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I assumed most adults know better than to take nude selfies to begin with. I was quite surprised Bezos would do this. Aside from being this being foolish, real

I assumed most adults know better than to take nude selfies to begin with. I was quite surprised Bezos would do this. Aside from being this being foolish, realize that women don’t want dick pics.

tantalor 8y ago
That's the type of shaming attitude required for National Enquirer to think their coercion will work. A better reaction is, who cares about nudes shared discretely between consenting adults? Leaking them will accomplish nothing.
- noir_lord 8y ago
  Agreed, I've never photographed my junk but who cares what other people do, taking pictures for a partner that are titillating is far on the mild scale of what powerful people (and normal people) can get up to its irrelevant. I'm not a fan of bezos but in this case his response has been spot on.
- lawnchair_larry 8y ago
  I don’t think the two are related. I think the Enquirer was banking on him being ashamed of showing his dick pics to the world. If I’m shaming him, it’s for making a dumb decision. Phones get hacked and pics leak, and he should know this. But let’s look at this for what it is. It isn’t Jeff’s position that he doesn’t care if they are leaked, or that leaking them will accomplish nothing. He very much wants them to stay private and he’s doubling down on legal efforts to try and ensure that outcome. It’s just that his ego is larger than his shame, and he’s damn near biologically incapable of rolling over when another powerful man is attacking him, and that’s his best play given the cards on the table. My take is that having his dick pick posted online would be moderately shameful, but losing to Mr. Pecker, particularly in front of his new love interest, especially when the subject matter being used against him is essentially peacocking for said love interest, would be the ultimate shame. Make no mistake - these calm, collected responses are purely strategic, and not at all reflective of the full scope of his true demeanor. It’s the same thing with Thiel taking down Gawker. Whether you think Gawker was in the wrong or not, Thiel wasn’t motivated by charity or righteousness. He simply wanted to bury his enemy and spit on his grave.
  - smsm42 8y ago
    > Thiel wasn’t motivated by charity or righteousness. He simply wanted to bury his enemy and spit on his grave. That said, reading about Gawker conduct over the years, if somebody's grave deserved to be spit on, its theirs. They operated for years under the model "we can do anything we want and you don't have enough money to sue us". Until Thiel did.
dhimes 8y ago
I think it's a perfectly fine form of flirtation/teasing between adult lovers.
adventured 8y ago
> realize that women don’t want dick pics. They occasionally do, in my experience. It's really simple: if they ask for one, oblige if you care to. If they don't ask, don't send one. The last six or seven women I've been romantically / sexually intimate with have all asked outright as part of a general back and forth. That's without me ever initiating or pushing that. All pretty normal women as well, none of them were especially kinky or into fringe sexual experimentation; a few were quite shy and still wanted to do it. Anecdotal of course, however I doubt I just happened to meet so many in a row that were interested in that. Rather, I'd bet it's not uncommon with the majority of women under a certain age today (maybe under ~40-45, women that have spent a large part of their adult lives in the selfie era). Especially once you've established enough trust and intimacy. If you're physically apart for any meaningful length of time, that also changes the context. I've done long distance relationships a couple of times and that has always considerably increased the demand for selfies.
- decebalus1 8y ago
  Honestly I am amazed that anyone even tangentially related to tech thinks it's a good idea to digitize their genitalia and attach them to their name. Once something is in digital form, the information is 'free'. It's free to multiply and distribute. The odds of it never going away is asymptotic to the popularity of the individual. Bad, bad ideas all around.
Kye 8y ago
Nothing wrong with a little consensual nude swapping between friends.
happytoexplain 8y ago
>realize that women don’t want dick pics. This is more a funny generalization to use in a joke about the differences between men and women than it is a true statement. And shaming such tame sexual behavior between consenting adults comes off as prudish.
mruts 8y ago
I dunno, in this case, it kind of does seem that his mistress wanted dick picks? And maybe you're different than everyone else, but I suspect a lot (maybe even the majority) of adults have taken nude/semi-nude selfies. Probably more women than men, but still.
- lawnchair_larry 8y ago
  I find it very hard to believe that anything close to a majority does this, but I do wonder about that. I mean, for all I know, I could be the only one who hasn’t.
manicdee 8y ago
"unsolicited" being the operative word that you omitted.

