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Re: Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams

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Post by bombcar »

nickysielicki wrote: post #43

These streams are closer to pornography than most people realize. There's a reason that these streams get so much attention: 14 year old young men love watching video games, so they go to sites where they can watch video games. If you start serving softcore pornography on the same website, well gee wiz, who could have guessed that it would be pretty lucrative? You don't have to be a prude to have a problem with this.…

It seems pretty clear to me that they’d do so immediately if they felt they could do so without being called sexist.

First they group them into a particular category. Then they restrict that category behind a login. And then they restrict it further, and finally ban it entirely.

Re: Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams

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Post by jtolmar »

LegitShady wrote: post #166
dna_polymerase wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are talking about moving the existing lewd stuff out onto a new platform, not starting a PornHub alternative. There is obviously enough in it for Amazon, otherwise they would just ban the pools outright.

>existing lewd stuff out onto a new platform, not starting a PornHub alternative These are the same things.

They're suggesting a platform for sexually suggestive content, as opposed to one for sexually explicit content.

Which might actually be a viable niche. There are a lot more explicit websites out there than softcore ones.

Re: Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams

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Post by bombcar »

overtonwhy wrote: post #49
didibus wrote: post #11

> Sexually suggestive content–and where to draw the line–is an area that is particularly complex to assess, as sexual suggestiveness is a spectrum that involves some degree of personal interpretation of where the line falls This is just in general why I have an issue with prudeness in our society. I have no idea where prudeness comes from, is it innate to some people? Is it a taught trait? But it seems to cause so mu…

Because as you get older over time you can observe how this kind of "content" messes up young peoples' expectations about the average human body, instills a shallow and superficial mindset about relationships, and generally does absolutely nothing of value for anyone except the parasite who is manipulating ignorant or desperate people using sexuality for profit.

It’s strange how people will readily admit that advertising can cause unhealthy eating habits but sexual content can never cause unhealthy sexual habits.

Re: Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams

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Post by s5300 »

logicslave wrote: post #98

My real question is all the young men that will have to marry all these women exposing themselves online for money. Three times in the past week I drove by a car where a girl put her venmo on the window. On dating apps its now common for girls to have a venmo in their profile. This culture is far more widespread than just twitch.

I'm missing your question. Who is forcing anybody to marry who?

Re: Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams

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Post by emsy »

Siira wrote: post #156
chevill wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's funny is that they insist on pretending that these streamers aren't trying to sexualize themselves. The streamer that caused this blog to be written basically uses her twitch channel as a front to sell her nudes on another site. If people want to sexualize themselves for money that's their business, the problem is they keep trying to find loopholes in the conduct policy to transform a site about videogames tha…

Has there been any good meta analyses on the effects of suggestive content on children? My prior is that seeing sex was common enough in the ancestral environment, both human and animal sex, and children won’t be much effected from this content floating around.

I think you're right with the ancestral environment, however I don't know whether the types of contents you can find on the internet are in the same ballpark and whether or not they have a negative impact on a child's development.

Re: Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams

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Post by ilaksh »

DaedPsyker wrote: post #104
qsort wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because many people like softcore pornography but they are too much of a prude to admit they do, in fact, enjoy watching softcore pornography. Also, advertisers wouldn't like it.

I doubt the type of people that watch this stuff are really just prudes that can't handle porn.

Yeah, of course _we_ don't know anyone who would watch this stuff, but I just have a _hunch_ that _those people_ watch porn too.

Re: Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams

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Post by twobitshifter »

belltaco wrote: post #88
wincy wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Last time I was looking through streams I saw a woman in a bikini in a kiddie pool riding on a giant inflatable hot dog. I think her normal stream is painting herself with body paints? It’s hard to avoid and that plus the super coarse language make it seem insane to me that people let their kids watch Twitch streams. I’m sure there’s good content somewhere but it’s just not for me, if I want that stuff I’ll just go t…

You're missing the point of Twitch and also its culture. Twitch is closer to cable TV than anything else, even the terminology is the same, with 'channels'. Except that anyone can create a channel and stream it within the rules. The fact that there's some content you don't like on other channels being does not mean you shouldn't watch the streamers that you like. Just like there's a wide variety in content thats broa…

Clicked on wolframs channel, on the left side bar of recommended channels is a live indicator for someone named "Amouranth" streaming pools, hottubs, and beaches with 14.9k viewers.

Re: Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams

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Post by ilaksh »

thinkingemote wrote: post #85

The main thing is these are not "hot tubs" they are indoors, in a normal room, an apartment, in a kiddies play pool, with kiddies inflatable equipment. The water is, additionally, cold and a few inches deep. No-one in the world does this type of activity privately or in public. It's so obviously soft core pornography and way away from the sensible "appropriate behaviour and clothing rules" that it's absurd. Now there…

Well, the one I was just watching was definitely hot water and pretty deep.

PCgamer is at this moment streaming Geralt taking a bath in the Hot Tubs category.

Lol.

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