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What Google searches for porn tell us about ourselves

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Re: What Google searches for porn tell us about ourselves

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> I think porn is a pretty good measure of people’s sexual fantasies, even if they never act on them.

I like watching Jason Bourne movies but that doesn't mean I have a fantasy of being a chronically embattled amnesiac clandestine operator engaged in half a dozen or so protracted car chases a week.

Re: What Google searches for porn tell us about ourselves

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> I think porn is a pretty good measure of people’s sexual fantasies, even if they never act on them. I like watching Jason Bourne movies but that doesn't mean I have a fantasy of being a chronically embattled amnesiac clandestine operator engaged in half a dozen or so protracted car chases a week.

Maybe not that, but I bet a lot of Bourne/Bond/? fans think super-competent badasses are cool.

Re: What Google searches for porn tell us about ourselves

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Shouldnt the title be "Pornhub searches" not Google? as far as I know Google doesnt even show autocomplete results for porn related keywords.

So basically if Google treated shopping the same way it treats porn, it wouldn't have been hit by that massive EU fine. I.e. stay out of recommending / promoting results itself.

(Disclaimer: Haven't read TFA).

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