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Re:ASCII Porn Predates the Internet but It's Still Everywher... by bigstrat2003 on Thursday January 02, 2025 @01:56AM (#42572358)
Nudes are not always porn, but that doesn't mean they can't be porn either. Ultimately I would say it comes down to whether the intent is to titillate, but of course porn is notoriously hard to define.
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Re:ASCII Porn Predates the Internet but It's Still Everywher... by Bluestein on Thursday January 02, 2025 @03:55AM (#42572834)
"I'll know it when I see it [on a terminal]" :)
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Re:ASCII Porn Predates the Internet but It's Still Everywher... by kazinator on Thursday January 02, 2025 @04:29AM (#42573012)
I would say that if there's no depiction of a sexual act, or any gestures or body poses suggesting an invitation to a sexual act, it's not pornography. While I can't necessarily pinpoint where the threshold lies, without certain ingredients like these, it's far from it.
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