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If people are exposed to stimuli, they will pursue increasingly stimulating versions of it. This is not true in any kind of universal way. If you enjoy c

If people are exposed to stimuli, they will pursue increasingly stimulating versions of it. This is not true in any kind of universal way. If you enjoy car chases in movies, does that mean you're going to require more and more intense chase scenes, and then consume real-life crash footage, and ultimately progress to doing your own daredevil driving stunts in real life? No, because at some point it's "enough." Same with... literally anything we enjoy. Did you enjoy your lunch? Did you compulsively feel the need to work up to crazier and crazier lunches? What about sex? Have you had sex? Do you feel the need to seek out crazier and crazier versions of it?

nemo44x 5y ago
> What about sex? Have you had sex? Do you feel the need to seek out crazier and crazier versions of it? For porn and sex it's different though. Some people are attracted to things that are deviant and taboo. That's the part they're looking for. As pornography has become more widely accepted, a market has developed for more and more extreme forms of it. This has been documented. It's not the content per-se but rather the nature of it that is found attractive. So the idea is to find a line that's reasonable so the people that feel the need to get close to that line can have that urge fulfilled without damaging society. A market will form for more and more extreme content as soon as the line moves and what was one taboo no longer is. An Overton window of sorts for pornography.
numpad0 5y ago
There seems to be a small issue in GP's logical inference to me, in that he places artificial CP as proportional and wholly inferior replacement to real CP. As if, ham sandwiches and boiled sausages are _inferior_ replacements to blocks of body parts of animals on a dish. I don't think this is the case, from anecdotal experiences; Hollywood chase scenes are much more exciting to me than real life crash footage, I've watched enough. They need cooking, and if you are cooking anyway, mixing artificial and "natural" ingredients can even be a problem than a positive. Truth is always boring.

nemo44x 5y ago

> What about sex? Have you had sex? Do you feel the need to seek out crazier and crazier versions of it? For porn and sex it's different though. Some people are attracted to things that are deviant and taboo. That's the part they're looking for. As pornography has become more widely accepted, a market has developed for more and more extreme forms of it. This has been documented. It's not the content per-se but rather the nature of it that is found attractive. So the idea is to find a line that's reasonable so the people that feel the need to get close to that line can have that urge fulfilled without damaging society. A market will form for more and more extreme content as soon as the line moves and what was one taboo no longer is. An Overton window of sorts for pornography.

numpad0 5y ago

There seems to be a small issue in GP's logical inference to me, in that he places artificial CP as proportional and wholly inferior replacement to real CP. As if, ham sandwiches and boiled sausages are _inferior_ replacements to blocks of body parts of animals on a dish. I don't think this is the case, from anecdotal experiences; Hollywood chase scenes are much more exciting to me than real life crash footage, I've watched enough. They need cooking, and if you are cooking anyway, mixing artificial and "natural" ingredients can even be a problem than a positive. Truth is always boring.