How internet porn ruined my life.

[Mai72]

https://www.vice.com/read/internet-porn-ruined-my-life

A pretty interesting article.

So, does internet porn have the potential to ruin lives? We know that when people watch porn they get a dopamine rush. Do it enough times and you have an addiction. With high speed access on our phones, tablets and computers it's no wonder that many people are probably addicted and don't even realize it.

http://thoughtcatalog.com/pierce-nahigyan/2015/11/how-pornography-is-changing-millennial-men/

Another article on how porn is affecting young men. It's basically turning them into betas. Thus would make sense since when you watch porn and masterbate the need to find a woman decreases significantly.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Meanwhile in China

In the space of one week alone, a four-man team in the office watched more than 700 pornographic DVDs from beginning to end, the officials said.

“When you’re in this job, even if you don’t want to watch anymore, you have to keep watching closely,” said one worker, 70-year-old Liu Xiaozhen, who demonstrated his daily viewing routine with the bored, disaffected thousand-yard stare of a man who has seen it all, many times over.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...who-watch-700-pornographic-movies-every-week/

 

[Triumph]

Look up r/nofap on Reddit, there's a whole cult of people trying to get off of porn addiction. It's definitely very real, although I don't know much about the societal impact of it.

 

[JEDIYoda]

who cares?

 

[angminas]

Porn doesn't ruin lives. Watching porn and, more to the point, CHOOSING to watch porn can damage lives. Let's not forget people's personal responsibility.

 

[LikeLinus]

Porn isn't the problem. People with compulsive and/or obsessive behavior is the root of the problem. It could be any number of vices. Internet porn didn't ruin his life, his behavior and cheating did.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

No pictures?

 

[vi edit]

Porn doesn't ruin lives. Watching porn and, more to the point, CHOOSING to watch porn can damage lives. Let's not forget people's personal responsibility.

Drugs and alcohol do the same thing but the impact is much more physical. You see the physical tolls that it puts on bodies and the strain it puts on relationships. Other addictions like gambling and pornography are much more insidious and harder to understand and see the effects. At least to outsiders. It's a slow burn that takes hold over time. There's nothing wrong with identifying traps and making the awareness. It's also important to help identify warning signals and understand why it is that people start falling down those holes.

 

[angminas]

Drugs and alcohol do the same thing but the impact is much more physical. You see the physical tolls that it puts on bodies and the strain it puts on relationships. Other addictions like gambling and pornography are much more insidious and harder to understand and see the effects. At least to outsiders. It's a slow burn that takes hold over time. There's nothing wrong with identifying traps and making the awareness. It's also important to help identify warning signals and understand why it is that people start falling down those holes.

That's basically what I'm saying. The harm doesn't come mainly from simply viewing the images. It comes from actively choosing to weaken boundaries and to devalue other human beings. Every journey is made of steps...a wise person will choose not to take even the first one toward a destination they don't wish to reach.

 

[PottedMeat]

Meanwhile in China



https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...who-watch-700-pornographic-movies-every-week/

what kind of sicko watches porn dvds from beginning to end?

 

[Svnla]

Two words: portion control.

Too much of anything (good or bad) will be bad for you.

 

[Exterous]

what kind of sicko watches porn dvds from beginning to end?

For the great story lines obviously. How else will you find if the apartment renters get evicted for not paying or if the leak gets fixed by the plumber?

 

[Golgatha]

For the great story lines obviously. How else will you find if the apartment renters get evicted for not paying or if the leak gets fixed by the plumber?

Porn has given us an unrealistic expectation of how fast a plumber will get to your house when called.

 

[master_shake_]

Porn has given us an unrealistic expectation of how fast a plumber will get to your house when called.

or cable guy.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

Porn isn't the problem. People with compulsive and/or obsessive behavior is the root of the problem. It could be any number of vices. Internet porn didn't ruin his life, his behavior and cheating did.

Like many addictions in life this is correct. "How X ruined my Y because I have no self control"

 

[Svnla]

or cable guy.

Or pizza delivery boy or walk out of the wood and suddenly you have several hot blondes that are ready to make out with you and on and on.

Not that I have any experience with that. I only "hear" from a friend of a friend of a friend. <wink wink with crossed fingers>

 

[Jeff7]

No pictures?

Might as well.

Every time there's an article on obesity, it seems they have to show photos just in case we've forgotten what it looks like.

 

[PricklyPete]

Porn isn't the problem. People with compulsive and/or obsessive behavior is the root of the problem. It could be any number of vices. Internet porn didn't ruin his life, his behavior and cheating did.

This.

 

[TheGardener]

Jared Fogle ruined his life. Of course that is hopefully not the kind of porn that you and I would think of in reading this thread. I hope Jared is still eating foot longs in prison.

 

[desura]

Things are taboo for a reason.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I never understood the attraction to porn. As a Christian it's not something I seek out, but I have seen some either by downloading something that had the wrong title, or landing on a bad site etc... happens to everyone, and being intrigued I've perhaps looked at it a bit longer than I should have if it was an accidental download... but I really don't get anything out of it, and don't get why some people are actually addicted or seek this stuff out. If anything it's kinda nasty.

 

[Jeff7]

I never understood the attraction to porn. As a Christian it's not something I seek out, but I have seen some either by downloading something that had the wrong title, or landing on a bad site etc... happens to everyone, and being intrigued I've perhaps looked at it a bit longer than I should have if it was an accidental download... but I really don't get anything out of it, and don't get why some people are actually addicted or seek this stuff out. If anything it's kinda nasty.

Like what you can find in that there Bible thing: There's some good stuff, and some damn nasty and sadistic stuff. And for either of those things, it's a matter of personal taste as to which parts you want.

 

[Smoblikat]

I dont get it. How can you be addicted to porn? I find somthing that interests me, 10 - 15 minutes later I X out and im good for a day. Does this guy seriously fap for hours at a time?

 

[PottedMeat]

they didn't mention the meth

 

[Carson Dyle]

Porn isn't the problem. People with compulsive and/or obsessive behavior is the root of the problem. It could be any number of vices. Internet porn didn't ruin his life, his behavior and cheating did.

THIS.

Most telling:

What was the peak of your addiction?

The addiction escalated into an affair with a woman who I met online. The relationship was exclusively about sex; she was nothing more than porn with skin on. It was like a 24/7 high as opposed to the occasional high that I was getting from watching porn. When you&#8217;re having an affair and you&#8217;re hiding the relationship from your wife and kids, there&#8217;s an adrenaline rush and a buzz that you get from doing it. That was the peak.

Guys have been having affairs since the dawn of mankind. He credits that to his "porn addiction"? Get serious.