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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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[-] space_comrade@hexbear.net 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I should probably reign in this behaviour, even jokingly fedjacketing people can still lead to a culture of suspicion, and there are other ways to call someone out if I disagree with them than calling them a fed.

Good call. The amount of fedjacketing I see in online leftist spaces is really messed up IMO, gives off deranged conspiracy theorist vibes and it also shows a lot of unwarranted self importance, the feds most likely aren't making up elaborate personas to rile up terminally online visitors of very niche online communities.

[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 2 points 5 hours ago

gives off deranged conspiracy theorist vibes and it also shows a lot of unwarranted self importance, the feds most likely aren't making up elaborate personas to rile up terminally online visitors of very niche online communities.

That's why I do it, because I think it's funny and absurd to think that some FBI agent is tasked with organising this week's hexbear struggle session, but it may not always come across that I think it is absurd and silly, and ironic paranoia can easily seem like genuine paranoia.