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Why do we produce so much porn?
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Perhaps. But the assumption that Aliens would find us perverted implies that this attitude is the normal one when prudism is the freakshow. Every media technology from cave painting to the internet and everything in between has been co-opted if not dominated by porn.
I mean if you look at ALL the species that have ever lived on earth in the history of earth, how many had the same sexual drive as humans? That would be in the 0.xxxxx percentage.
If you want to use logic, it would be logical to assume that chances are that aliens ARE NOT as sexually driven as us and that this is NOT a common behaviour.
Bonobos:
polyamorous colonies, pleasure-based economy, assless chaps, what a life
What do you mean? There are so many species that are kind of all about sex drive. All those insects that don't even eat in their adult life, just fuck. Humans can't compare!
I think any assumption of Aliens would be a mistake.
You made an assumption and so did I. I just based my assumption on what we know about life on earth and you made it based on star trek.
I made a shitpost based on star trek for a laugh.
If we compare humanity to other species on earth, the year-round horniness without any specific mating seasons is fairly uncommon. There's not really a good reason to assume that a sentient alien species works the same way.