Comment by dang

> So, porn, then? Surely there must be limits.

Believe it or not, this mod comment from 5 years ago addresses just that:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23087737 (May 2020)

The, er, money quote would be this:

When we say "interesting" we mean intellectual interest, not all kinds of interest or curiosity. For example, there is social curiosity (the sort that powers celebrity gossip). There is political curiosity (wanting to know how one's side is doing against the other side). There is sexual curiosity (no comment needed). These things all have their place, but not here. On the other hand, there can also be overlap with intellectual curiosity, in which case it's fine, though the bar is higher in some cases than others.