I assumed most adults know better than to take nude selfies to begin with. I was quite surprised Bezos would do this. Aside from being this being foolish, realize that women don’t want dick pics.

tantalor 8y ago

That's the type of shaming attitude required for National Enquirer to think their coercion will work. A better reaction is, who cares about nudes shared discretely between consenting adults? Leaking them will accomplish nothing.

noir_lord 8y ago
Agreed, I've never photographed my junk but who cares what other people do, taking pictures for a partner that are titillating is far on the mild scale of what powerful people (and normal people) can get up to its irrelevant. I'm not a fan of bezos but in this case his response has been spot on.
lawnchair_larry 8y ago
I don’t think the two are related. I think the Enquirer was banking on him being ashamed of showing his dick pics to the world. If I’m shaming him, it’s for making a dumb decision. Phones get hacked and pics leak, and he should know this. But let’s look at this for what it is. It isn’t Jeff’s position that he doesn’t care if they are leaked, or that leaking them will accomplish nothing. He very much wants them to stay private and he’s doubling down on legal efforts to try and ensure that outcome. It’s just that his ego is larger than his shame, and he’s damn near biologically incapable of rolling over when another powerful man is attacking him, and that’s his best play given the cards on the table. My take is that having his dick pick posted online would be moderately shameful, but losing to Mr. Pecker, particularly in front of his new love interest, especially when the subject matter being used against him is essentially peacocking for said love interest, would be the ultimate shame. Make no mistake - these calm, collected responses are purely strategic, and not at all reflective of the full scope of his true demeanor. It’s the same thing with Thiel taking down Gawker. Whether you think Gawker was in the wrong or not, Thiel wasn’t motivated by charity or righteousness. He simply wanted to bury his enemy and spit on his grave.
- smsm42 8y ago
  > Thiel wasn’t motivated by charity or righteousness. He simply wanted to bury his enemy and spit on his grave. That said, reading about Gawker conduct over the years, if somebody's grave deserved to be spit on, its theirs. They operated for years under the model "we can do anything we want and you don't have enough money to sue us". Until Thiel did.

dhimes 8y ago

I think it's a perfectly fine form of flirtation/teasing between adult lovers.

adventured 8y ago

> realize that women don’t want dick pics. They occasionally do, in my experience. It's really simple: if they ask for one, oblige if you care to. If they don't ask, don't send one. The last six or seven women I've been romantically / sexually intimate with have all asked outright as part of a general back and forth. That's without me ever initiating or pushing that. All pretty normal women as well, none of them were especially kinky or into fringe sexual experimentation; a few were quite shy and still wanted to do it. Anecdotal of course, however I doubt I just happened to meet so many in a row that were interested in that. Rather, I'd bet it's not uncommon with the majority of women under a certain age today (maybe under ~40-45, women that have spent a large part of their adult lives in the selfie era). Especially once you've established enough trust and intimacy. If you're physically apart for any meaningful length of time, that also changes the context. I've done long distance relationships a couple of times and that has always considerably increased the demand for selfies.

decebalus1 8y ago
Honestly I am amazed that anyone even tangentially related to tech thinks it's a good idea to digitize their genitalia and attach them to their name. Once something is in digital form, the information is 'free'. It's free to multiply and distribute. The odds of it never going away is asymptotic to the popularity of the individual. Bad, bad ideas all around.

Kye 8y ago

Nothing wrong with a little consensual nude swapping between friends.

happytoexplain 8y ago

>realize that women don’t want dick pics. This is more a funny generalization to use in a joke about the differences between men and women than it is a true statement. And shaming such tame sexual behavior between consenting adults comes off as prudish.

mruts 8y ago

I dunno, in this case, it kind of does seem that his mistress wanted dick picks? And maybe you're different than everyone else, but I suspect a lot (maybe even the majority) of adults have taken nude/semi-nude selfies. Probably more women than men, but still.

lawnchair_larry 8y ago
I find it very hard to believe that anything close to a majority does this, but I do wonder about that. I mean, for all I know, I could be the only one who hasn’t.

manicdee 8y ago

"unsolicited" being the operative word that you omitted.