The Porn Industry

[india7]

I don't think so - I think he still does appearances at conventions, and he was in one of the seasons of The Surreal Life (2? I think?), but I don't think he's actively doing porn anymore. Aaaah, memories - remember the days when Ron Jeremy could see his toes - I mean, if his schlong wasn't in the way, that is!

[laconicchick]

Between the plastic surgeries, the total lack of foreplay for the woman, the verbal derision that she's usually subjected to, the prevalence of anal sex (usually done in the most brutal way possible and treated as an obligation), the use of her body or face as a goddamn tissue afterwards -- if that's what's sexy to most men, I weep for the next generation.

I really agree. And I think that's why I prefer porn with no men in it.

My campus paper ran a feature on porn last year with an accidentally uncensored cover (nudity!! omg!! apparently words or black bars were supposed to cover the naughty bits but didn't), and a paid staff member wrote this hilarious op-ed piece in response. "One in six women have a pornography addiction, according to a 2005 study in Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention." Hah! Sure they do. I find that extremely hard to believe. He may have some good points (it's been a while since I read it), but it's just so outrageous. He also argued at the editorial meeting that the cover was horrible, inappropriate, dangerous to children, etc. etc. etc. (It was only distributed uncensored on campus; the off-campus copies were censored.)

I enjoy watching porn but I always feel a bit gross afterwards. Then again, I have only seen the Internet kind.

[spider]

I have only seen internet pron a few times and it always gave me the impression that some skeevy fat guy in a wifebeater was filming a pair of meth heads he found at the bus station. And it was always on a couch, like they couldn't afford to rent a room. If that's what the kids are watching these days then it is scary stuff.

The one time I watched a "classic" 70s porn, the main guy randomly drowned a woman in a pot of soup as he was doing her from behind halfway through. Hairy chests have been a total moodkiller ever since.

[petals]

spider said:

the main guy randomly drowned a woman in a pot of soup as he was doing her from behind halfway through.

How does that come up in foreplay?

[spider]

It was a 3D porno too. Quite something, let me tell you.

[starskin]

I haven't watched porn in a long time. I think the last "porny" thing I watched was Cathouse 4: Back in the Saddle. Or something along those lines. That was about 2 years ago. I find it mostly boring, and anything remotely stimulating is immediately undercut by either bad acting or degredation of the woman. Which is basically what you all have been saying.

Although I have to admit, I was kind of intrigued by "Boner Jams '03" from The Forty Year Old Virgin. THAT I'd probably watch. Preferably with Paul Rudd.

ETA: The first porn I ever watched was some softcore French number. I was sixteen, on my first trip to Paris, and was SHOCKED at the prospect of having pornography on regular tv. So of course my friends and I all sat around and watched about 2 hours of it!

[slanderous]

I watched the documentary about Annabelle Chong and I never, ever wanted to have sex again. The enormous gang bang scene with these gross, flabby dudes with dead eyes grabbing at her like zombies was so completely depressing.

spider, I might have seen the same '70s 3D porno you did. Did it feature a completely pointless car chase scene filmed only for the purpose of exploiting the 3D technology? Also, I remember being glad that my astigmatism (or something) made it difficult for the 3D effects to work on my eyes, because the cum scenes were much less gross that way.

[spider]

slanderous, I think it did! I seem to recall a rattlesnake scene too, possibly right at the end? It really was quite a strange movie.

A lot of the crappier porn I've seen has the celibacy effect. HBO's "Real Sex" series nearly drove me into a nunnery.

[venusdiva429]

coffeecakes said:

You really need to just stick to the free stuff on the internet. They have people of all shapes, sizes (ahem!), races and colors on there.

I have always been extremely paranoid as to where to check out some porn on the net, due to a fear of popups, viruses, being charged on my credit card, etc. Can anyone recommend any good stuff?

Use Limewire. Clips that measure above 10,000 are good bets for something that lasts a good 7 to 10 mins. The ones that hold viruses are always 146 kb or a small number like that. DON'T TOUCH THESE! Also, don't download anything that is in .mov format. That's a Quicktime movie, and those have viruses. Stick to .mpg, mpeg, and .avi.

If you want something female frendly, do a search for Naughty America. The men are cuties, and the women are in positions of power, where the men have to do the work in order to get the mortgage or the good grades...there are also ones where the woman just wants to have a good time with a hot guy, and is honest about it in a very natural, good way.

I'm an aficianado of vintage 70s stuff. There's just something about it...it's so over the top in it's sheer raunch. Gay porn is fabu, as well. The men are HAWT. You can sometimes get lucky and get bi porn with hot men, too, but they're a little harder to find.

And you may want to try out the world's first porn musical, Misty Beethoven. There is this song called "The Penis Tango"(NSFW!!!)...hilarious. For pure comedy and camp, Space Nuts all the way- Princess Hubba Hubba and goodness knows who else.

There are also a lot of movies coming out with pretty large budgets- in the millions, actually.

[petals]

spider said:

It was a 3D porno too. Quite something, let me tell you.

Wait, wait, wait. This movie had a chase scene, a rattlesnake scene, and it was in 3D? You don't even need porn in it! It's already the best movie evah!