Comment by hnlmorg
25 days ago
> i'm not stating to ban it outright. there's always use in it at the long tail of society
You might not have any interest in adult entertainment, but that doesn’t mean the industry only exists in the “long tail of society”.
The problem with social taboos is rarely a moral one, and usually more that people feel embarrassed or scared to be open and honest.
And usually that stems from others being unreasonably judgmental.
> The problem with social taboos is rarely a moral one, and usually more that people feel embarrassed or scared to be open and honest.
And usually that stems from others being unreasonably judgmental.
You're using broad sweeping statements to argue with a point that I'm not even making.
First off, you're only assuming I'm making this argument because I don't have an interest in adult entertainment. I just don't believe it needs to be shoved into every facet of society. The industry certainly _does_ exist in the long tail, because there's literally nothing interesting in it aside from the fact that people use it to get off and move on with their lives. It's like taking a dump. Everyone does it, but I don't need to sit around a dinner table discussing it as if it's some high brow art. And I certainly don't want people to be treated extra specially because they excel at taking dumps.
Nobody was suggesting that models should or would talk about adult content at the dinner table. What a weird comparison to make.
My point was literally that it’s a bigger industry than you give credit to because it’s a topic that isn’t generally discussed in polite conversation.
But I don’t think this is a topic we are likely to agree on. So perhaps it’s better to agree to disagree.