Hardkill

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  3. Posted

    5 minutes ago, Etherial Cat said:

    A lot of fan are infatuated with rappers or rockstars. They're projecting on them an image/or a fantasy which supports their sexual lyrics without it popping the bubble. Especially since it encompass as well a need for expressing their sexuality.

    But it doesn't mean that these girls are into the content of the lyrics or would like to be concretely in the situation described in the songs. 

    I didn't have a crush on 50 cent, but when I was a teenager, I'd sing to PIMP or Candy shop thinking these songs were benign. Sometimes, it took me being well into my 20s to realize how nasty really was a song.

    So, how are they able to project the image/or a fantasy which supports their sexual lyrics without it popping the bubble? How are they able to express their sexuality without sounding creepy?

  4. Posted

    18 minutes ago, Etherial Cat said:

    This doesn't have much to do with men and women. Men would find it odd as well, even though you'd have a stronger negative reaction from female as they are more on their guard when it comes to sexual innuendo.

    Rappers and rockers aren't sitting there or being physically around in a room with you. I assumed that we were talking about IRL interactions. With musicians, you are not in the same dynamic. You can switch off the radio at any moment if it pleases you. Or if you go to their concerts, you've already agreed to what would be the content. And you're going there having already issued consent on what it would be about. So there isn't any boundary being trespassed...

    Okay that's pretty much true. Though why are there millions upon millions of female fans around the world who are appealed by the hardcore sexual content made by all of those rappers and rockers? Why aren't they instead disgusted and turned off by all those lewd lyrics, especially when sung or rapped by many of those rappers and rockstars who are physically repulsive?

  6. Posted

    1 minute ago, Preety_India said:

    @Hardkill what do you exactly want to discuss about porn?

     

    I'd like to discuss about the different kinds of genres of porn, the specific pornstars, and the specific scenes they watch and I watch. I also like to talk both which scenes and pornstars we think are the best, like how they have the AVN awards that judge which adult actresses and scenes are the best ones of the year.

  7. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Preety_India said:

    @Hardkill I think you watched too much Game of Thrones. 

    On a side note, you can always find a niche group of people who will calmly discuss all sorts of Gore and other stuff. 

    Oh yeah, I watched entire series of it of course. It's probably the most brutal series I've ever watched given the intense amount violence, gore, and sex in it. Yet, it's ironically super popular and okay to talk about with most people.

  8. Posted

    15 minutes ago, Etherial Cat said:

    If this is what leads you to ask this question, then porn isn't your problem. 

    When you meet someone new, you are on probation. The person will assess where you fit and if you are a danger or not. So as a consequence, each thing you do or say will be used to make an opinion on whether you are someone to feel relaxed with or not.

    Bringing up porn with strangers at the very beginning is triggering a red flag. It shows an abnormal pattern with a subject which is held hidden in first interactions because of necessary social boundaries and potential social turmoil. So when you speak about porn or sex lightheartedly with a stranger, they'll 1) notice you don't observe etiquette 2) feel threatened in their boundaries 3) going to be afraid that you do not control your sexual impulses.

    The situation would be comparable if you'd start a conversation with a stranger asking them about their poop or about the smell of their armpits or whatever. They'd assume you're not fully in control on social conventions nor of your animalistic instinct. Which feels threatening. :) 

    Then that means that many of those rappers and rock musicians show an abnormal pattern of not observing etiquette and give off a strong impression of being inclined to threaten women's boundaries and must make countless women feel afraid that they do not control their sexual impulses. Yet, those same rappers and rockstars have slept with tons of women, including a lot of hot women, without paying them for sex. That's what I don't totally get.

  9. Posted

    5 minutes ago, Preety_India said:

    Because talking about it makes it real. I don't think people are very comfortable discussing things that usually create strong reactions. 

    Just as people don't discuss pedophilia. 

    Some people think it might get them in trouble. 

     

    So, would talking about violent stuff like bloody wars, brutal battles, guns, boxing, MMA, hurting, or killing someone also be things that most people aren't very comfortable talking about with others because of how intense those reactions create?

  10. Posted

    4 minutes ago, Preety_India said:

    @Hardkill because it's taken in the context of entertainment or something illusory, not something real, just as people like watching horror movies but they don't want to see a man dressed in black holding a knife peering through the door slit after returning home. 

    True. Porn is also in the context of entertainment or something illusory, not something real, right? So why not talk about it with anyone?

  11. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    3 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    No politician in the US has pushed for literal forced vaccinations.

    The "force" in this case is just peer pressure.

    True. Though, do you think that peer pressure will be enough to influence the estimated 33% of the population who are against taking the vaccines to change their minds?

