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Internet Porn More Addictive Than Crack, Senate Told
applemasker writes "Wired says that the Senate heard testimony today that internet porn is 'worse than crack.' Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) called it the most disturbing hearing he'd ever heard in the Senate, saying that porn is ubiquitous now but compared to when he was growing up and 'some guy would sneak a magazine in somewhere and show some of us, but you had to find him at the right time.' Can someone submit a FOIA request for his browser history or cache?"
at least it doesn't make you bankrupt and chemically unbalanced. It just gives you a chaffed knob and strong forearms.
The incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome is on the rise.
YOU CAN PRY MY PORN FROM MY WARM STICKY HANDS!!!!!
Imagine how much funnier that could have been without the slashdot lameness filters.
Some things were meant to be yelled.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Hopefully they'll mention my air and water addiction in the next Congress.
Cool! Amazing Toys.
I guess someone will have to CRACK down on pr0n.
Sorry, I truly just couldn't resist.
I can quit any time I want. I just dont want to.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
I can quit...
..anytime I want!
*CLICK* *CLICK*
anytime I....
*CLICK* *CLICK*
*CLICK* *CLICK*
Ok...maybe not...
DEAD DEAD DEAD DELETE ME
"internet porn is 'worse than crack.'"
People are going to make fun of this line but its a very serious problem. Have you ever seen a porn baby you insensitive clod?!
-- "of course thats just my opinion, I could be wrong." --Dennis Miller
Um, yeah it is. Hence my huge library of like 60+ DVDs of it. Of course, I have friends who have even more....and they are married. Go figure.....
It's either on the beat or off the beat, it's that easy.
I moderate therefore I rule!
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Cause I've downloaded internet porn while smoking crack and so I can say from first hand experience (and later, second hand) that when my DSL went down I was pissed BUT I didn't get out of my chair until the crack ran out.
Seriously though this is just some more alarmist bullshit from those special folks out there who live in mortal terror that someone, somewhere might be getting a nut or even enjoying something a little bit. They're just busy trying to save us from ourselves again. Nothing new here.
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The Senate never heard of /.
"The Select Senate Subcommittee on Slashdot Addiction calls its first witness. Ms. Portman, would you please stand and raise your right hand..."
k.
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." - Anne Frank
saying that porn is ubiquitous now but compared to when he was growing up and 'some guy would sneak a magazine in somewhere and show some of us, but you had to find him at the right time.'
Oh yeah. Porn's ubiquitousness now is leading us into the darkness of...
of...
Politics?
I think his point is that porn led him into politics. I bet he read in some Playboy article that the Kennedies get all the hot chicks. And he got that Playboy from some guy in a dark alley. So now that he's a sentator, he's going to do his best to keep that secret, and that way *he'll* get all the hot chicks.
What a devious bastard.
"No problem. I have the capacity to do infinite work so long as you don't mind that my quality approaches zero."-Dilbert
Impossible! This doesn't take into account... wait, brb...
..yeah we here in the senate have been researching this for a while now...
And its more addictive than cigarettes..
seee here, thats why we can't stop. Its not that we're wasting tax payers money on our newley beeded up T3 lines running into the capital.
Those RIAA/MPAA supenas to my office were obviouslly caused by our affliction.
Really...
experts on the topic at hand
heh, heh... Beavis, you just said "at hand"... heh, heh...
I'd say porn is about as addictive as television.
Yes, but it burns more calories. Also, regular sex can enhance your cognitive abilities. I can't remember where I read that last link though. Clearly it's time to go top up my cognitive abilities.
Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.
In order to make such a statement, you would have to be on crack.
http://alternatives.rzero.com/
Think of the kittens please!!
Wow, a girl...on /. talking about internet porn...
Please marry me!
Monstar L
[i]Suggesting that boys and girls don't masturbate without pornography? Children masturbate before they even understand sexual attraction, let alone requiring pornography post-puberty.[/i]
Clearly, pornography and masturbation go hand in hand.
I'd stand with you, but I've got no pants on.
Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.
