Porn: Classic or Dud?

"undeniably compelling."

yep. youd think it wouldnt be seeing as it seems to be so easily available now, but it still is. i wonder if there will come a point when porn reaches saturation point and people start to internally revolt against it.

yeah at some point masturbation will have to lose it's 'cool' image.

I'll quit once I've d/l'ed a terabyte...

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Off topic, probably, but I just saw John Stagliano's Fashionistas the Show in Vegas and it was pretty amazingly great. The porno it's based on is the only one I own, but the live show was a real work of art, and sexy without even nudity.

I think porn's waiting for an even bigger crossover--a great porn actor who can also act, and directors who actually want actors to act--but it hasn't happened yet. (Though Belladonna could maybe learn some chops.) Still, the Vegas show was some kind of crossover: Into dance and Cirque territory, but really funny, too. And obvioiusly not on the national hipster radar at all...

OMG there is a stage show of Fashionistas? MUST SEE.

Though I don't know how they'd fill in things like Bella getting fucked, and other fucking and sex and etc.

Bullshit, porn isn't crossing over, it's colonizing everything else. It doesn't need to cross over to the mainstream; the mainstream is crossing over to it.

And I'm suprised you never had a night out with yer friends where the one guy brought a dirty movie. I thought that was a pretty much universal experience.

I had that experience with Poison Ivy 2 and three other dudes in 9th grade. It wasn't even a straight up porno, which was kind of disappointing, but things did get heated, and about 3/4 through one of the dudes said "Uh, I have to go to the bathroom" and started laughing really hard, and then was away for about 10 minutes. I wish someone would have instructed us that we should have been drinking Busch Light and trying to make jokes the whole time, because watching it in near silence was really strange.

Well sheeeit

Tracer with a before-its-time Wire reference. Nice.

So I've quit porn. Partly because a lot of it is gross and makes sex seem unappealing, partly because I felt it was kind of numbing my sex drive and my imagination, and partly as a kind of experiment to see if it would improve my relationship. In the week since I quit (and told my wife I was quitting), we've had some of the most honest talks we've ever had and begun working on a lot of things we'd been avoiding. Whether that's correlation or causation I don't know. Anyone else ever try quitting?

:'( I've always enjoyed your scenes.

ha

Was this provoked by yr wife at all? What are her feelings about porn? Does she partake?

In the week since I quit (and told my wife I was quitting), we've had some of the most honest talks we've ever had and begun working on a lot of things we'd been avoiding.

How much porn were you consuming?

Yr post makes it seem like loads! Not that that would be bad, of course. Just wondering.

one of my bros did because his wife haaaaated it.

The policy at my house is essentially don't ask, don't tell, and be sure to cover your tracks.

lol clear history

HAHA!

I hate porn, it's boring and gross. Of course I watch it but still.

Although my favorite was when I was ctrl-F'ing an ILX thread for "anal cunt," and then the next day my girlfriend said there was something she wanted to talk to me about.

anal cunt?

haha

hah! did you have to show her on the internet how its a band

my friend's brother saw me reading kenan's "flaccid penis but hard at root" thread and was all O_O

Ctrl F thing is hysterical

I wish I had remained in the dark regarding Kenan's flacid penis post. :-(

I texted my friend offering him a blowjob if he would lend me his VB reference. Went to my brother-in-law by accident.

My penis is very root with me. What should I do?

when you clear your history it is 934754 times more obvious what you've been up to!

Hello.

xp Yeah, there's more to it than that.

I'll quit once I've d/l'ed a terabyte...

-- snoball, Sunday, 18 November 2007 14:38 (6 months ago) Bookmark Link

I've actually exceeded that now. I still d/l, but the desire to do so is waning.

safari has a porn specific feature called private browsing

private browsing!

love it!

haha wow

as a 12-14 y/o i mastered the art of selective history cleansing

i don't know, i'm not gonna check my history normally, but it's obvious when it just disappears. also i don't care as long as it's not something really lame.

i believe many girls would think standard porn is 'really lame'

Stuff like 'redhead shemale' searches are just amusing.

http://images.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/11/15/townsend/story.jpg
"its for research purposes"

What pr0n did you ditch exactly, Hurting?

a) 60s/70s sweet innocent (and hairy) porn
b) 90s/00s (eg. nowadays) porn which is bling/hardcore/plastic surgery/emotionless
c) youporn/redtube and the likes: amateur porn

If it's b), I can understand, totally. It's gross and a waste of time. As for a) and sometimes c) as well, it's not gross at all to me, but can be fun/arousing/interesting, stimulating the imagination more than killing it. Not just for me alone, it can be an interesting topic of discussion with my girl.
Do the good talks you've had with your partner after your decision include porn itself? Did you talk about this with him/her? Or was it the abandonment of porn that spawned a somewhat 'purified' feeling? Question being: is it, or was it ever, debatable?

also i don't care as long as it's not something really lame.

i want to know what qualifies as really lame

http://www.avclub.com/content/files/images/savage_11.jpg

haha yes

that a/b/c breakdown is totally otm.

also Hurting I congratulate you on your honesty.

Le Bateau Ivre, you missed out 80's porn.

I think the magazine I edited from 2000-2005 (yes, I was making pornography on 9/11) is still extant. But I haven't been in a Hudson News in a while so I'm not 100% sure.

"... They hate our freedom to splooge in the privacy of our homes, whenever we want."

https://action.aclu.org/petition/mastercard-sex-work-work-end-your-unjust-policy

That would mean not only sites like Reddit and Twitter would have to verify everyone’s age and identity, and expose visitors to government surveillance, but also sites like Wikipedia, eBay, Amazon and Google.

But consumers hate it, and it’s wildly expensive. So the end result pic.twitter.com/ezKyO4J91U

— Mike Stabile (@mikestabile) March 26, 2024

Gonna need some First Amendment cases to go the right way.

That tweet assumes that the value of Reddit/Twitter/etc. aren’t tied so heavily to porn that they’ll acquiesce and not fight back. Reddit just went public, the executives have a duty to shareholders keep it filled with boobs.

They all saw what happened to Tumblr.

first they came be(for)e the porn aficionados

Here's where AI can fill in the gap. "Chat GTPorn, gimme Trent Lott getting rimmed by Benito Mussolini."

I'm curious how successful even authoritarian states are at keeping out porn. Or maybe they don't really care, as long as it's not subversive. But, like, Iran must devote some effort to blocking porn, right?

(per some quick googling, yes, Iran is apparently quite good at keeping out porn)

the porn is coming from within the house