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Volcel Police is funny but do remember, there is no “Gooner Epidemic” (www.tiktok.com)

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I hope we all know this and are just doing it as a bit, but sometimes I do see shit on this website that makes me go “Oh y’all are genuinely just weird prudes”

The “gooner epidemic” is not real, gooning is an incredibly niche kink that very few people engage in.

“Porn addiction” is basically non existent and affects such a small portion of the population as to not be relevant. The idea that most people have in their heads about porn addiction is propaganda made up by evangelicals.

We do not live in an overly-sexually-liberated time. There is not an excess of sexual content or exposure to it.

Most of the time when people talk about “the gooner problem” what they’re actually talking about is a mix of two unrelated things, people living normal sexually liberated lives, and undersocialized young men that don’t know how to interact with people.

Sex is good. We should be having more of it. We should encourage healthy, safe sex featuring whatever kinks you and your partner(s) consent to. Don’t fall for puritan propaganda comrades.

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[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 6 points 15 hours ago

I think it overall would've been fine if you had phrased the post more as "this is what this phd student says about this topic" rather than the way you phrased it originally, which did come across as more confrontational than you probably intended. That way, it would've just been people arguing about tiktok instead of a full on struggle session.

And fair enough on the "I'm kinda dumb" thing, that's why I only make dumb comments, not posts. I would probably end up causing a struggle session over the dumbest shit possible if I did.

And the volcel thing is overdone, but I would much rather be on a site that actively mocks guys creeping on women and gets them to not do that, rather than a site that tolerates or even encourages that behaviour. Though others have already talked about that at length here.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, good luck with your infiltration of hexbear! rat-salute-2

[-] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 7 points 15 hours ago

Genuinely I appreciate the advice, as an autistic person (and federal agent of course) it’s not often enough I get to actually have clear feedback on how I could have done an interaction better rat-salute

[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 2 points 15 hours ago

Glad I could help! And I'm glad you're taking my jokes with good humour, I wouldn't blame you if you just got mad and hurled insults back at me. I'm very happy we could end up having an actually productive discussion instead of that.