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It might be my age demographic but everyone I know is very open with their choices of pornography and I have the link to several of my friend's favorite lists a

It might be my age demographic but everyone I know is very open with their choices of pornography and I have the link to several of my friend's favorite lists and playlists. There are also shared accounts of paid websites going around and we can see the "recently watched" lists. There shouldn't be any shame to pornography unless you are consuming illegal content. Unless you are a content creator and wish to keep your personal and online life separated, there's not much of a blacklist potential.

pessimizer 7y ago
I agree, but millennials have no power, there's the potential that what they've done (while being tracked and recorded every moment of their lives) could be used to blacklist the entire generation by zombie boomers and their xer children. They've already come of age during a ruined economy, this could just be another strike. Xers will live long enough that they could skip most of the millennials in favor of their kids, who may take their parents' experiences as a cautionary tale and be more careful and contrived about their public faces (I think there's ample evidence of this wariness.)
- Raphmedia 7y ago
  > but millennials have no power Millennials are up to 38 years old in 2019.
  - acheron 7y ago
    Nobody born in 1982 has anything in common with someone born in the 90s. If you want to make “millennial” that expansive, then it loses all meaning.
    - Raphmedia 7y ago
      I am born in 1991 and my brother in 1981. We share the same values and were raised much the same way in a very similar environment. At work, my team is composed mostly of individuals born in the 80's and we are only a handful of 90's. We share the same workplace attitudes. The person I am dating was born in 1985. We see the world in a very similar way and share a lot of the same hobbies. I did not come up with the date range. Look anywhere and that's what you will see.
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    - wgj 7y ago
      If you decide on your own arbitrary definitions of words, they lose all their meaning. "Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials
  - pessimizer 7y ago
    Of course they are. They're also an absurdly tracked and recorded generation, all of their cultural idols and most of their work supervisors are Gen X, and the people who own the companies that employ them and manufacture everything they buy are Boomers. Their kids are also up to 20 years old, and are more polished online than they were; they were born being judged for what they posted, and knowing that everyone at school would see it.
- dragonwriter 7y ago
  > millennials have no power, Millennials are on the cusp of displacing Boomers as the dominant power in society, bypassing Gen X completely (as it was always clear would be the case.) > there's the potential that what they've done (while being tracked and recorded every moment of their lives) could be used to blacklist the entire generation by zombie boomers and their xer children Boomers' children are often Millenials, just as plenty of Gen X have Silent Generation parents. But, in any case, no, there's not, because Millenials are increasingly the ones running the show. > They've already come of age during a ruined economy, When they wouldn't have had much even if it was a good economy; meanwhile, GenX got wiped out mid-career by it, and Boomers facing retirement. Sucks for everyone, but I'm not convinced it sucks worse for Millenials. > Xers will live long enough that they could skip most of the millennials in favor of their kids Except Xers will never be the dominant political, economic, or social power group, at best being #2 behind Millenials once the Boomers die off sufficiently.
codesushi42 7y ago
I find this hard to believe. Are you saying you have friends that sign up on porn sites with their real names? At which age are we talking about? I would wager you wouldn't talk casually about it to any prospective girlfriends, assuming you guys have any...
- Raphmedia 7y ago
  Of course not, that's usernames I'm talking about. We'd say "Oh, go log in as 'CoolUser69'. The password is 'hunter2'. We are sharing this account together, chip in a few bucks a month if you can" or "oh, I have a curated playlist of [XYZ category]. Look up 'CoolUser69' on [KinkySite.xxx]". The age range is 26-31 years. Both males and females. Anything from owners of small web development agencies to university students or government office workers. I attempt to keep a diverse social group. I am female and currently in a stable relationship. There has never been a person I have been in a relationship with that didn't know my kinks and turn-ons. I am not sure how that would work exactly.
  - codesushi42 7y ago
    Yes, but you may be talking about your social circle. I am skeptical that casually sharing your porn habits is going to be seen as acceptable and normal in the eyes of most of your peers. I'm a few years from the age range you mentioned, and I can't say I have seen the same level of openness. Not even close.
    - Raphmedia 7y ago
      Values change wildly depending on where you are from. I am mostly talking about second and third generation atheists from Montréal and the surrounding region. The way of life is obliviously very different than what it would be in let's say, conservative southern USA. That being said, being open about sexuality brings openness. For example, I had a very long conversation with a woman from Haiti this last weekend. She has a lot of questions and we talked about everything from the existence of female orgasms to gender identities and sexuality. I could literally see the weight and shame lift off her shoulders as I explained and normalized concepts for her.

