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I don't mind them blurring it. Its not really a problem. Heaven knows how many kids ended up with a porn addiction because Google displayed something that lead

I don't mind them blurring it. Its not really a problem. Heaven knows how many kids ended up with a porn addiction because Google displayed something that lead them down a rabbit hole. If that sort of addiction can be lessened by blurring images so they don't see them right away, I view it as a good thing. Of course, all the kid has to do is click on it then unblur it so its effectiveness is in question. Not to mention it does nothing to reduce the other routes porn addiction can be introduced. However, despite all that, I DO have a problem with them requiring a login to disable the feature. It feels like a grab for more data. A way to get people to log in and let them attribute NSFW searches to an account. Google wants to know pretty much every part of you so they can sell you things...that includes adult services and objects. If they can nail what your fetish is, they can advertise to you stuff related to it.

LorenPechtel 4y ago
Porn addiction?? Basically a made-up issues by the puritans.
- danjoredd 4y ago
  I disagree. There is a lot of evidence that pornography causes real harm to both men and women. It can cause relationship problems, erectile disfunction, and can increase feelings of depression. I can provide official sources for this. While addiction is a very specific term and "porn addiction" technically doesn't exist if you want to be pedantic, I know many many people who want to give it up but struggle with doing that. Here are the sources I got my information from. I sincerely hope that you read them. Being against porn does not necessarily mean being puritanical, as it has legitimate health risks that are legitimately concerning: https://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2011/02/24/visualizza_new.html_1583160579.html https://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2011/02/24/... https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brain-activity-in-sex-addiction-mirrors-that-of-drug-addiction https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brain-activity-in-sex-ad... https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-012-0164-0 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-012-0164-0?
  - LorenPechtel 4y ago
    Your second link doesn't even address porn addiction at all. And I think your third has the cart before the horse--porn use is a symptom of relationship problems far more than it is a cause of them.
    - danjoredd 4y ago
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  - jchw 4y ago
    I wouldn't call it pedantic. Addiction is just the wrong word, because health issues related to habitual porn usage is not always a kind of addiction, and what most people seem to think constitutes addiction is completely off. No doubt there are health issues that can happen with habitual porn use, but that's mostly not even specific to porn. A much bigger issue is the misunderstanding that people seem to have with what constitutes an addiction. Having a routine is not an addiction. Having hobbies, even if they are crude or not socially acceptable, is not an addiction. If it's not really negatively impacting your life and it's under control, you are fine. I have a feeling depending on what circles you are adjacent to will impact your opinions on which misconception is worse, but there has got to be roughly no people who truly believe you couldn't have an unhealthy obsession with porn. That's ridiculous.

LorenPechtel 4y ago

Porn addiction?? Basically a made-up issues by the puritans.

danjoredd 4y ago
I disagree. There is a lot of evidence that pornography causes real harm to both men and women. It can cause relationship problems, erectile disfunction, and can increase feelings of depression. I can provide official sources for this. While addiction is a very specific term and "porn addiction" technically doesn't exist if you want to be pedantic, I know many many people who want to give it up but struggle with doing that. Here are the sources I got my information from. I sincerely hope that you read them. Being against porn does not necessarily mean being puritanical, as it has legitimate health risks that are legitimately concerning: https://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2011/02/24/visualizza_new.html_1583160579.html https://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2011/02/24/... https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brain-activity-in-sex-addiction-mirrors-that-of-drug-addiction https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brain-activity-in-sex-ad... https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-012-0164-0 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-012-0164-0?
- LorenPechtel 4y ago
  Your second link doesn't even address porn addiction at all. And I think your third has the cart before the horse--porn use is a symptom of relationship problems far more than it is a cause of them.
  - danjoredd 4y ago
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- jchw 4y ago
  I wouldn't call it pedantic. Addiction is just the wrong word, because health issues related to habitual porn usage is not always a kind of addiction, and what most people seem to think constitutes addiction is completely off. No doubt there are health issues that can happen with habitual porn use, but that's mostly not even specific to porn. A much bigger issue is the misunderstanding that people seem to have with what constitutes an addiction. Having a routine is not an addiction. Having hobbies, even if they are crude or not socially acceptable, is not an addiction. If it's not really negatively impacting your life and it's under control, you are fine. I have a feeling depending on what circles you are adjacent to will impact your opinions on which misconception is worse, but there has got to be roughly no people who truly believe you couldn't have an unhealthy obsession with porn. That's ridiculous.