Porn sites must have government health warning in Texas from September 1st::Just when we didn’t think the state of Texas could get any more wacko on tech policy, this latest bill really suggests otherwise. House Bill 1181 is an age verification measure that is similar to what we’ve seen in the state legislatures across other red U.S. states. You have an age verification proposal that is similar…

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    Porn is just not naked humans. It’s not like art. And the behavior in those movies rubs off on teenage guys, so they start to behave like in the movies.

    I mean, I still think adding health warning is stupid, but at the same time, we can’t pretend porn doesn’t influence people.

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        “Warning: Any activity or substance that causes a rush of dopamine, serotonin, and/or oxytocin may lead to behavioral or psychological dependence on said substance or activity.” ?

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          Thats actually reasonable. I think people are largely unaware of their own brain plasticity and how much any type of input affects our outlook and actions.

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            Sure, but putting it on porn and not other things that make people feel good is just pathologizing sexuality in order to shame people.

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              Yea that’s fair. I feel like the issue lies in education tbh. Our schools don’t teach us much about practical things like the relationship between external and internal forces. I’m not for these types of warnings, I just thought that was reasonable compared to what I was expecting lol

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                Education for southerners!? Are you insane? You must be out of your mind!

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      The behavior of the actors in porn does not “rub off on” (lol) on the viewer any more than violent movies rub off on the viewer.

      I’d be more concerned about the guys watching the assholes on YouTube making videos about how to be an “alpha male”.

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        1 year ago

        You are actually wrong about that. Do some web searches on it and you will see.

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          That’s not how it works. If you are making the claim, it’s your responsibility to back that claim up with supporting information.

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            IMO it’s everyone’s responsibility to themselves to challenge and research things that they want to know the truth about. If the other poster is correct but has no desire to follow up with it, they will still be correct.

            The burden of proof is on those who want to know the truth. Unless it’s in a court of law, though even there, IMO the adversarial system is outdated and if someone is innocent, the prosecution and police should be working to determine that, not just trying to prove guilt at all costs.

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              The burden of proof is on those who want to know the truth

              The burden of proof is on the one making the claim. No exceptions.

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                It’s an internet conversion, there’s no burden on anyone unless they have a goal. Wanting to convince others puts the burden on the one making the claim, but if they aren’t interested in putting that much effort into it, that doesn’t invalidate the claim, which talking about the burden of proof being on anyone else is trying to do.

                Even if someone does make the effort to prove something, if knowing the truth is important to you, you should look at other perspectives.

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                  This is exactly how I think about things also. Which is why I dropped this conversation. But it’s a fact that porn changes the perception of sex to a huge degree. But young guys don’t even see it because they don’t have any previous experience without porn to compare to.

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                    Yeah I shouldn’t have bothered engaging, but that line just annoys me. It’s just a smarter sounding “nuh-uh!”. A better way to go about it IMO would be to ask something like, “what makes you think that?”