pessimizer 7y ago

I agree, but millennials have no power, there's the potential that what they've done (while being tracked and recorded every moment of their lives) could be used to blacklist the entire generation by zombie boomers and their xer children. They've already come of age during a ruined economy, this could just be another strike. Xers will live long enough that they could skip most of the millennials in favor of their kids, who may take their parents' experiences as a cautionary tale and be more careful and contrived about their public faces (I think there's ample evidence of this wariness.)

Raphmedia 7y ago
> but millennials have no power Millennials are up to 38 years old in 2019.
- acheron 7y ago
  Nobody born in 1982 has anything in common with someone born in the 90s. If you want to make “millennial” that expansive, then it loses all meaning.
  - Raphmedia 7y ago
    I am born in 1991 and my brother in 1981. We share the same values and were raised much the same way in a very similar environment. At work, my team is composed mostly of individuals born in the 80's and we are only a handful of 90's. We share the same workplace attitudes. The person I am dating was born in 1985. We see the world in a very similar way and share a lot of the same hobbies. I did not come up with the date range. Look anywhere and that's what you will see.
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  - wgj 7y ago
    If you decide on your own arbitrary definitions of words, they lose all their meaning. "Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials
- pessimizer 7y ago
  Of course they are. They're also an absurdly tracked and recorded generation, all of their cultural idols and most of their work supervisors are Gen X, and the people who own the companies that employ them and manufacture everything they buy are Boomers. Their kids are also up to 20 years old, and are more polished online than they were; they were born being judged for what they posted, and knowing that everyone at school would see it.
dragonwriter 7y ago
> millennials have no power, Millennials are on the cusp of displacing Boomers as the dominant power in society, bypassing Gen X completely (as it was always clear would be the case.) > there's the potential that what they've done (while being tracked and recorded every moment of their lives) could be used to blacklist the entire generation by zombie boomers and their xer children Boomers' children are often Millenials, just as plenty of Gen X have Silent Generation parents. But, in any case, no, there's not, because Millenials are increasingly the ones running the show. > They've already come of age during a ruined economy, When they wouldn't have had much even if it was a good economy; meanwhile, GenX got wiped out mid-career by it, and Boomers facing retirement. Sucks for everyone, but I'm not convinced it sucks worse for Millenials. > Xers will live long enough that they could skip most of the millennials in favor of their kids Except Xers will never be the dominant political, economic, or social power group, at best being #2 behind Millenials once the Boomers die off sufficiently.

codesushi42 7y ago

I find this hard to believe. Are you saying you have friends that sign up on porn sites with their real names? At which age are we talking about? I would wager you wouldn't talk casually about it to any prospective girlfriends, assuming you guys have any...

Raphmedia 7y ago
Of course not, that's usernames I'm talking about. We'd say "Oh, go log in as 'CoolUser69'. The password is 'hunter2'. We are sharing this account together, chip in a few bucks a month if you can" or "oh, I have a curated playlist of [XYZ category]. Look up 'CoolUser69' on [KinkySite.xxx]". The age range is 26-31 years. Both males and females. Anything from owners of small web development agencies to university students or government office workers. I attempt to keep a diverse social group. I am female and currently in a stable relationship. There has never been a person I have been in a relationship with that didn't know my kinks and turn-ons. I am not sure how that would work exactly.
- codesushi42 7y ago
  Yes, but you may be talking about your social circle. I am skeptical that casually sharing your porn habits is going to be seen as acceptable and normal in the eyes of most of your peers. I'm a few years from the age range you mentioned, and I can't say I have seen the same level of openness. Not even close.
  - Raphmedia 7y ago
    Values change wildly depending on where you are from. I am mostly talking about second and third generation atheists from Montréal and the surrounding region. The way of life is obliviously very different than what it would be in let's say, conservative southern USA. That being said, being open about sexuality brings openness. For example, I had a very long conversation with a woman from Haiti this last weekend. She has a lot of questions and we talked about everything from the existence of female orgasms to gender identities and sexuality. I could literally see the weight and shame lift off her shoulders as I explained and normalized concepts for her.