If pr0n is da crack, then Firefox must be da pipe! With its tabbed browsing, popup blocking, and image scaling, its the perfect tool for some serious cyber bukkake! Uh, at least that's what some guy in a dark alley told me! Yeah...
To the making of books there is no end, so let's get started
Anonymous Coward writes in: "I have been looking for some good porn sites to help my addiction. Most of the sites I've found, however, either have skanky chicks or want a lot of money and open too many popups. I was wondering if anyone knew of a good source of porn on the Internet. And as always, compatibility with GNU/FOSS solutions is preferred."
'Standards' in computing only impress those who are impressed by things like 'standards'.
...but pornographic images stay in the brain forever,
Not with MY memory they don't. Maybe that's why I have to back and look again. Stupid brain.
What?
Maybe this is TMI, but I'd seriously been browsing for porn for about an hour then quickly clicked over to Slashdot and what was the top story?
In Capitalist America, bank robs you!
Dude, if you think porn is equivalent to something that can kill you you must be doing it wrong.
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Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum.
Damn, I don't know, were the midgets, and/or the bloke covered in condiment?
The midgets of course. What a sick question. Go away and take your fantasies about midgets spanking a man who is covered in thousand island dressing with you. This is a family web site.
I dunno, I think some of the porn that's out there probably *can* kill you. Sure looks painful, anyway.
Love is a beautiful thing, but it makes for some really ugly pictures.
Or because Christian groups aren't gonna take the abolition of the bible very well.
I wish I knew the sites that he visits!
I like stuff along the lines of suicidegirls and lithiumpicnic but I'm too stingy/poor to pay up.
Most porn I see on the internet has tired and sad looking women in it. I don't find it very addictive because it's mostly not very good quality - not very sexy women posing in not very sexy positions, or ugly couples rutting. Certainly not my idea of addictive but perhaps my aesthethic taste in porn is a bit more discerning that Senator Brownback. He must be too easily impressed.
Si tacuisses philosophus mansisses. If you had kept quiet, you would have remained a philosopher.
The porn nowadays sure as hell ain't "natural". Do you see some of those positions? They're athletes I tell you.
Goatse.
Contrary to the popular belief, there indeed is no God.
Mice that were given unlimited access to crack would self-medicate to the point that they would starve to death. Other mice that were shown a variety of Internet porn continued to live normal mousey lives. Further research will be needed to determine if mouse porn will cause a different affect.
pornographic images stay in the brain forever
That's a feature, not a bug.
-God
Spoon not. Fork, or fork not. There is no spoon.
Apparently math is highly unnatural
The campaign should combat the messages of pornography by putting signs on buses saying sex with children is not OK, said Layden.
Wow, incredible. Imagine a bus going by with a big sign on it saying "SEX WITH CHILDREN IS NOT OK".
But really, how is this any more absurd than those urinal cakes that have "SAY NO TO DRUGS" on them?
I once heard a comedian ask if a junkie has ever been standing at a urinal, seen the "SAY NO TO DRUGS" printed on the urinal cake, and had an epiphany right there while pissing.
Maybe they could try "SEX WITH CHILDREN IS NOT OK" on the urinal cakes first, to see if it works, before ramping up to buses.
I'd like a stack of urinal cakes that say "OFFSHORING TECH JOBS IS NOT OK". I'd hit all the mens rooms in my company's corporate headquarters. Because you'll certainly never see a bus go by that says "OFFSHORING TECH JOBS IS NOT OK". You'll see "SEX WITH BUSES IS NOT OK" first.
I'm in my thirties, but there are enough moralizing idiots in the world to keep me feeling like a jaded teenager for the rest of my life.
Here's what's happening:
Attempt 1:
(Religious Right) "Sex is DIRTY! Y'all are a-goin to HELL and there ain't no blowjobs or vibrating whatchamacallits down there, nossir!"
(Everyone Else) "Shut the fuck up ya fuckin' puritans. We're getting laid over here."
(Religious Right) "Well I NEVER!"
(Everyone Else) "Yeah, we know -- probably never will, either. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out."
(Religious right grumbles for many years).
