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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Honestly, these laws are just gonna hurt old men in Republican states. Like, I grew up with piracy, torrents, and old school forums. These educated me on computers enough that I made a career out of it. And most of that computer knowledge was gained because I wanted to see big tittied women sit on each other's faces. These laws don't stop horny teens from accessing porn. It just makes them better at it.

And this is definitely not one of the cases of "oh it'll reduce numbers overall though". No the fuck it won't. It's porn. They're gonna access it. Literally every YouTuber they watch is sponsored by a VPN.

The only healthy thing to do is actually talking to your kids about porn. Educating them on its potential harms. But Republicans don't ever want to talk to their kids. Ironically, these "drain the swamp" people just want daddy government to "prevent" their kids from accessing it. Which these laws don't do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly, these laws are just gonna hurt old men in Republican states.

You know I think a lot more of their politics and general life outlook makes more sense when you understand that probably a lot of these super old guys are not computer literate enough to look up their niche fetishistic porn interests, and are probably still consuming porn the old fashioned way, which is becoming increasingly nonexistent even though it's still something that actually exists. Plus the propagation of morally puritanical values means that if they kept any of that material around at all, they'd be hypocrites, so they can't have that. Probably a lot of these dudes are walking around super pent up and sexually frustrated, I'd bet.

We need to introduce local community college and library courses to teach these elderly boomers how to goon

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I think your theory is partially correct. But I think it's just as likely they are gooners themselves. I feel like porn addiction (gooning) is more prolific which people that have reactionary beliefs. My theory is that their political leanings are a counter to their actual actions. I don't think the gooner needs "material" to goon to. I think in it's absence it will happen through a Macy's magazine etc.

It's similar almost to priest being the most common pedos. I think these types of conservative/reactionary ideologies just create sexual suppression that manifest in addictive behavior. This is not to say that all conservatives are pedos. But to say that those beliefs combined with sexual suppression often creat these extremes. Whether it be addiction to gooning (outside of their access to goon material) or otherwise.

Idk. I just think that it's an unhealthy relationship with sexuality that any generation can fall pray to. But it's happens more often based on the circumstances of each individual/generation. And it's why it seems to be so extreme in both boomers and recent generations. They both are experiencing extreme economic material conditions/contradictions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 36 minutes ago

It’s similar almost to priest being the most common pedos.

Pedos tend to aggregate around any job that will give them trusted or unrestricted access to children. The suppression you're talking about in this case isn't just from religion, but permeates all of society. Like, they can't even hypothetically leave the church and move somewhere more liberal where their desire for kid fucking isn't being suppressed. At least not until the weird libertarian crypto-bros who oppose age of consent manage to create such a place.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

These laws don’t stop horny teens from accessing porn. It just makes them better at it.

Exactly. And it punishes the responsible sites that follow the law and drives people to the sketchier sites that don't.

If you want more viruses and identity theft, I guess this is a good law for you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yep. If these red states actually cared about kids they'd care about proper sex education. But I think this stuff just proves that Republicans are afraid of sex. They had an awkward conversation about it with their dad once and have been leaving their wives unsatisfied for 30 years since. They have no idea what to do if their kid actually came home from school and asked them what the difference between a clitoris and a vagina was. They are absolutely afraid of the female body and it's why they try to control it so much.

Sorry. A bit of a rant. If this was a different conversation I'd have plenty to criticize about the sex industry too. But these conservatives don't have enough brain cells to actually talk about the problems with it. So we have old men making laws that do nothing but make them feel better. Or it's projection for their own porn addiction.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Column A and Column B for sure