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Re: Sex is going out of fashion?

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Post by kortex »

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.

I think the point isn't that a contraction is bad in general, it's that too fast of a contraction leaves an inverted demographic pyramid, which has all kinds of very bad implications.

You need a certain tax base to keep services funded. Then at some point on the curve, you start running out of service workers for the care industry.

I think automation will help to a degree but healthcare services is right at that sweet spot of both physically intricate and nonroutine that is so hard to automate.

Re: Sex is going out of fashion?

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Post by buggythebug »

youessayyyaway wrote: post #65

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 frequen…

"It's also boring"

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

I will not quote anything else from you and leave it at that.

Re: Sex is going out of fashion?

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Post by anovikov »

I think it's simply that the generation for whom the sex was a "forbidden fruit", has become old, the one after them, had enormous amount of sex just because they now could, and for the subsequent ones, sex is nothing special. It is too easy to get - guys who are now 70 year old, had to "win" girls when they were 20, now 20-year old girls are just sitting on Tinder waiting to hook up. It is as uncool as buying canned tuna vs going fishing. If anyone can do it and it's nothing to be proud about, what's the point?

Re: Sex is going out of fashion?

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Post by usrn »

BlargMcLarg wrote: post #84
usrn wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Japanese buy and large aren't having sex, so I'd disagree with you that they're a good example of women having lower standards. Their desire for men to have things and a stable life is probably biological and immutable. You can see their role as messengers of the truth pretty often. I saw this one video that I thought was pretty great where a group of three women were out. The videographer/interviewer had the two…

>The Japanese buy and large aren't having sex, so I'd disagree with you that they're a good example of women having lower standards. This is a phenomenon in most of young generation US and EU too. Both housing and the ability to get on with someone are far cheaper and easier in Tokyo in particular, than most metropolises in the developed world. If that doesn't tell you there's more going on than "just your own place…

>You can just as well say men are "messengers of truth" because they don't want to marry single moms. The only thing you're showing is that their words mean jack compared to their actions, as is the case with every human being under the sun.

Yup. It flips when everyone gets older.

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Post by chii »

orangepurple wrote: post #75

95% of Tinder swipes by women are passes compared to 47% for men. Women tend to date up. Online dating apps are rigged for men. These apps are search engines optimized to match women with the top 5% of men. These apps are designed for women. Being average or even above average will almost never result in a date. Tinder was designed like a slot machine which will ruin your self-esteem from constant rejection but your…

> the options are grim for men who are less than very appealing.

And you wonder why there's a fairly large community that have the so-called 'incel' behaviour. It didn't used to exist back in the pre-net dating era!

Re: Sex is going out of fashion?

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Post by Gravityloss »

orangepurple wrote: post #75

95% of Tinder swipes by women are passes compared to 47% for men. Women tend to date up. Online dating apps are rigged for men. These apps are search engines optimized to match women with the top 5% of men. These apps are designed for women. Being average or even above average will almost never result in a date. Tinder was designed like a slot machine which will ruin your self-esteem from constant rejection but your…

How does an average woman find the process?

Re: Sex is going out of fashion?

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Post by rkangel »

This article assumes a premise and then goes on to discuss it. It doesn't in any way attempt to provide evidence for its premise. I personally don't believe it to be true, and me saying that is exactly as authoritative as what that author has written.

Re: Sex is going out of fashion?

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Post by nnoitra »

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #3

I don't think tech or porn is the main culprit. It's that people now have way more entertainment options other than sex. Of course, a lot for those entertainment options are being driven by tech. Back in my dad's days, they were poor so the only entertainment options in their free time was drinking cheap home made alcohol, dancing and sex, while now we have gaming, Netflix, tic-tok, porn, traveling to the infinite In…

It's unfortunately a lot sadder than that.

You'd be suprised at the amount of males that want to have sex but just can't get any.

There is a serious case of looks inflation nowadays with Tinder etc.

Re: Sex is going out of fashion?

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Post by sokoloff »

causi wrote: post #46

The obesity epidemic is also a significant contributing factor. Fat reduces testosterone levels, endurance levels, makes it harder to maintain an erection, and directly steals length off the base of the penis. Combine fat men with fat women and a lot of positions are effectively untenable due to length, flexibility, and obstruction issues. Fat sex is just worth way less effort than fit sex. I know this first-hand.

I am also less physically attractive if I’m 25# heavier than I should be. This goes to an even greater extent once that surplus tips towards 50#.
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