Is pornography a time thief?

[Jocke]

I’ve only been with my current girlfriend for a few months, so we haven’t exactly got our sexual rhythm set in stone just yet, but I’ve only done anal with her twice so far and we fuck almost every single day, so there you have it.

We noted you were absent for some time,lol!

I’ve actually known her since we were kids. We went to elementary school together & she even lived in my neighborhood. We reconnected last year through work. I always thought she was cute, but we were never actually that close before, so it was kind of like I was getting to know her for the first time, yet we still have all these great common experiences and reference points.

Congratulations!

[Deeprunner]

Is pornography a time thief? My own opinion is that it can be depending on its use. If you can use it to counter hopelessly idealistic visions like in pre-raphaelite art, yes, it can help stop you from going Bruckner-like (the composer) obsessive over the girl you saw once on the bus etc... but on the other hand can lead you into too much time spent on bullshit. I edited original post, I suppose it was giving too much away about myself... but I think in summary, for romantics, pornography can be a real positive in the sense it can help stop you idealising over a particular lady at a given time... the key then is to stop it taking over too much of your free time. Its a tricky one.

Yes and you better learn to control it.

[Starrio]

In some instances porn is a substitute for prostitution. Men are wired to have many different female partners because their sperm is competing with other men, and having more girls increase your chances of procreation, and that's not always financially, or sometimes morally viable for some men, so they go to porn which is a cheap less risky alternative.

If porn becomes a substitute for a sexual relationship it can definitely be a problem because your subconscious doesn't know the difference between imagination and real life. So it's easy to fool yourself into thinking you have a sexual life when you aren't, and your chances of procreation diminish.

Porn can definitely be a time waster, specially if you use it as a form of escapism from something you dislike about your own life. It is a waste of time that you could be spending in fixing those issues.

That said, porn isn't always bad, sometimes you just want to see a woman getting fucked, you feel inspired, so you want to have a good time seeing that, and if you can't appreciate seeing a beautiful woman getting fucked your life has definitely been wasted.

[drevokocur66]

Is looking at your watch a time thief?

[dap-addict]

So many great in-depth posters in this thread I am missing in 2022!

[xxxVIPERxxx]

So many great in-depth posters in this thread I am missing in 2022!

Nice of you to post to bring this forum thread back alive again!

It is not a time thief for me, as thief implies negative. I enjoy whatever time I have to enjoy and to post about porn.

[Ultra-Gape]

Without a definition of 'time thief' it's rather hard to really answer the question... Personally I'd say watching porn is no more a waste of time than anything else I do purely for pleasure, like playing a video game or listening to music.

As the thread extended into different people's relationship with porn I'll add the following for myself. I'm someone who will generally watch a single scene from start to finish, committing to it like I would with a real partner. It obviously depends how good the scene is but generally I find this way more satisfying than I would just browsing a tube site or skipping between bits of different scenes in Pornbox. Probably partly for this reason, the more porn can give some semblance of reality, intimacy and pleasure the better for me, rather than being 'a show' (much as obviously appreciate it is the latter).

Which is not to say I don't appreciate some of the 'show' aspects of porn, as I do. One of the threads I've posted most on for example is the 'Scenes with high heels on during entire vid' one (link below), where this is very much for the visual appeal as a viewer rather than a reflection of wanting girls to keep heels on in real life.

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[zeusanalfreak299]

I think it depends on the opportunities the people have in their life. And their interests. What makes them happy!? What do someone need to have a great and happy life.

We are totally different. For some, the internet and pornography is the only thing they have. Others have a lot of other hobbies. Also expensive ones. But I think support a lot of scenes here is also an expensive hobby.

I have a lot of hobbies, a great job, family and the full 1st world country package, even in this hard times. And in the time I watch porn or look for new extreme content I could theoretically earn more money. And invest my time more profitable. But I don't want it. Extreme porn makes me happy. It's my second life. It makes my life more excited and gives me the opportunity to calm down way more than other things, for example shooting arms, mountain biking, paintball, basketball.

For me it's just an additional hobby. And I don't mean the fapping only. But the discovery, study, comparison, commenting of content, pornstars, and studios.

I have also to add that it's kind of a journey. You follow the trends, releases, changing market. You see girls joining and disappearing, studios opening and closing. Sometimes you find very old stuff you haven't found before. It's amazing.