Do you think there is too much smut on the internet?

FelixDeCat

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While this is an age old argument about disgusting behavior on TV, it has reached all time highs on the internet.

Throughout the decades I have noticed things really go downhill - and I mean fast. Simply put, people just arent as friendly as they used to be. While there are many causes for this, I think one overlooked gem (besides the old standby of porn) is our sense of what is humorous. Its seems as though we have to stoop lower and lower to make people laugh because most everything has been done already.

I could mention certain youtube videos by name, but I wont. But I think you have to admit, just because something was made with the intention of being funny doesnt make it funny. And Im afraid its only going to get alot worse. :(

 

CatchPhrase

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Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
While this is an age old arugment about disgusting behavior on TV, it has reached all time highs on the internet.

Throughout the decades I have noticed things really go downhill - and I mean fast. Simply put, people just arent as friendly as they used to be. While there are many causes for this, I think one overlooked gem (besides the old standby of porn) is our sense of what is humorous. Its seems as though we have to stoop lower and lower to make people laugh because most everything has been done already.

I could mention certain youtube videos by name, but I wont. But I think you have to admit, just because something was made with the intention of being funny doesnt make it funny. And Im afraid its only going to get alot worse. :(

pm me them
 

rudeguy

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Wasn't the first motion picture smut?

I fail to see how things are going downhill.
 

rudeguy

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Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: rudeguy
Wasn't the first motion picture smut?

I fail to see how things are going downhill.

Do you genuinely mean that?

Yes. Have you seen some of the movies they made back then? At least our smut has skinny chicks.
 

her209

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Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: rudeguy
Wasn't the first motion picture smut?

I fail to see how things are going downhill.
Do you genuinely mean that?
In some cultures, the word "prostitute" is also used for "actor".
 

FelixDeCat

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Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: rudeguy
Wasn't the first motion picture smut?

I fail to see how things are going downhill.
Do you genuinely mean that?
In some cultures, the word "prostitute" is also used for "actor".

Are those the same cultures that have males playing female parts? :confused:
 

FelixDeCat

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Originally posted by: jagec
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That's like complaining about there being too much sex in a whorehouse.

Thats why Im complaining. Its time to clean up the internet, dont you think? :light:
 

rudeguy

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Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: jagec
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That's like complaining about there being too much sex in a whorehouse.

Thats why Im complaining. Its time to clean up the internet, dont you think? :light:

I don't know. If I don't want to see smut, I don't go to smut sites. If I do want to see smut, I browse my bookmarks.
 

SMOGZINN

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Noting is getting worse, it is just getting more publicized.
If anything is actually wrong, it is that we have lost perspective of what is normal.
There is an old saying, "Funny is when you fall down a open manhole and die, tragedy is when I cut my finger."
We have always found such things funny.
The internet is for porn
 

Baked

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So you would rather have the 2 face back stabbers in the real world than reading mean jokes on the internet. Really?
 

FelixDeCat

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Originally posted by: SMOGZINN
Noting is getting worse, it is just getting more publicized.
If anything is actually wrong, it is that we have lost perspective of what is normal.
There is an old saying, "Funny is when you fall down a open manhole and die, tragedy is when I cut my finger."
We have always found such things funny.
The internet is for porn

I understand your point of smogzinn, but why do people think that disgusting behavior is now normal? I think its from certain videos on youtube. People think its mainstream now to have potty mouths, be rude to anyone that disagrees with you, and perhaps even worse.

 

jagec

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Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: jagec
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That's like complaining about there being too much sex in a whorehouse.

Thats why Im complaining. Its time to clean up the internet, dont you think? :light:

I would venture to say that there are more non-smut sites on the web now that at any point in history (save the .1 second between when the first two computers were networked and the first ASCII penis was sent from one to the other)
 

SMOGZINN

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Originally posted by: jagec
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: jagec
:confused:
That's like complaining about there being too much sex in a whorehouse.

Thats why Im complaining. Its time to clean up the internet, dont you think? :light:

I would venture to say that there are more non-smut sites on the web now that at any point in history (save the .1 second between when the first two computers were networked and the first ASCII penis was sent from one to the other)

There was many years in which there was little to no smut on the web. I was there before the Endless September.
 

TridenT

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I didn't know what the hell smut meant until I did a google search it. :-/

Anyway, accidentally voted Yes. I meant no. There is too much porno when every page you go to has it and there is no way to safeguard against it. :)