Scarlett O'Hara

I know many of you are avid pornography lovers, which is all well and good. But there are many people have become obsessed with it, to eventually develop and addiction to porn. It can ruin relationships and their mental health if it isn't dealt with. Now I understand it does not mean everyone who watches porn will become addicted to it in an highly unhealthy way, but don't you think it's becoming a problem? It is so easy to access, especially for free!

Article on the increase in porn addiction:

Porn addiction increases across the country

Interesting Statistics

1. Every second - $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography.
2. Every second - 28,258 internet users are viewing pornography.
3. Every second - 372 internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines.
4. Every 39 minutes: a new pornographic video is being created in the United States.

Adult Internet Pornography Statistics

1. Men admitting to accessing pornography at work: 20%
2. US adults who regularly visit Internet pornography websites: 40 million
3. Promise Keeper men who viewed pornography in last week: 53%
4. Christians who said pornography is a major problem in the home: 47%
5. Adults admitting to Internet sexual addiction: 10%
6. Breakdown of male/female visitors to pornography sites: 72% male - 28% female

And even more interesting:

Women and Pornography

Women keeping their cyber activities secret: 70%
Women struggling with pornography addiction: 17%
Ratio of women to men favoring chat rooms: 2X
Percentage of visitors to adult websites who are women: 1 in 3 visitors
Women accessing adult websites each month: 9.4 million
Women admitting to accessing pornography at work: 13%
Women, far more than men, are likely to act out their behaviors in real life, such as having multiple partners, casual sex or affairs.

Source

Statistics are from credible sources according to the article, but the main point is to see that a lot of people are really affected by porn.

The second part of this thread is to discuss the effect on porn stars in the industry. Many of the stars abuse drugs, alcohol and catch STI's. Here is a 5 part video of Shelley's story as a ex-porn star and what she had dealt with. The video can be religious as times, but it's what worked for her, so please don't get in a huff about it. If you can't be bothered watching the whole thing perhaps watch the first and second parts.

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What is your opinion on the effect of porn? Do you believe it negatively affects porn stars mental and physical health? Is the porn industry ruining lives by sucking people in? Or is it really a choice for people to get into it or get out? Is it really worth doing when an alarming number of stars get chlamydia, herpes and HIV?

A particular question I have is, do you actually think women enjoy it? Do you know that they spend hundreds of hours filming the shots and they have to hold positions for ages?

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Howard the Duck

i only know my hands shake if i choke the monkey too much

and my cock ring hurts

i'm hardly a porn addict, though, it's controllable

only problem i have these days is that i'm feeling more and more ennui for the conventional stuff and my tastes have become rater eccentric

and no worries about the health of porn stars, i'm hardly into hardcore porn and more into objectification and voyeurism (which might be worse, depending on your point of view)

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Malaise is THE dominant human predilection.

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I've had a stiff neck all day. A Viagra got caught in my throat. It's been over four hours, should I call the doctor? Internet porn sucks by the way; that's the problem.

The Batlord

You've just gotta know where and what to look for. Where do you get your porn anyways?

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Okay Howie, it is written that He who slays with the sword (the tongue) in the same manner shall he be slain. Your comments slayed Very funny stuff. So, Je-us said He came, and He is coming again, and again. And trust me, He slays! I've never heard funnier stuff than the stuff He puts in my head. Wow He is funny as hell, She said He said Jesus said He has a bit of a Spanish accent now, so, He said relax, 'Mi yoke (pronounced joke) es easy, mi burden es light'. She said He said Jesus said is the proper way to quote scripture now as well. And, you can laugh a little now, because you are pretty nice dude, but, those who cannot take a yoke; don't dish anything out on others, especially if is malicious.

But, the porn situation needs rectified maybe; there are many things that need rectified that probably won't happen, so it doesn't matter. There is too much traffic, and, it is too easily accessible for children and child molesters. And, the hardcore porn sucks anyway, it is the same old story these days.

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Janszoon

I don't know a good way to say this so I'm just going to say it since I think you've only recently returned to the forum and may not be aware of this fact, but Howard died this past October.

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Guybrush

When are you addicted to porn? When you have to watch porn? That sounds so weird to me.

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dirt mcgirt

yo son, if you jerk off to porno flick bitches a least you dont get burned wif gonnorhea (twice) an have some kracka doc stick a ****in qtip down your dick an have to take 2 weeks of cipro just to get rid of that ****, goddamit.

Howard the Duck

yeah, that too

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Malaise is THE dominant human predilection.

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did farfisa get disabled because of the previous post? i hope not. i saw it as extremely funny. that was a hee haw moment. not in the pornographic sense, but, in the sense of humor that seems to be lacking everywhere we travel.



leveling, graveling, gravelly groans
exude my exhaustion,
canonize all my tomes.
this home is afloat on a yellow black moat
of bile, hate and quile and vile pains in my throat.
let's drown in the basement,
it's filled to the brim.
let's jack up the prices
while the pickings are slim.

do you like my party tricks?

you all washed through me like debris in a stream,
you cut me to ribbons
and left me to bleed.
melting alone, showing off white bone,
you can ring that bell
or you can huck in that stone.
on the phone is the voice i've been dying to hear.
there's nothing for you, better luck next year.
when everything was suddenly, utterly clear.
to shut off these shut outs,
i'll cut off this ear.

can you hear this night?
it's starry, starry.
can you see me mouth out
sorry charlie.

there's no good taste
in this art space.
straight porno and snuff films,
i should be disgraced,
well, i'm titillated.
it's tantalizing,
and as i move to the movement,
i'm self-aggrandizing.
i'm filling with air,
i'll float it up there.
a chairman sitting easy on a big easy chair.

so do you like my party tricks?
i trick out clicking sticks
so do you like my party tricks?
i trick out clicking sticks
to get my kicks.

drip, drip, drip! OUCH! i got it at 17, and, my dad drove me to the chick's house, and, drug her to the health department! for the record, internet porn is substandard to say the least. unless you pay for it! you get old, and, who cares anymore. it ain't worth the effort for the five second ahhhhh. and, the women you want you can't have, and, what you can have you don't want. it's a catch 22, so, screw it. i just found a skank i couldn't stand, and, gave her half my s*it

here's for all the masters of baters.



Sasha Grey is good looking, but, she just runs her mouth, and, just turns me off. and, now it's all the same gig. it's the same story, suck, eat, stick it in missionary, ride it horsey, and, maybe some butt monkey, and then slop on the face! boring, boring, boring.

picture it, and, you don't need the internet

Duran Duran made a couple good porn vids