Poll: Would you use holodeck technology for porn?

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Dude, I could bang Scarlett Johansen, Jessica Biel, AND Jessica Alba all at the same time! Why the hell WOULDN'T I use it for porn?

 

[Hawgh]

Yes, it'd be the most extensively locked room known to humankind.

 

[Paksenarrion]

and then your mom walks in.

...and comes face to face with herself.

and then silence for a minute

...and then high fives you.

 

[saintchristopher]

...the fuck ELSE would you use it for?

 

[TeacakeWeasel]

Isn't asking a man whether he would use a holodeck for porn like asking a fish if he uses water to swim and breath?

 

[MisterGobbles]

I actually think this is what porn is going to hopefully be like in the future. I mean, it could never replace actual loving relationships but you know, when you can have sex with a virtual supermodel whenever you want, why do anything else at all?

Only the super-rich people will be able to own those things, so everyone else will have to go to holodeck places or something. It'll be like in the old days before the internet, when people had to go to adult movie theaters to get their porn. That as well as the spectacular cost it's going to take to use those things might be a downer for some people.

I disagree. Porn CAN and DOES often replace those "Meaningful" (See: Meaningless) relationships for a lot of people. Well porn and hookers.

But seriously some people just aren't easily compatible with others. Or sheep. Some people have personal issues that generally lead them into bad relationships. Some people enjoy being alone over having people around.

I think if holodeck technology was ever invented, we'd probably all end up never leaving our homes. I mean serious. If I can have artificial friends, and lovers, and family members... Wtf am I gonna get real ones for?

Yes, some people aren't easily compatible with others, and relationships are often a bunch of bullshit, but I don't think that computers can easily replace the social interaction with other humans, at least not in my lifetime.

The sex however, would be fantastic. No reason to ever sleep with a human again. That'll be the downfall of us I swear.

 

[kypsilon]

Let's be honest. If someone offered you the chance to create for yourself and your friends an entire world where you could have people respond to you in a certain way (in this case, based on a character you have developed) can you honestly say that you wouldn't spend every single waking moment in there? Bored of that? Change it! Feeling a little randy tonight? Fix it! If there's anything Star Trek has shown me it's that holodecks will be the end of the human race.

 

[Baby Tea]

I disagree. Porn CAN and DOES often replace those "Meaningful" (See: Meaningless) relationships for a lot of people.

I'm sorry, but are you suggesting that there are no meaningful relationships?
Or only that people who find that "porn and hookers" can replace real relationships are less 'able' to engage in a meaningful relationships?

Because if it's the first one, you're beyond wrong. I mean, not subjectively 'it's your opinion' wrong...but objectively, flat out, embarrassingly wrong.

But if it's the second one, I'd be inclined to agree. Those who are able to find comfort in porn probably aren't able to engage in a meaningful relationship, especially given how far from reality porn is.

High-horse syndrome eh?

Watching porn is not a detriment to ones ability to sustain or maintain personal/intimate relationships. The same can be said about people who frequently (Or occasionally) make use of the services of hookers. Maybe your little box doesn't have a window with which you can see out of, but MANY people use the services provided by those two mediums.

Honestly, I was almost laughing too hard to read past that point.
But I did read past it. I kept laughing.

You obviously completely, and seemingly intentionally, misread my post. Maybe not. Either way, you certainly beat the CRAP out of that straw-man. I mean, talk about taking major leaps in how you think I am as a person. Maybe you just like being angry? I don't know. It was just hilarious, though. You're precious.

What I said was 'People who find comfort in porn'. Not 'people who look at porn'.
The difference between the two is pretty significant, especially when you consider the original context of my post. The person I was quoting insinuated that pornography (And hookers) could be a comfort, in the sense of a substitute for a 'meaningful relationship'.

My point I was making, and will stand by, is that anyone who can and does take pornography and meaningless, transacted sex over a real, human relationship is probably unable to function properly in a 'normal' relationship. Maybe I wasn't clear enough, maybe you just saw what you wanted. I don't know.

My point is: I never once said that people who watch porn can't be in normal relationships.
Thanks for the words in my mouth, though.

 

[Trivun]

I wouldn't do it much, it would be very rare. But yes, I would sometimes. Mainly though, I'd use holodeck technology (assuming that things become actually physical, manipulatable, objects rather than just mere incorporeal holograms - don't judge me, I've never seen Star Trek!) to play various games as if I was the main protagonist. I've always wanted to play a proper virtual reality version of Halo, and indeed non-shooters like Crash Bandicoot. And I'd love to be a real general ordering troops around like in most RTSs, and be on the ground giving orders in the heat of battle and being a proper general. So I'd use a holodeck for those things mainly, to live out those dreams and fantasies. I'd never go back to the boring old Xbox 360 again...

But no, I would sometimes use the holodeck for porn. It would just be a very rare occurrence.

 

[pigmypython]

Oh, hello Tron Bonne, Jessica Rabbit, White Mage(from 8 bit theater), Harley Quinn, Natalie Portman and Morrigan Aensland! How are you ladies doing this fine evening?

Good picks! I am such a nerd but I would have to pick most of the characters from the Star Trek series (all of them...)

 

[pigmypython]

Why not?
It'd be a great place to live out your fantasies. I sure as hell would use it, a lot. I would use it with my girlfriend for instance, to make some of our fantasies come through. Maybe just change up the scenery.

I would try every goddamn act of sex that I don't even think about normally, just because it's safe and private, and I only got one life so why not be curious. I would have a threesome, I would have a foursome, I would participate in a bukkake, I would fuck a japanese schoolgirl, I would skullfuck a japanese schoolgirl, I would get gangbanged by my favorite porn actors, I would get flogged by a german domina named Helga all dressed up in latex, I would take a dump on a table and have a girl eat it, I would be the Hugh Hefner of trannies, I would sit in the middle of a room in a bathtub while 10 virgins puke all over me, I would have sex with an instance of my girlfriend just to mindfuck myself, I would have sex with myself, and I could go on but you get the point.

