Baby Tea said:
Honestly, I was almost laughing too hard to read past that point.
But I did read past it. I kept laughing.
You obviously completely, and seemingly intentionally, misread my post. Maybe not. Either way, you certainly beat the CRAP out of that straw-man. I mean, talk about taking major leaps in how you think I am as a person. Maybe you just like being angry? I don't know. It was just hilarious, though. You're precious.
What I said was 'People who find comfort in porn'. Not 'people who look at porn'.
The difference between the two is pretty significant, especially when you consider the original context of my post. The person I was quoting insinuated that pornography (And hookers) could be a comfort, in the sense of a substitute for a 'meaningful relationship'.
My point I was making, and will stand by, is that anyone who can and does take pornography and meaningless, transacted sex over a real, human relationship is probably unable to function properly in a 'normal' relationship. Maybe I wasn't clear enough, maybe you just saw what you wanted. I don't know.
My point is: I never once said that people who watch porn can't be in normal relationships.
Thanks for the words in my mouth, though.
Look this is my last response because A) Arguing over the interwebs will neither correct your flawed thinking nor change my mind B) you obviously want to fight because you spent the first to segments of your post basically e-laughing at my response.
I'm assuming you either don't know what the word comfort means (Or realize it is a synonym of pleasure...) Or that you intend to imply that relationships provide some sort of solace, that no other medium could ever provide. I mean I could be giving you way too much credit, but I assume you mean the relationship one has with their significant other is sort of irreplaceable like a bond between a parent and child.
But if so that's your ASSUMPTION(Which it would be unless you are seriously naive enough to believe you understand and have the ability to value said feelings.).
A person has married a video game, people have solicited prostitutes and fallen in love with them.
No one uses Porn or a Hooker, just because.
We do it to find pleasure.(Synonyms: amusement, bliss, buzz*, COMFORT, contentment, delectation, diversion, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, felicity, flash*, fruition, game, gladness, gluttony, gratification, gusto, hobby, indulgence, joie de vivre, joy, joyride, kick*, kicks, luxury, primrose path, recreation, relish, revelry, satisfaction, seasoning, self-indulgence, solace, spice, thrill, titillation, turn-on, velvet*, zest)
We do it to alleviate boredom.
We do it because it's far easier then the time/money it takes to receive the same physical gratification through the traditional relationship process. (I mean unless you consider those one-nighters... But you obviously weren't.)
I mean seriously guy, you're saying people who use porn and/or hookers can't have meaningful relationships... Or that they can't function in them, and that is just BOGUS. Especially when I'm sure more often then not the people who seek the services of hookers are people in relationships. (I have no stats to back this up.)
And if your little gripe in your retort was, "I never said everyone couldn't I said some people who use those things couldn't." Then you need to just take a long walk away.
Cause guess what, some people who love to eat candy bars, can't function well in relationships.
