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Re:Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in by bengbwing on Friday October 31, 2025 @04:41AM (#45769681)
The NHS offers treatment for pornography addiction. It's a subset of a wider category of behavioural addictions.
Re:Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in by irusensei on Friday October 31, 2025 @04:57AM (#45769805)
The "pornography addiction" model lacks scientific support and is driven by media hype, moral conflicts, and a lucrative treatment industry. High-frequency use of visual sexual stimuli (VSS; preferred neutral term over "pornography") does not meet addiction criteria and is better explained by non-pathological factors like libido, sensation-seeking, or value conflicts.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258565076_The_Emper...

Re:Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in by kfterrg67 on Saturday November 01, 2025 @01:08PM (#45783330)
You need to quit porn
Re:Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in by irusensei on Saturday November 01, 2025 @09:36PM (#45787136)
I just asked my mother if she created an account 3 days ago on Hacker News and she said no. So since you are not my mother you can't tell me what to do.

Bless your heart!

Re:Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in by kfterrg67 on Saturday November 01, 2025 @09:40PM (#45787149)
You're going to troon out. This random internet stranger can see it coming a mile away.

You are coom-brained. You need to quit.

Re:Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in by anonym29 on Sunday November 02, 2025 @04:32AM (#45789027)
Transphobic comments from the religious fundamentalist who would prefer porn didn't exist? Color me shocked!

What's next, are you going to propose stoning gay people and bringing back slavery because Leviticus told you that's what magic invisible sky daddy wanted?

Dang, are these kind of hateful, discriminatory comments towards marginalized groups appropriate for HN?

Re:Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in by kfterrg67 on Sunday November 02, 2025 @06:01AM (#45789420)
I'm not religious but the rest sounds pretty good tbh
Re:Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in by irusensei on Sunday November 02, 2025 @02:41PM (#45792816)
> Dang, are these kind of hateful, discriminatory comments towards marginalized groups appropriate for HN

It's a new account so they are probably avoiding an existing ban. Just flag and move on. From my experience these people lead extremely shitty lives wallowing on fringe political brain rot and negativity. They are not very bright either so when they look around how sad their lives are they tend to point towards a single thing as the source of all their problems as opposed to recognize nuance and their own ineptitudes. Thats why they reach ridiculous conclusions such as "my life is shit because my neighbor is watching porn".