If humanity suddenly vanished and all that would be left of our existence is all the videos ever filmed. How much of that would be porn? What would other civilizations think of us? Fucking perverts, aren’t we?

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    4 hours ago

    Pretty much my thought.

    Consumerism is, therefore content churning is.

    Some other intersecting ingredients might be human sexual drive, wiring for novelty, legacy of puritanical mores,

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      3 hours ago

      I’d argue the drive has been hijacked and amplified for my reasons above. Gym bros, meat eating and “low T” are all in service to male sex drive. It’s far more sinister than it appears and not the least bit surprising.

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        3 hours ago

        No argument that the drive is amplified. And, sex is amplified at the expense of intimacy, including nonsexual intimacy