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> Modern professional sports are much like pornography: completely empty in both regards. Again, why do you think they're any different from movies, music, boo

> Modern professional sports are much like pornography: completely empty in both regards. Again, why do you think they're any different from movies, music, books, art, or any other form of entertainment you approve of? Surely you find joy in something? Why do you believe people should not find joy in sports or porn?

blfr 7y ago
Books and movies retain their core purpose: storytelling. While pornography and professional sports don't. It's like asking someone how can they approve of steak and disapprove of marshmallows. As if they were the same thing because they both provide some calories and can be eaten.
- Scapeghost 7y ago
  > Books and movies retain their core purpose: storytelling. While pornography and professional sports don't. Porn has storylines. And I suggest watching WWE :) > It's like asking someone how can they approve of steak and disapprove of marshmallows. It's like a connoisseur of steak condemning the consumption of marshmallows for made-up hypocritical reasons.
  - blfr 7y ago
    Porn isn't about storytelling. It's about sex. Otherwise it's just a story with gratuitous nudity and sex. And yet it lacks actual sex and intimacy. Making it a poor, distant ersatz. Same with marshmallows. They're food, technically, but a poor, distant ersatz of a real meal. Both in taste and nutrition.
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    - Scapeghost 7y ago
      I hope you realize that the stories in books etc aren't the real thing either, but a hollow facsimile, an ersatz marshmallow.
- ikt 7y ago
  > While pornography and professional sports don't. So this is a story to tell: Rush - Theatrical Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XA73ni9eVs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XA73ni9eVs Conor McGregor: Notorious - Official Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syOgWwz2fiE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syOgWwz2fiE But when I watch it play out in real time it's not a story?

blfr 7y ago

Books and movies retain their core purpose: storytelling. While pornography and professional sports don't. It's like asking someone how can they approve of steak and disapprove of marshmallows. As if they were the same thing because they both provide some calories and can be eaten.

Scapeghost 7y ago
> Books and movies retain their core purpose: storytelling. While pornography and professional sports don't. Porn has storylines. And I suggest watching WWE :) > It's like asking someone how can they approve of steak and disapprove of marshmallows. It's like a connoisseur of steak condemning the consumption of marshmallows for made-up hypocritical reasons.
- blfr 7y ago
  Porn isn't about storytelling. It's about sex. Otherwise it's just a story with gratuitous nudity and sex. And yet it lacks actual sex and intimacy. Making it a poor, distant ersatz. Same with marshmallows. They're food, technically, but a poor, distant ersatz of a real meal. Both in taste and nutrition.
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  - Scapeghost 7y ago
    I hope you realize that the stories in books etc aren't the real thing either, but a hollow facsimile, an ersatz marshmallow.
ikt 7y ago
> While pornography and professional sports don't. So this is a story to tell: Rush - Theatrical Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XA73ni9eVs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XA73ni9eVs Conor McGregor: Notorious - Official Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syOgWwz2fiE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syOgWwz2fiE But when I watch it play out in real time it's not a story?