@Master Razor:
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Us of the other hand start with kink as an incentive.
who is us?
most of the weird stuff is still left to the weird to deal with (curiosity trips excluded)
as the society opens up to some forms of weirdness, 'the new stuff' eventually gets somewhat boring and retro becomes more interesting again
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Why is everybody shaving their private area?
who is everybody?
shaving or trimming?
other than that, its simply a new(er) trend in the west (like fashion trends), gotta (re)invent hot water all over again
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For years I've been deluded into thinking it was unhygenic and bad taste to people performing oral. THIS IS A LOAD OF CRAP because, based on a primitive logic, if it's there it is for a purpose.
common sense tells you oral is fine for the majority
it is unhygienic if those body parts are dirty or infected or poorly maintained or change a number of partners ;)
'if it's there it is for a purpose' is accurate, but it applies to both physical parts (like pubic hair) & non-physical things: actions (like shaving) & thoughts & events and everything else (incl. that which you cannot imagine yourself doing or that which you are strongly against, say, like pr0n addiction)
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Hair acts like a cushion, allowing to go back and forth a longer time than without hair. It also serves purposes of keeping certain odors from getting out and keeping bacteria from getting in. For a woman, hair also prevents her from getting aroused at any time. The skin is very sensitive, so, if bald, you'll get horny more often -> conspiracy ==> porn??
too much friction? move the body a bit or take a break or change positions
odors/bacteria? washing oneself does the trick
spontaneous arousal from lack of hair? don't think so, this is more psychological than physical
also, what conspiracy? bikini manufacturers, pr0n producers, related industries, industrial think-tanks, political lobbying,... - their (business) goals are not really a secret
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The reason for this crap, as it is conveyed within the link, is that when the bikini was invented it was way shorter than any undergarment available.
so lets say that the bikini is the reason for shaving pubes in the west - whats the reason for inventing the bikini? 'to boldly go where no previous swimsuit has gone before' - a novelty, a trend, a new market,... to keep things interesting (so that we can post about it on sbi, otherwise the thread dies!)
finally, there's something for everybody in this world and further revelations await, so i don't really see the problem here, thus, still nothing to worry about!
@Blocker:
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how can porn be beneficial ? I can't think about any learning experience , I think porn can't be considered real sex ,at the end is a movie ,right? they are just profiting with sex ,like sometimes directors profit from violence too.Porn reduces human sexuality to profit like most of Hollywood movie that are interested in creating blockbusters and always attract big audiences instead of creating "art" like the cinema was originated I guess.
it was a generalization that attempts to go beyond dualistic reasoning:
- everything you experience brings some kind of a lesson with it, might be a small lesson or a fundamental one, might be clearly visible or obscured, might be a direct/instant or an indirect/postponed one, might be one or several or partial, etc. - thus everything you experience is beneficial, from the best to the worst one, form the most inspiring to the least, etc. - surely pr0n fits in here somewhere, regardless of whether we are able to find some specific beneficial reason at this point or not - but lets try to find some anyways: to serve as an example of addiction and whatever lessons may be learned from the experience, or to show another side of human sexuality (+lessons), or to help with 'releasing some steam' (+lessons), or to provide simple enjoyment (+lessons), or to understand the concept of pr0n from a more practical viewpoint (+lessons), or to use the experience in your future conversations, analogies, contemplations,... that have some connection to pr0n or the related topics (+lessons) - or to keep it simple: no pr0n? no way of understanding it!
- it doesn't matter whether its a movie or IRL experience or a dream, you learn from all of them
- the original intention of the movie creator is one thing, what you learn from it is another, what someone else learns is yet another,...
- and everything is art, no matter how insignificant or banal it seems - mainstream definitions of art obscure that simple fact... which means pr0n is art too (!)
- life consists of role-playing, so does acting in a movie (or pr0n), the latter are staged, acted & directed, but to what extent does that apply to the former?
- wow, from pr0n to existentialism! does that mean watching pr0n gets you closer to the meaning of life? it obviously isn't the most suitable way to get there, but since all roads lead there, technically, in its own petite way, it does get you closer after all! but this is not so strange at all: if pr0n happens to be a part of your life (even a brief one), it becomes a part of your life's voyage and fundamentally every part of the voyage has the same existentialist value, no mater what (events) the part contains
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Is this kind of Machiavellian?, do you mean like your mind determines if you become and addict or not? So people is unable to control this ? In comparision with other drugs for example alcohol or cigarettes I know when people is really addicted their body starts reacting and the levels of anxiety increases unless they get some drug. I think this anxiety issue will apply for porn addicts too ,don't you think? .People have the control to eliminate the intoxication in their body/minds and have a new life without the consumptions of drugs,there are many stories out there about people reducing their dependence to anything.
addiction happens when the conditions for it (to happen) are met - external conditions lead you towards the event and internal conditions get you ready for the event - when these meet or sufficiently align, the event occurs - these internal conditions are what was meant by 'state of mind', 'state of being', a particular state that you are in, that makes you 'open' or 'ready' to become addicted, call it addiction-ready if you will
likewise, addiction continues when the conditions for it (to continue) are met
likewise, addiction ends when the conditions for it (to end) are met
the same applies to any & every event
can you control external conditions? no, you're usually not even aware of the alignment until post-factum
can you influence or predict external conditions? yes, to an extent, by your actions & existence, since you're a part of this universe, of the whole
can you control internal conditions? no, you're usually not even aware of the alignment until post-factum
can you influence or predict internal conditions? yes, to an extent, by your actions & existence, since they are personal/individual
proof of the post-factum part is gathered by observing your senses, noticing that everything they pick up has already happened and it takes a few additional moments for you to become consciously aware of their input, which means you are effectively observing past events, interpreting them as the present!