    I am getting worried about our country not being able to reach herd immunity soon enough.

  12. Posted

    1 minute ago, Preety_India said:

    Because why will producers care whether it's creepy or not, as long as they make money. And public is too lazy to fight against media. 

    I am not talking about the producers. I am asking why most consumers or customers are not turned off by the very crude sexual language mentioned in music such as those rap songs made by Cardi B or Lil Wayne or those borderline porn scenes shown in a lot of movies/tv shows?

  13. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    We have had forced vaccinations for the last 100 years.

    All school children are forced to get vaccines to enter school. University too. I had to get a shot to enter university.

    Society is held together by force sometimes. That is a precondition for having nice things. You have never been free do endanger others in a society. Because all our lives are at stake and we are in the same fucking boat.

    So, do you think that all of the estimated 1/3 of the people in the US who don't want the vaccine will inevitably be forced to take it?

  15. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    21 minutes ago, Preety_India said:

    Talking about porn is creepy everywhere not just western society. 

    Why will anyone even talk about porn?

    What's there to talk about it anyway?

     

    People either jerk off to porn or have sex, nobody is stuck in the middle. 

     

    Okay, but then why has been it considered okay and completely mainstream for ads, tv shows, movies, music and what have you to portray very graphic sexual content and strong sexual language to the point of being borderline pornographic?

    Also, why are there more and more people out there saying that you should be sex positive?

  16. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    Before my late twenties, I used to not be comfortable with talking about porn with anyone else because I used to be very shy and actually thought it was very weird to even talk about with anyone, even with those you are close with. However, westernized societies for decades, have become increasingly sexually liberated and entertainment industries including the tv/film industries, music industries, Internet, media, advertisement agencies, etc. in westernized societies keep pushing the envelope on sexual expression. In fact ever since around the beginning of the new millennium, a lot of ads, tv shows, movies, music and what have you have been portraying very graphic sexual content and strong sexual language to the point of being borderline pornographic. Given the current trend of this situation, it seems that this situation only going to keep being more prevalent and intense over time. The porn industry of course keeps making increasingly more hardcore sex material. Also, generally all men watch porn frequently and the majority of women watch porn. Also, most teens and adults in westernized countries have become increasingly more open with talking about sex with their friends and many of their family members.

    Therefore, I decided in my late twenties to become sexually open and not be ashamed about it anymore. Yet for some reason, talking about porn with someone you don't know or barely know is considered creepy in most instances even with acquaintances you are on good terms with. Why is that?

  17. Posted

    2 hours ago, Forestluv said:

    I would say half of group C is persuadable with moderate social peer-pressure. I predict vaccination rates will begin to slowly decline soon at 50% at the decline will be more pronounced at 65%. 

    That is why this is the critical period. So far the limiting factor for vaccine rates was number of shots available. We are at the turning point in which the limiting factor will soon be number of willing unvaccinated people. 

    Yet it's human nature to want to fit in and participate within social groups. Nobody likes to feel like an outcast. For example, imagine a college says that only vaccinated people can attend graduation. There is a policy that only vaccinated students can attend college sporting events for the next year. That would piss off some anti-vaxxing parents and students. Yet that type of thing shifts persuadable Group C. People want to feel accepted in social groups and participate in social events. Half of Group C would be like "whatever, I'll get the vaccine - then I don't have do deal with this crap".

    Yet that second half of Group C into Group D will be kicking and screaming. The bottom half of Group D would take up semi-automatic weapons and threaten violence. 

    I see. I guess that isn't the worst. 

    You think that maybe businesses will force their employees to get vaccinated?

  18. Posted

    36 minutes ago, Forestluv said:

    I am most concerned about variants arising. Each infected person contains many thousands of viral entities. That means that there are trillions of viral replications. Each one of those replications has a chance of mutation. The vast majority of them will be irrelevant or harmful to the virus. Yet a very small percentage will be beneficial - perhaps 0.0001% of the time. Yet with trillions of replications, that becomes a serious threat. Those mutations will allow the virus greater binding affinity to cells, expand the range of cells it can infect and evade previous vaccines.

    I see it as a race in time and we are at a critical period right now as we near 50% of people vaccinated. So far, the limiting factor has been the number of shots - they have been giving vaccines as fast as possible. So anti-vaxxers haven't been an issue. Yet that is changing right now as we approach 50% vaccinated. As a rough estimate:

    Group A: 25% of population was eager to get the vaccination. They were will to pay money to get it, drive for hours for it or wait in line for hours. They have all been fully vaccinated.

    Group B: 25% of the population was somewhat reluctant to get the vaccine. Yet when it became available, they got it with mild trepidation. 