Attempt #2:
(Religious Right) "And, so, you can see that sex leads to all sorts of social breakdown, and pretty soon the country is goin' to HELL in a handbasket."
(Everyone Else) "Uh... Yeah, right. Whatever. Things look pretty okay to me, dude. Why doncha relax, like waaaay over there, where we can't hear you anymore."
(Religious Right) "But... But... Society... Hell... Handbasket..."
(Everyone Else) "Yeah, ok, I'm going to need you to go over there, alright? Mmm, yeah, that'd be great."
(Religious right is even more frustrated, and grumbles for years, until George Bush wins the election with their help. Now, they think, it's our chance!)
Attempt #3:
(Religious Right, in Congress surrounded by other religious wackos, whispering to each other) "Ok, gang, let's try the drug angle. Maybe they'll buy it."
(Religious Right) "And, so, sex is really a drug because you masturb... masturb... masturbate, and EROTOTOXINS are released into the brain! So, uh, porno isn't free speech, and we should lock down all this sex stuff.
(Congress, a few watts short of a bulb as usual) "OH MY GOODNESS!"
(Religious Right, delighted) "Yeah, you see? It's dangerous, it's like, um... CRACK! Yeah, crack, you touch yourself and you're HIGH! And we have to lock this down..."
(Congress talks among themselves for a minute, then returns) "Ah, if you don't mind our asking, does this mean you think, for example, sex with a pretty intern would be considered doing drugs?"
(Religious Right) "Yessiree, bob! Why, that's like shooting DOPE!"
(Congress) "I see, I think I get the picture. Well, you're right, something must be done! We're going to commission a study. Yessir, we're gonna study this thing until we get to the bottom of it, you betcha." (several congressmen giggle, one mutters "BOTTOM!" and falls off his chair).
(Religious Right) "Hang on a minute, here..."
(Congress) "Now, I know you're busy, these gentlemen will show you back to your car and we're going to get right to work studying this sex problem, we promise. In fact, I think we're going to be working overtime on it! Don't you worry your pretty little head about a thing."
(Religious Right, sputtering) "But wait! You don't understand!"
(Congress) "Good afternoon, dear. And, may I say that is a VERY flattering suit..."
Farewell! It's been a fine buncha years!
Thankfully he was able to experiment with them earlly enough that he did not get life and realize it at his midlife crisis.
This is a very good example of why we need porn and how it protects family values (eliminates a divorace) and increases happines.
Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg
"Internet Porn More Addictive Than Crack, Senate Told"
Gee, imagine the desire to procreate being more powerful than a narcotic. I'm addicted to oxygen, too.
"Derp de derp."
Let's just face the facts that some people are more prone to addictive behaviors, and it can happen with anything: drugs, shopping, gambling, sex, and yes, pornography
Karma Whoring.
I still remember the rush I got the first time I was modded up. I've spent the past three years here trying to chase down that perfect high, posting more and more comments....
Slashdot is a drug, man.
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It's the end of my comment as I know it and I feel fine.
People dont realize how deadly pornography can be.
There is a video that James Dobson (famous psychologist) did about Pornography.
He has the chance of interviewing Ted Bundy (the serial killer) a few hours before he was executed.
WATCH IT!!!
The video is called:
Pornography: addictive, progressive, and deadly
If you can't see the problem with pornography, then you are probably engulfed in it. Once you can get out, you will be able to see the damage it causes.
There are some good books also on how to do that.
Such as:
Every Man's Battle.
Every Young Man's Battle.
Free yourself!!
"Pornography really does, unlike other addictions, biologically cause direct release of the most perfect addictive substance," Satinover said. "That is, it causes masturbation, which causes release of the naturally occurring opioids. It does what heroin can't do, in effect."
Had I been at this testimony, I would have burst out laughing. Even though the fact that someone is stupid and pathetic enough to compare jerking off to shooting up heroin is no laughing matter...
People say I'm crazy, I got diamonds on the soles of my shoes...
Five midgets, spanking a man, covered in thousand island dressing. Is that love?
Is the dressing organic?
pornographic images stay in the brain forever.
dare to test this hypothesis?