Also, I wish I could have a filter for different sort of threads where the e-macho guy (you know who you are) pops out and tells us how easily he can have sex so he doesn't need porn or masturbation. We get it, you're a stud and wants us to know. Good for you for having low enough sex drive to have sex when it's convenient or having your girlfriend on a literal leash.

edit: To not freak you all out, I would also note that I would also use it for non-sexual fantasies, such as being a badass in the WH40k universe.

Seconded...

 

[RatRace123]

I will not lie, if I had a holodeck I would totally use it almost exclusively for porn.

 

[Sovereignty]

Honestly, I was almost laughing too hard to read past that point.
But I did read past it. I kept laughing.

You obviously completely, and seemingly intentionally, misread my post. Maybe not. Either way, you certainly beat the CRAP out of that straw-man. I mean, talk about taking major leaps in how you think I am as a person. Maybe you just like being angry? I don't know. It was just hilarious, though. You're precious.

What I said was 'People who find comfort in porn'. Not 'people who look at porn'.
The difference between the two is pretty significant, especially when you consider the original context of my post. The person I was quoting insinuated that pornography (And hookers) could be a comfort, in the sense of a substitute for a 'meaningful relationship'.

My point I was making, and will stand by, is that anyone who can and does take pornography and meaningless, transacted sex over a real, human relationship is probably unable to function properly in a 'normal' relationship. Maybe I wasn't clear enough, maybe you just saw what you wanted. I don't know.

My point is: I never once said that people who watch porn can't be in normal relationships.
Thanks for the words in my mouth, though.

Look this is my last response because A) Arguing over the interwebs will neither correct your flawed thinking nor change my mind B) you obviously want to fight because you spent the first to segments of your post basically e-laughing at my response.


I'm assuming you either don't know what the word comfort means (Or realize it is a synonym of pleasure...) Or that you intend to imply that relationships provide some sort of solace, that no other medium could ever provide. I mean I could be giving you way too much credit, but I assume you mean the relationship one has with their significant other is sort of irreplaceable like a bond between a parent and child.

But if so that's your ASSUMPTION(Which it would be unless you are seriously naive enough to believe you understand and have the ability to value said feelings.).

A person has married a video game, people have solicited prostitutes and fallen in love with them.

No one uses Porn or a Hooker, just because.

We do it to find pleasure.(Synonyms: amusement, bliss, buzz*, COMFORT, contentment, delectation, diversion, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, felicity, flash*, fruition, game, gladness, gluttony, gratification, gusto, hobby, indulgence, joie de vivre, joy, joyride, kick*, kicks, luxury, primrose path, recreation, relish, revelry, satisfaction, seasoning, self-indulgence, solace, spice, thrill, titillation, turn-on, velvet*, zest)

We do it to alleviate boredom.

We do it because it's far easier then the time/money it takes to receive the same physical gratification through the traditional relationship process. (I mean unless you consider those one-nighters... But you obviously weren't.)



I mean seriously guy, you're saying people who use porn and/or hookers can't have meaningful relationships... Or that they can't function in them, and that is just BOGUS. Especially when I'm sure more often then not the people who seek the services of hookers are people in relationships. (I have no stats to back this up.)

And if your little gripe in your retort was, "I never said everyone couldn't I said some people who use those things couldn't." Then you need to just take a long walk away.

Cause guess what, some people who love to eat candy bars, can't function well in relationships.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Yes. Yes I would. Even though I currently have a girlfriend and all that such a thing might imply. I'd even be willing to extend her and invite.

 

[chiefohara]

The only problem i'd see from using something like this, is getting used to when real people actually say No to something you want, when you are used to getting it on tap All the time.

Apart from that, WAYYYHEEYYY!

 

[Nyan Cat]

The real question is who wouldn't use it for porn?

 

[Baby Tea]

My point I was making, and will stand by, is that anyone who can and does take pornography and meaningless, transacted sex over a real, human relationship is probably unable to function properly in a 'normal' relationship. Maybe I wasn't clear enough, maybe you just saw what you wanted. I don't know.

I mean seriously guy, you're saying people who use porn and/or hookers can't have meaningful relationships... Or that they can't function in them, and that is just BOGUS. Especially when I'm sure more often then not the people who seek the services of hookers are people in relationships. (I have no stats to back this up.)

And if your little gripe in your retort was, "I never said everyone couldn't I said some people who use those things couldn't." Then you need to just take a long walk away.

Again, I think you're purposely misreading my post.
So I've cut down the quote tree to really point out where you've gone wrong.

I never once said people who look at pornography, or who make use of hookers, are incapable of meaningful relationships. Not once.
In fact I've already said that I didn't say that once before. Now it's twice.

I'll say it again: People who turn to pornography and meaningless transacted sex as a substitute for a real, human relationship are probably unable to function properly in a regular relationship. The qualifier here is the part I've put in italics. The fact that they uses these businesses isn't the reason for the lack of relational function. It's the that they would choose pictures, video, and transacted sex over a meaningful, actually intimate relationship.
Again, really quick: Not the use of porn, but choosing it over a real relationship.
THAT would be indicators, I firmly believe, of someone who would have serious trouble functioning in a regular relationship.

Now, if you can't understand that point by now, and say again 'Man, you're saying people who use porn can't be in relationships', then I'm convinced you're a troll. I couldn't have made it more clear at this point. So if you don't get it, well then I'm sorry.