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elfs"Thanks to the Internet, I'm no longer interested in sex." - Fry from Futurama
Well, that's not entirely true, but I'm thinking about going on a porn fast for a while. I liked it better when porn was hard to get to, and not available with a few strokes of the right. The difficulty, unique quality, and essential newness of it made it valuable. Nowadays, there's so much of it that we've become aware that collections of smut of all kinds -- as well as the men and women who make themselves available to the hungry eyes of the audiences-- are as ubiquitous as Diet Coke. It's easy to get excited about the notion that somewhere in your city a beautiful girl might actually be naked before a camera. It's much harder when you know she is and you're not a part of it. The mystery is gone and with it the thrill of potential discovery. There is only the weak leftover fantasy of bumping uglies.
George Carlin once said, "Porn is where you get this hot, temporary girlfriend who a minute later is banging someone else." I'm starting to understand the wisdom of Carlin more and more.
Well, that's not entirely true, but I'm thinking about going on a porn fast for a while. I liked it better when porn was hard to get to, and not available with a few strokes of the right. The difficulty, unique quality, and essential newness of it made it valuable. Nowadays, there's so much of it that we've become aware that collections of smut of all kinds -- as well as the men and women who make themselves available to the hungry eyes of the audiences-- are as ubiquitous as Diet Coke. It's easy to get excited about the notion that somewhere in your city a beautiful girl might actually be naked before a camera. It's much harder when you know she is and you're not a part of it. The mystery is gone and with it the thrill of potential discovery. There is only the weak leftover fantasy of bumping uglies.
George Carlin once said, "Porn is where you get this hot, temporary girlfriend who a minute later is banging someone else." I'm starting to understand the wisdom of Carlin more and more.
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Date: 2005-09-11 03:21 am (UTC)(--Dan Savage)