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Comment by kelipso

1 year ago

> no rational reason whatsoever

There are lots of rational reasons including distortion of sexuality, lack of interest in real world sexuality, depression, etc.

I seriously doubt seeing porn before 18 (which, by the way, is and will always be inevitable, no matter how hard we try, every interested teenager will find a way) these things сan cause any of these. And even if it could, lack of interest in real world sexuality sounds almost as great as lack of need to eat: a whole new world of possibility, autonomy, spare time and other resources instead of depending to another thing the world can use as a button to subdue you and drag you into wasteful consumption and playing unnecessary non-ergodic gambles people in sober state of mind would prefer to avoid.

  • If you are equating porn brained zombies to sober states of mind, I don’t even want to know your view of the world.

    • What about the zombie state of mind of when you have the urge to visit a bathroom to empty your overwhelmed colon/bladder? Isn't it way more sane to just do it and forget it than to walk around obsessed with such urge for hours and days requiring others to participate in the process?

      There's a "rule of a thumb" I learnt as an adolescent: as soon as you feel attracted to somebody - jerk off and cool down so you become way more sober and do less stupid things. In particular - always jerk off before going to a date: if you still feel interested - this has a chance of being a meaningful relationship, otherwise this was just a stupid hormone play. And I never really needed porn to implement this, imagination was enough.