Lol I nominate the above to the title of most entitled and out of touch comment of the month. How is this "basic human need" if online porn didn't even exist before 1990?

Neither did the internet. Or electricity before that.

And none of those are basic human needs. They're just comforts we've grown accustomed to.

You're using a different definition than i am then, and dare I say, an archaic one.

Basic human needs and rights only make sense in the context of the society in which said humans are a part of.

Homeless? Not a problem in nomadic tribes. Cities? Basic need / right.

Access to food services? Not a problem for the Buddhist monk. Cities? Basic need / right.

Electricity? Not a problem for the Amish. Cities? Basic need / right.

Internet? Perhaps not as established as the above, but definitely establishing itself very quickly in most cities.

Eh, you can't even apply for a job without internet access these days. I'd say internet access is essential for participation in society.

So you say it’s fine if your office had no electricity and running water?

If it's not required to do the job and they pay well, then why not. I can easily survive 8 hours without running water. Geologists (often with masters or even PhDs titles) working in the field have neither, and they like their jobs.

Moreover, seeing the right to be paid for jerking off while at work as fundamental human right is really unhinged.

Correct. Rape, theft, murder, and other actions can be performed along the way of people fulfilling their basic human needs, so the reasoning doesn't really justify all activities.

The way I look at it (and not saying it is the best way, just works for me) is that my public/professional person is my brand that the world sees and thinks of when I interact with them. Regardless whether that is big brother junior analyst in IT or a client CEO, I try to keep that consistent and inviting.

If on the weekend I want to only drink Soylent, trade crypto, and otherwise engage in fun but less inviting behaviors, I'll do that off company property.

I'm as sex positive as they come but even I think it'd be pretty dumb to have pornhub pop up while you're sharing your screen in a meeting or something

About as dumb as having model train collector site up, or reddit or hn or whatever...

It was actually kinda a joke with my friend when used to help him code. Leave something nasty open just for amusement.

One good reason is that porn sites are notoriously riddles with browser 0 days. To this day I get the odd Safari crash every other month.

We've decided to structure society such that some people starve, and we consider that acceptable. There are even children who are "food insecure".

Apparently nobody cares about anyone else's most basic needs like food (even our most vulnerable), I can't see how they'd care about someone else's need to jerk off.