NOFAP 2021

[rjc149]

Junk food still provides nutrition and energy, and alcohol does have actually have modest benefits including stress reduction; in small amounts it MAY be a net benefit to consume it. You can also make the case that many drugs have benefits that outweigh the costs.

Porn itself is not bad (especially pre-internet porn) but our modern high speed, streaming, free internet porn is inherently harmful and toxic by nature.

Also, porn is absolutely comparible to hardcore drugs in terms of its devastating effects on the brain. There are neurological studies proving it; that wasn't merely a statement I made for the sake of argument.

I tend to agree with you that because porn covers a very, very wide range of material and target audiences, universally condemning it is too much of a generalization.

Looking at some titty pics is not the same as some of the gross sh!t you can find online.

Drinking a glass of red wine with company is not the same as chugging vodka for breakfast.

Eating a cheeseburger after a long hike to replenish calories is not the same as being 600 lbs.

 

[B80]

everything in small doses is fine. a few lines of coke every few months is less harmful than gobbling down junk food most days.

 

[FlexpertHamilton]

everything in small doses is fine. a few lines of coke every few months is less harmful than gobbling down junk food most days.

The problem is that many things are very difficult to do in moderation, it's often better to just avoid them completely.

I tend to agree with you that because porn covers a very, very wide range of material and target audiences, universally condemning it is too much of a generalization.

Looking at some titty pics is not the same as some of the gross sh!t you can find online.

Drinking a glass of red wine with company is not the same as chugging vodka for breakfast.

Eating a cheeseburger after a long hike to replenish calories is not the same as being 600 lbs.

You're missing my point. The issue with porn isn't any specific genre you're viewing, it's the fact that there is ENDLESS novelty INSTANTLY available almost anytime anywhere. You can hijack your reward center and provide it with endless hits of dopamine because there is so much free porn accessible at a moments notice.

 

[rjc149]

You're missing my point. The issue with porn isn't any specific genre you're viewing, it's the fact that there is ENDLESS novelty INSTANTLY available almost anytime anywhere. You can hijack your reward center and provide it with endless hits of dopamine because there is so much free porn accessible at a moments notice.

Again, my point is that the issue isn't with porn per se, it's with the fact that fvcked-up porn can be pulled up instantly on anyone's smartphone. Which I agree, isn't a good thing. But that doesn't mean porn is bad. It means the easy access to it, and extremity of it, causes compulsive use and addiction.

 

[KindredSpiritzz]

This is more realistically attributable to a natural decline in testosterone and advancing decrepitude that comes with age. Body parts will eventually stop working the way they once did regardless of how you lived your life.

i look at it in terms of "wear and tear". If you're using a body part alot, whether it be a knee joint, shoulder joint or your johnson you wear it out faster in some regards. A penis isnt like a muscle you can tone up. Abuse to much over the years it eventually breaks.

 

[lost_blackbird]

Well do you want to change? Like REALLY want to change, I mean. Cuz this is something that’s nigh on impossible to do otherwise. I’m talking about removing the aspies, because that’s where this thing is really heading.

I really want to be normal, I fear this may be an impossibility as I'm not so good at 'faking it to make it'