I think free porn has declined since the pandemic and also due to the feminization of porn and the increased regulations that porn sites have to make. I look back at old porn from the early 2010s and couldn't help but notice how pleasantly vanilla and innocent it all once was.
It's also kind of weird that when you search for porn nowadays, you get gay porn search results too. If that isn't a conduit for Trump winning the young middle class male vote in the 2024 election, then I don't know what is.
I like to see people talk honestly about this, but I have a couple points of disagreement.
1. I'm not alone in this, pretty sure, and far from the most extreme example, but people do revisit porn. They learn the names of performers or hentai / fetish artists to check them again. They save stuff to their hard drives in case it becomes hard to find online again. Then there's the simps, people who sub to pay sites, onlyfans, and nsfw patreons; people who tip cammers and make the industry go round with their money. The virtual girlfriend experience is a real and potent thing.
2. Some people do resist their dependence on porn, often for religious or self-improvement reasons. Of course it's a drop in the bucket compared to the people who keep using, but I had a nofap / pornfree phase myself, and I'm currently attempting "No Nut November," an annually trendy challenge.
I think free porn has declined since the pandemic and also due to the feminization of porn and the increased regulations that porn sites have to make. I look back at old porn from the early 2010s and couldn't help but notice how pleasantly vanilla and innocent it all once was.
It's also kind of weird that when you search for porn nowadays, you get gay porn search results too. If that isn't a conduit for Trump winning the young middle class male vote in the 2024 election, then I don't know what is.
I like to see people talk honestly about this, but I have a couple points of disagreement.
1. I'm not alone in this, pretty sure, and far from the most extreme example, but people do revisit porn. They learn the names of performers or hentai / fetish artists to check them again. They save stuff to their hard drives in case it becomes hard to find online again. Then there's the simps, people who sub to pay sites, onlyfans, and nsfw patreons; people who tip cammers and make the industry go round with their money. The virtual girlfriend experience is a real and potent thing.
2. Some people do resist their dependence on porn, often for religious or self-improvement reasons. Of course it's a drop in the bucket compared to the people who keep using, but I had a nofap / pornfree phase myself, and I'm currently attempting "No Nut November," an annually trendy challenge.