    Group C: 25% of the population are very reluctant to get the vaccine. They will not take initiative on their own. They need some encouragement. 

    Group D: 25% hard-core anti-vaxxers.

    In America, we are now finishing up Group B at maximum speed. Moving into Group C is critical. If vaccination rates slow down that will give the virus opportunity to spread. 50% vaccinated is not enough. There will be new variants that arise that are more contagious and resistant to the original vaccine. So I think it's super important to educate people about risks and work to socially invite Group C. I don't think they will be motivated enough on their own.

    Hopefully, we get to about 65% vaccinated soon, before new variants take hold. It will be much harder to convince the public to take a second vaccine for variants. To get above 65% vaccinated, I think society will need to implement vaccine passports, yet 65% of people would be vaccinated, so they will be cool with this. If a sporting event wants a vaccination certificate on your phone for entry, vaccinated people will be fine with this. This will put more pressure on those unvaccinated and could boost it up to 75-80%, which I consider the target threshold. . . However, there is also a risk. This type of social passport can be abused by government, so it's important for those vaccinated to be socially responsible in the opposite direction and pushback on government over-reach. 

    I totally agree with you. However, how likely do you think that most if not all of the group C people in the country will be ultimately persuaded to take the vaccine after much education and push for it?

  19. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    6 minutes ago, Forestluv said:

    Those that are seriously interested in learning need to take responsibility for their learning. 

    I'm not making an assumption about being interested in expanding your knowledge. This is based on your posting history. Introspect yourself. For example, notice above how you said you went through a lot of studies and put "peer-reviewed" in quotes and said it doesn't mean the science is good. This is indicative of a lens that is filtering out information that does not confirm one's pre-conceived notions. For example, I doubt you are looking at studies and asking questions like whether it was best for the study to do a univariate analysis rather than a paired T-test. And if you were open-minded and objective, you would understand that most studies have both insights and limitations. For example, one study should show a correlation - which is evidence - yet weak evidence. Another study could show mechanistic evidence, yet have a small population size which reduces the strength of the evidence. Yet this isn't your mindset. 

    As well, the idea of everyone has dogmatic view and can't put things in different perspectives is a cop-out. C'mon. If you could put things in different perspectives, you would be able to easily see various perspectives of studies and how most studies have pros and cons from different perspectives. Yet you've already dismissed them all as "peer-reviewed" and it doesn't mean their good. This is intellectually lazy. 

    I'll start you off. . . do a google search for "what is the degree of asymptomatic spread of coronavirus". There will be a list of peer-reviewed primary studies. Read one of those studies. If you are serious about expanding your knowledge and think you can see different perspectives - come back here and tell me one piece of evidence that suggested the asymptomatic Ro is greater than zero as well as a criticism about the methodology of the paper. Then we can have a discussion. 

    How concerned are you that about a quarter to a third of all of the individuals in the US so far have either made it clear that they will never take the vaccine or are inclined not take it?

  23. Posted

    On 4/14/2021 at 9:01 PM, Leo Gura said:

    The point of this thread is that men are luckier than women, because it's easier for a man to raise his sexual value.

    Takes lots of work though.

    Exceptionally physically good-looking men and women alike get special treatment. This has always been the case and will always be the case. It is like being born to a millionaire family. It is a rare gift that lands in your lap. And if you get it, you will certainly use it to advance your survival.

    I am not so sure about this. I don't like to keep bragging about my looks, but in all honesty tons of people throughout my life have told me that I look like a high end male model or movie star. So, I used to think that I would get significant special treatment from others because of my looks, but according to my experience rarely if ever did that turn out to be the case, whether it be at school, work, friends, girls, family members. The only thing that my great looks got me was a lot of compliments on my looks from other people including a lot of girls during my middle school and high school years. After my high school years, I began to get somewhat less compliments from other including girls on my looks than I did before even though I still looked highly attractive and was getting even more toned. In fact, after I graduated college when I was 22, that's when I began to rarely received more compliments from others on my physical appearance. Even after putting on about 15-20 lbs. of real solid muscle on me and becoming even more shredded I didn't actually receive much more attention from others including other girls. I only got more compliments on my body from my family members, close friends of mine, a few other random people on instagram, and the small amount of girls I made out with or had sex with.

    Quite frankly, I am really starting to think that good looks are useless if you don't have much status or popularity.

  25. Posted

    The Biden Administration first achieved it's original goal of having 100 million vaccines administered within his first 100 days in office after his 58th day in office. Immediately afterwards, his administration doubled that goal to 200 million vaccines to be administered within his first 100 days in office.

    Now, as of yesterday, the administration reached that new goal!