I feel like the questions are essentially "are you addicted to porn?"
Then it works.
I haven't taken the test, but I think the parent comment is alleging that this test is merely begging the question.
Made a Test for Porn Addiction
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#22This should be talked about as much a drugs and alcohol. I once watched a great dev get terminated because he would repeatedly and instinctively pull up porn sites at work, like in the same manner you might get frustrated at an error message and pull up Hacker News as a distraction, this guys would do it with porn. So sad. He did it in front of me once, I was like 'Whoa bro, wtf is going on here, not cool.', he just muttered 'sorry' and something about muscle memory. I did not rat him out but apparently he had done it several times before, other employees noticed and had told HR. HR had started to review his web history, one day they asked me to stay late for an emergency meeting, they explained that it had happened again (probably the 3rd of 4th time) and someone made a written complaint so they had no choice but to terminate him for cause, I elected not to fight for him. He is a good developer, I hope he found some help. He was the kind of dev you don't need to micro-manage, his estimates were always fairly accurate and turned in code that met requirements. I had a side conversation with our IT manager after the termination and asked how much time they thought he was spending on those sites, apparently very little, he would bring up the home pages of his favorite sites then quickly realize what he was doing and close them, we are not talking about porn surfing sessions but they couldn't have a guy known as the 'porn dude' working for them.
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#23> However, porn is unhealthy in any amount. Uh, I disagree, like a lot. Porn does a lot of nice things: - it does some form of sex education when parents/school/society does none - it lets people realize what sex is about (think about amateur categories and how you can see people not that different from you having sex and realizing that different shapes and sizes, all work) - it lets you explore your own sexuality (c…
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#25> However, porn is unhealthy in any amount. Uh, I disagree, like a lot. Porn does a lot of nice things: - it does some form of sex education when parents/school/society does none - it lets people realize what sex is about (think about amateur categories and how you can see people not that different from you having sex and realizing that different shapes and sizes, all work) - it lets you explore your own sexuality (c…
Nah, humans were evolving just fine before porn, meet a partner, have some fun times, then reflect back on those if you need to masturbate.
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#26> However, porn is unhealthy in any amount. Uh, I disagree, like a lot. Porn does a lot of nice things: - it does some form of sex education when parents/school/society does none - it lets people realize what sex is about (think about amateur categories and how you can see people not that different from you having sex and realizing that different shapes and sizes, all work) - it lets you explore your own sexuality (c…
I'm sorry to do this, but I disagree in spirit with just about every point that you've made.
> it does some form of sex education when parents/school/society does none
Education? Porn is "education?" Porn is to sex education as war movies are to combat training.
> it lets people realize what sex is about (think about amateur categories and how you can see people not that different from you having sex and realizing that different shapes and sizes, all work)
If I learn what "sex is about" through porn, then I haven't yet learned that sex can be intimate, or that it can result in babies.
> it lets you explore your own sexuality (could you have immagine you would have liked that kind of things?)
It seems limiting to "explore your sexuality" in the novelty of visual and auditory stimulation. Sort of one dimensional. What about touching, smells, or interaction with another person?
> it lets you explore sexuality with your own partner (people get bored of the same sex every time, you know?)
That seems like a two-way conversation (between you and your partner) becoming a three-way conversation where you include the ideas of the porn industry.
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#27> However, porn is unhealthy in any amount. Uh, I disagree, like a lot. Porn does a lot of nice things: - it does some form of sex education when parents/school/society does none - it lets people realize what sex is about (think about amateur categories and how you can see people not that different from you having sex and realizing that different shapes and sizes, all work) - it lets you explore your own sexuality (c…
I'm sorry to do this, but I disagree in spirit with just about every point that you've made. > it does some form of sex education when parents/school/society does none Education? Porn is "education?" Porn is to sex education as war movies are to combat training. > it lets people realize what sex is about (think about amateur categories and how you can see people not that different from you having sex and realizing th…
Apply your reasoning to other subjects and you are essentially saying fiction is a useless device to explore the world and yourself with... which I couldn't disagree with enough.
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#28> However, porn is unhealthy in any amount. Uh, I disagree, like a lot. Porn does a lot of nice things: - it does some form of sex education when parents/school/society does none - it lets people realize what sex is about (think about amateur categories and how you can see people not that different from you having sex and realizing that different shapes and sizes, all work) - it lets you explore your own sexuality (c…
Yeah that comment at the end raises flags for me too. Many happy couples watch porn together.
The video they link to at the end of the test the top of the description contains the following:-
> NOTE FROM TED: This talk contains several assertions that are not supported by academically respected studies in medicine and psychology. While some viewers might find advice provided in this talk to be helpful, please do not look to this talk for medical advice.
It also contains this:-
> Gary Wilson asks whether our brains evolved to handle the hyperstimulation of today's Internet enticements.
But that could be asked of anything on the internet to a degree. The dopamine hits we get from gaming be it match 3 mobile games or FPS's, the need to make those numbers ever increase on social media (subs, likes, points, etc), the joy of opening parcels from online shopping like opening presents.
Using the "any amount" argument basically means we should only use the net for boring work tasks and not even the work we enjoy (I love coding, I get a hit when people like the work I do for them).
Again as you say "everything in moderation" but I can not stand by an "any amount" argument.
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#29> However, porn is unhealthy in any amount. Uh, I disagree, like a lot. Porn does a lot of nice things: - it does some form of sex education when parents/school/society does none - it lets people realize what sex is about (think about amateur categories and how you can see people not that different from you having sex and realizing that different shapes and sizes, all work) - it lets you explore your own sexuality (c…
I'm sorry to do this, but I disagree in spirit with just about every point that you've made. > it does some form of sex education when parents/school/society does none Education? Porn is "education?" Porn is to sex education as war movies are to combat training. > it lets people realize what sex is about (think about amateur categories and how you can see people not that different from you having sex and realizing th…
what about things like HUMP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HUMP!_(film_festival)) and the varieties of ethical porn initiatives?
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm sorry to do this, but I disagree in spirit with just about every point that you've made. > it does some form of sex education when parents/school/society does none Education? Porn is "education?" Porn is to sex education as war movies are to combat training. > it lets people realize what sex is about (think about amateur categories and how you can see people not that different from you having sex and realizing th…
Apply your reasoning to other subjects and you are essentially saying fiction is a useless device to explore the world and yourself with... which I couldn't disagree with enough.
Well, it's a good thing that I never said that.