Re:Pornhub just purged all unverified content from the platform
by powersnail on Monday December 14, 2020 @12:53PM
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Sure, nobody would expect porn to fill desires other than sexual. But, one can do other things to fulfill other desires.
> there are other facets of life where regular porn consumption or masturbation might have a negative effect
If there is a pathological addiction, yes, it will have a negative effect on one's life, just like most other addictions. (Addiction to sex, for instance)
But, otherwise, I can't really think of masturbation interfering with life that much. People frequently waste away 10 minutes in all kinds of ways.
Depends on what we are "fulfilling". Just think about an extremely overweight person who cannot stop overeating. Yes, they are fulfilled in terms of food, but (sometimes) they are self-loathing and consider the fact that they cannot stop eating a personal failure, so in that sense they are the farthest from "fulfilled".
Same is true for porn, you might be fulfilled in a sense that you get to orgasm in 10 minutes, but there are other facets of life where regular porn consumption or masturbation might have a negative effect.