Would you be bothered by a UK Porn block?
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It feels very wrong to feel nostalgic at this comment... But somehow it really does bring nostalgia!
There is always a balance to it and personally I think restrictions and censorship need to be employed with as light a hand as possible - far too often everyone or a very broad group suffers, due to close minded attitudes, because of the indiscretions or actions of an incredibly tiny minority.
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You see I'm not in total disagreement but having spent time working in Amsterdam and Hamburg where the sex industry is quite prolific and overt you realise that it's just a normal human nature thing. Sex and being sexual is a very normal healthy thing, but it is controlled and effectively not completely free like the internet is.
However glamourising it like it has been I think does create a perverted (pun intended) sense of reality, and where men don't necessarily realise what "real" sexual relationships are like. Whether you're poly-amorous relationship type, a "Joey Tribiani" type or someone who has had several medium term monogamous relationships, excessive access to this stuff can probably lead to unrealistic expectations.
Being able to log online and see something a bit risqué is far different to seeing it in person or asking to do it with another human being. Everyone has had their fantasy of some kind, some have fulfilled them some stick to the internet to achieve them, regardless the stark reality of it is so detached to what people have access to now.
I mean some of the shows in Amsterdam were hugely explicit and probably not allowed anymore (maybe they are? It's been a while!) However what you can actually see/access now online in comparison is actually way over the top. Visceral experience changes the dynamic completely to the quick thrill of the internet.
I personally wouldn't care if it was blocked or made harder to access as I do think a lot of people are not able to differentiate or at least separate reality of fantasies and real ones, or at least not willing to pay for it, or find someone that is wired that way to enjoy it with you! That said I think there needs to be a balance, not quite sure what that is, but i think the fakeness of it doesn't help. I suggest a rites of passage for young men is to experience a legal red light district... It really is a "coming of age" experience!
Just my perspective.probably not a popular opinion. But I'm old and have had my fun so don't really care
rubbish.. on reading this you just toured sex shows and pro's while abroad.. pervert lol
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Not entirely incorrect. I was also paid to be there.
we have probably met but i would have been behind you.Not entirely incorrect. I was also paid to be there.
So I'm guessing then that no social media sites, reddit, discord, tiktok, youtube, twitch and many others wont fall under this rule although with twitter recently a user has to have an account to see flagged adult content but it took them years to finally do it.
Yep and at least with a lot of porn/adult sites they have legal obligations and rules they have to follow with the sites I posted above one had no real idea whats been posted and even when flagged/reported adult and non adult content can take a long time for someone to take action.
I think it was Pornhub or some other site got a lot of negative press a few years ago and done a massive nuke of content as it had/has no way of really identifing where the content came from, illegal content, copyrighted material, no age/vefication checks, etc.
Yep and at least with a lot of porn/adult sites they have legal obligations and rules they have to follow with the sites I posted above one had no real idea whats been posted and even when flagged/reported adult and non adult content can take a long time for someone to take action.
I think it was Pornhub or some other site got a lot of negative press a few years ago and done a massive nuke of content as it had/has no way of really identifing where the content came from, illegal content, copyrighted material, no age/vefication checks, etc.
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we have probably met but i would have been behind you.
I wondered what that stain on my trousers was from. Now I know!
If you were there in the late 90s early 2000s I spent 4 months of a year every year for 6 years there!
I hope we didn't cross streams....
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The hub and some of their partner sites I believe banned all amateur non verified accounts because of the lack of verification.
Can’t blame them, there’s no way they can verify it’s all above board. Unlike some social networks they knew the problem and took appropriate action.
My post was a bit of a facetious one to just state that its not like you cant type anything porn related into google and be swamped with results.
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that brush you paint with.,..... it is pretty wide. I don't doubt there are plenty like you say but am sure there are others who are perfectly normal just doing a job.
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Tbh I'd not considered ad locks before, but the way youtube is getting its not a bad idea.i thought there was talk of the ads being delivered in a different way so it could bypass your plan though? When you said not 16, I though you meant 14/15 sorry, sounds like less than that (I've never actually met/or know anyone autistic so I've no experience with how to deal with them).Did you miss the 'not 16 in the head' and 'Autistic' parts? He learned to cross a road alone safely, and go to the corner shop alone in the last two months, for context. (Edit to add): He had unfiltered access last year, age 15... Until some bloke on Discord (which he installed himself) told him to set up a PayPal business account and some other online accounts, and to send him the logins and his card details. Which he did, because his 'friend' had known him for 'weeks now' and was therefore 'trustworthy'. Damn straight he gets logged and monitored now, because he needs it. Parents in knowing best shocker.
