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Sex is going out of fashion?

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Re: Sex is going out of fashion?

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

mschuster91 wrote: post #12

There are three things that are lacking from the article completely as a reason for lower sexual activity: a lack of time , a place and money : - With people working ridiculous overtimes, "double shifts" or working two jobs just to make ends meet, there is simply no time to maintain a relationship. That one is offset a bit by Tinder and other "casual sex" opportunities, but nevertheless it's going to impact people. -…

It's a similar story to all the other cases of Millenials are killing X, then.

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Post by someotherperson »

yobbo wrote: post #34
mercy_dude wrote: post #7

The real culprit isn’t porn, it is mainly the change in societal expectations and the ease of changing your baseline expectations. Our relationships have become extremely disposable. You are one Instagram DM away from moving onto the next one. Dating websites and apps largely have the same problems.

> You are one Instagram DM away from moving onto the next one. Is this reality for the HN audience?

This is the reality of dating in 2022. It doesn't mean you're the one in control, however, as this holds true if you're the one being dumped too.

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Post by ricardoplouis »

mcv wrote: post #54
ricardoplouis wrote: post #19

Kinda funny that sex is equivalent to reproduction in this piece.

There is some biological connection between the two, though.

Yeah, I guess the bigger point being missed (by the article and most of the comments) is that there is a whole generation of people having sex but not having kids due to concerns for the future. (Myself included)

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Post by lm28469 »

pknopf wrote: post #32
jbrun wrote: post #21

Population implosion is going to be the biggest problem of our lives. It is one of those issues that creeps up progressively (like Global Warming), but will have cataclysmic impacts. Sex is a precursor to relationships and kids, if people don't have sex... Imagine 80% of the population is elderly and retired (or want to be retired) - that is where the world is heading by the end of the century. From 2018: https://www…

7% of all humans that ever existed, are alive today. We can afford a contraction.

Depends on the scale you look at it. It's going to be a shit show for a few generations. Especially in all the countries relying on the working force to pay for the elderly through tax &co

Humanity can afford it, you might not

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Post by youessayyyaway »

These threads are always fun, because they often say more about us commenters than the subject matter.

Personally, I find the article's supernatural stimulus theory compelling.

Sex takes a lot of time if you aren't being selfish about it. It's also boring, compared with other forms of entertainment and creative pursuits, pornographic or not.

I'm not sure this is all that new, either. Jokes about the declining frequency of sex after marriage have been around for longer than I have. Maybe we're just hitting that wall sooner as the entertainment that we fall asleep to becomes more compelling.

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Post by kergonath »

andrewclunn wrote: post #31

Obesity epidemic. I mean, when so many people are that unattractive, it's not exactly rocket science why we're having less sex. EDIT - The number of replies by people in denial that being horribly out of shape and having excessive body fat isn't related to attractiveness and sexual enjoyment is... well not surprising. Though it is indicative of how in denial our infantilizing culture is and how effectively it enables…

Attractiveness is relative, we adjust our standards all the time. Also, history has shown that we, collectively as a species, will have sex with everything we can.

Now, obesity might possible lower sex drive, but that would be a completely different mechanism.

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Post by ianai »

Weryj wrote: post #59
natly wrote: post #27

The comments in this thread and this article is making me want to read HN less. (What a crazy incorrect take for most of the population.)

Agreed, some of these assertions I’m reading are just absurd.

Reads like a topic HN can’t discuss like adults.

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Post by pshc »

> it worries me that none of those porcelain-looking “K-pop” Ken dolls carries enough testosterone in their bloodstream

Yikes. Go worry about your own T levels.

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