09-19-2003, 05:58 PM
Hmm never thought of it quite like that before.
Still though, I would say it's a good bit different reading Stephen King and watching porno. One feeds the mind, one does not.
I guess I still don't get it. Mayhap I have missed the obvious, as I tend to do that. Playing DiabloII, The Sims, or Civ III boosts the self esteem, makes you think, and rewards you for stimulating your mind, while pr0n has no benifit what so ever that I can see. In games, you get that rush when you scatter virtual giblits all over the battlefield. While watching pr0n you degrade your sense of sexual values and desensitize your self to beauty by fostering a false concept of what is desireable.
While it is a good point Pete, it's um, well, I am not sure. Missing something. I can answer one, why I read books and play games and do stuff like that. I only watch TV occasionaly and I rarely go out and watch movies. (Not sure, but, I think the last movie I went out to the theatre for was Terminator II... I think) I love computer games with all my heart and soul, having seen them grow from humble origins, little single coloured blips on a screen reacting to another blip. I am still utterly wowed by high graphics games. It blows my mind to realize how much things have changed. But to watch pr0n, well, I could think of better things to do. Mayhap my brain is flawed somehow and I lack something that makes me act like other men. Mayhap I am a big fat idiot who can't wrap his mind around this concept. While that statement is very thought provoking, something about it lacks substance to me. Er, I probably lack the substance needed to understand mayhap.
I still don't get it.
Still though, I would say it's a good bit different reading Stephen King and watching porno. One feeds the mind, one does not.
I guess I still don't get it. Mayhap I have missed the obvious, as I tend to do that. Playing DiabloII, The Sims, or Civ III boosts the self esteem, makes you think, and rewards you for stimulating your mind, while pr0n has no benifit what so ever that I can see. In games, you get that rush when you scatter virtual giblits all over the battlefield. While watching pr0n you degrade your sense of sexual values and desensitize your self to beauty by fostering a false concept of what is desireable.
While it is a good point Pete, it's um, well, I am not sure. Missing something. I can answer one, why I read books and play games and do stuff like that. I only watch TV occasionaly and I rarely go out and watch movies. (Not sure, but, I think the last movie I went out to the theatre for was Terminator II... I think) I love computer games with all my heart and soul, having seen them grow from humble origins, little single coloured blips on a screen reacting to another blip. I am still utterly wowed by high graphics games. It blows my mind to realize how much things have changed. But to watch pr0n, well, I could think of better things to do. Mayhap my brain is flawed somehow and I lack something that makes me act like other men. Mayhap I am a big fat idiot who can't wrap his mind around this concept. While that statement is very thought provoking, something about it lacks substance to me. Er, I probably lack the substance needed to understand mayhap.
I still don't get it.
All alone, or in twos,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."