Every parent makes their own judgement calls. For me, I wouldn't trust my 5 year old to have the capacity to know what was or was not inappropriate - that's my job as their parent. Not everything kids shouldn't see shouts 'Boo' and makes them afraid. Some things (and people) are much more nefarious. As for ads - why are there any on your network at all? For maximum nerd points (and protection for your devices, your family and your sanity), set up a PiHole, AdGuard Home, Unbound with blocklists, or install apps like AdGuard. Job jobbed.
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I just discovered (which is shameful really considering most would consider me fairly computer literate) the brave browser.
add blocker and popups all blocked as default (in a way that Google Chrome won't without installing extra plugins - I can't think why Google don't build it in
not only has it sped up my surfing , reduced my data use it is far less annoying ....
only downside sites like avforums are now restricting my access....... in principle I don't mind some adds on sites after all they need to makeobey somehow.... but some of the adds are objectionable and an add on avforums (which I naively assumed were legit because it was on avforums) led to me buying a stolen game key (G2A were advertising on there, a company I since learned are far from legit)
I don't know if it is even possible but so long as sites continue to potentially have such sites advertising and if their adds are at a point of affecting my browsing I will continue to block.
as for the porn block .. I am torn. it IS too easy for kids to access porn (hypocrite that I am given I managed to get hold of it as a young teenager and don't feel it harmed me). but that said it was far softer back then and there was a LOT less of it
but at the same time I don't think having to do a credit card check is right either. for adults there is nothing wrong with porn any more than there is nothing wrong with 18 rated violent films for over 18s...... IF anything I would rather as default all adult sites containing anything unsuitable for kids was locked down.... so gambling sites, over 15 films, loans, the whole lot. and then a free to set up account for all adults. to log into with password /finger print or what ever.
singling out porn is just a prudish reaction to close minded folk.
it's like the "it's degrading to women" brigade.....
1) it is highly sexist, why is it not degrading to men (btw my ex went to a hen doo with male strippers and she said it was outrageous what went on, stuff which you certainly would not expect men to get away with with a woman stripper)
2). imo the only People judging the people in porn are the people making the degrading claims. if I found out my next door neighbour or even my girlfriend so long as not still doing it had done porn (indeed someone I know - I can't be more specific - did an Abby winters shoot 10 years ago). I really would not be bothered and certsi ly would not judge. it's a job. so long as they take precautions
add blocker and popups all blocked as default (in a way that Google Chrome won't without installing extra plugins - I can't think why Google don't build it in
not only has it sped up my surfing , reduced my data use it is far less annoying ....
only downside sites like avforums are now restricting my access....... in principle I don't mind some adds on sites after all they need to makeobey somehow.... but some of the adds are objectionable and an add on avforums (which I naively assumed were legit because it was on avforums) led to me buying a stolen game key (G2A were advertising on there, a company I since learned are far from legit)
I don't know if it is even possible but so long as sites continue to potentially have such sites advertising and if their adds are at a point of affecting my browsing I will continue to block.
as for the porn block .. I am torn. it IS too easy for kids to access porn (hypocrite that I am given I managed to get hold of it as a young teenager and don't feel it harmed me). but that said it was far softer back then and there was a LOT less of it
but at the same time I don't think having to do a credit card check is right either. for adults there is nothing wrong with porn any more than there is nothing wrong with 18 rated violent films for over 18s...... IF anything I would rather as default all adult sites containing anything unsuitable for kids was locked down.... so gambling sites, over 15 films, loans, the whole lot. and then a free to set up account for all adults. to log into with password /finger print or what ever.
singling out porn is just a prudish reaction to close minded folk.
it's like the "it's degrading to women" brigade.....
1) it is highly sexist, why is it not degrading to men (btw my ex went to a hen doo with male strippers and she said it was outrageous what went on, stuff which you certainly would not expect men to get away with with a woman stripper)
2). imo the only People judging the people in porn are the people making the degrading claims. if I found out my next door neighbour or even my girlfriend so long as not still doing it had done porn (indeed someone I know - I can't be more specific - did an Abby winters shoot 10 years ago). I really would not be bothered and certsi ly would not judge. it's a job. so long as they take precautions
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