, in their still developing prepubescent minds, they are being conditioned to be turned on by the degradation of and violence towards women. Ultimately, if they consume this kind of content consistently for the many years before they are sexually active, they will come to see violence, degradation, and incest as being synonymous with sex in their minds, and I really do believe that it will result in the direct increase in violence and sexual mistreatment towards women. Kinky sex is something that you should get into because you seek it out, because you are curious and have a genuine interest, not something children stumble upon by accident.
Additionally, I believe that the vast majority of porn on the internet is immoral in nature. If the porn isn’t hosted independently by the actors such that they are being paid directly by their viewers, there is no way to know that the actors are not being abused or financially exploited behind the screen. The model of “free” porn in general facilitates the theft of income from porn actors and actresses. Additionally, a significant portion of “amateur” videos hosted on sites are either revenge porn or just straight up SA. If you have no way of verifying that what you are viewing is not revenge porn or SA, then your porn viewing may very well be immoral, IMO. Of course, there will always be the small minority of folks who are just kinky and want to post their porn for free for general consumption, but this is vastly the atypical case. For reference, I am talking about hardcore videos posted on sites that do not verify their hosted content. The nature of softcore porn posted by individual users on reddit, for example, is somewhat different.
I don’t mean to be overly aggressive in this post, or to make anyone here feel like a terrible person over their porn habits. I just want to put this forward as its something I feel strongly about, and I hope that it may change the way you view your own porn consumption in a productive way. For reference, I am a woman who used to use porn but, since learning the truths of the industry, I cannot bring myself to watch mainstream “free” porn anymore.
damn i made this account yesterday and already have 360 comments. what a megathread does to a mf
Just made a new account. I used to be really active here in the earlier days of the site launch. My personal life was falling apart (mental health and sobriety) right around the time of the /r/vegancj debacle and I decided I needed to leave to focus on myself. I really have no clue about how long ago that was. In the last month or so I have finally been getting back into geopolitics and I really felt myself missing this place. I popped back in today to sus out the vibe and, as absolutely cheesy as it sounds, I realized just how much I missed the sense of community here. Figured I should make a new account since my old one had way too many personal details about myself anyway lol.
So anyway, what’s new libs? Anyone wanna explain to me any memed strugglesessions that I might have missed out on?
Also: I guess it must be fate, I didn’t realize today is hb’s birthday!
I love my mother dearly but she is the worlds biggest lib and will never stfu about jan 6
I’m back with a new account after a long hiatus from the community and I must say that I am thoroughly impressed with the quality of these bulletins! I also watch Alex Mercouris to keep up with geopolitics and ukraine, but the videos can be hard to keep up with and it is nice to see the information summarized here in written form. Hats off to @SeventyTwoTrillion for all the time and effort he puts into these bulletins, I greatly appreciate it!
that megathread was the best team building exercise ever
As I mentioned below, I’m back on a new account after a long hiatus since vcjgate. I have a few questions I wanna fire off:
- Has the site developed any bookclubs?
- What has membership growth been like since vcjgate?
- If/how has site policy/rules changed since vcjgate? I do NOT want to reopen this strugglesession, I’m just wondering if there were any big decisions made to avoid similar things from happening in the future.
A familiar face! I’m back on a new account after a long hiatus. I noticed that @MaybeNickCage is still kicking too. Missed ya’ll :meow-hug: