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Re:ASCII Porn Predates the Internet but It's Still Everywher... by bigstrat2003 on Thursday January 02, 2025 @02:00AM (#42572376)
Different cultures each have their own standards for what is and is not considered offensive, and each culture thinks that its standards are correct. That isn't hypocrisy, it's just how this whole topic works. There are no two human cultures in history which have entirely agreed on what is and isn't offensive, so why do people feel the need to pick on Americans specifically? It strikes me as extremely narrow-minded.
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Re:ASCII Porn Predates the Internet but It's Still Everywher... by pjmlp on Thursday January 02, 2025 @02:15AM (#42572436)
Because Americans love to push their standards on the rest of the world, specially American companies with high control of Internet contents.

Then again, the current geopolitic clima has proven the time we are supposed to be all friends across the technology field, is coming to an end, and every nation is better off putting effort in ramping up with own siloed technology with less dependency in foreign nations.

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Re:ASCII Porn Predates the Internet but It's Still Everywher... by wiseowise on Thursday January 02, 2025 @09:35AM (#42574754)
> so why do people feel the need to pick on Americans specifically

Who is the main exporter of entertainment in the world?

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Re:ASCII Porn Predates the Internet but It's Still Everywher... by anthk on Thursday January 02, 2025 @10:05AM (#42575013)
90% of Europe doesn't care about America's prudeness. We see you as socially outdated and far from what you are trying to show us from Hollywood.
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Re:ASCII Porn Predates the Internet but It's Still Everywher... by wiseowise on Thursday January 02, 2025 @10:08AM (#42575050)
I'm from Europe. Whether it is seen socially outdated or not is orthogonal to the fact that US is the main exporter.

Just go through your cinema/streaming service and count how many of the movies/shows/music are from US.

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Re:ASCII Porn Predates the Internet but It's Still Everywher... by pjmlp on Thursday January 02, 2025 @12:40PM (#42576573)
Including porn, which is kind of ironic given the puritanical nature being discussed, and not being consequential.
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