That post title cracks me up – totally ripped off from Master K but I’m sure he won’t mind.. You don’t right? You love me, right? ..Right?
*ahem*
Anyhow, since the title is there in all it’s statemental glory, I guess I should write something with a little relevence.
For me the internet has never been about porn, but there are others who would argue differently: See Youtube, because the damned link won’t work here GRRRRRRR
I know, Avenue Q has been done time and again – but I loved the Disney spin *grin*
Now, for the stat lovers amongst you, I found this delightful (ok, marginally boring) website and this page in particular answers the question “How do people use the internet in general” (Well in China and the UK at any rate) and I can tell you that nowhere is the word ‘porn’ mentioned.
There’s even a graph detailing every use they can think of:
Ok, so I know at least one of you guys will point out that ‘web browsing’ could mean ‘looking for porn’ but why should it? Especially with all the other wonderful things on offer, Ebay can eat up a whole chunk of your life as can twitter. But then a few of you literal and technical types will have read the whole page and point out that
0.5% of respondents claimed to use the Internet for video conferencing
Is basically another way of saying ‘webcam’ and we all know people who cam are dirty porn seekers..
Umm.. Not all people who cam, I used to use my webcam a lot when talking with people over the net – it was a kind of vetting process, if you can see who you’re talking to and also see a little of their surroundings, it’s easier to decide whether they’re a dirty liar or not, after all ‘Gail’ may have the biggest adams apple this side of Canal street and 15 year old ‘Alison’ from Canada may be a potbellied 45 year old chain smoker from wigan – you just never know..
I know a large portion of that web browsing is taken up with internet dating and profile sights – people are always looking for people, but that is still not porn.
Right i’m being nagged to get my arse off the pc, blogging has taken over my life the last few days and I need to pack for the weekend amongst other things – go on take the topic and fly with it, I bet you can think of many things better than porn for which to use the net.
Feel free to use that title (even though you already did). When I first discoverd the Internet I did search for porn, but these day, there so much more. I just wonder if I’m at the point where I’d rather watch sports and yell “Baby!!! Get Daddy another beer”.
*grin* what can I say – i’m secure in your affection m’dear.. That and you know you’d only have to ask and i’d have changed it.
..and I think you’d LOVE to be sat watching sports and ordering some poor deluded female around the place. (as long as she was scantily clad and prepared to subject herself to your every whim
)
Oh bugger, you mean there is a whole bunch of things out there I could be doing OTHER than looking for porn?!!
Like prostitution. No-one admits to ever having paid for sex, yet millions of girls worldwide are selling themselves as we speak.
I think the net is very much whatever you want it to be. Like life. Or reality. Or whatever that part of your life that isn’t associated with the net is called!
Personally I think that those kind of surveys are not really indicative of what people actually do. I mean no one admits to looking for or buying, or even god forbid, enjoying porn. Yet there is a very good reason it remains one of the oldest and largest industries in the worlds. SEX SELLS, and without buyers, it don’t sell
Survey people when they don’t know they are being surveyed and you may actually get a real response.
But, this is so far removed from the topic of your post, so I’ll shut up now. I forgot what my damn point was anyway.
Cheers, Kelly
LOL I get your point Kelly, and it’s a good one – you get out what you put in. I always like hearing you ramble
Happy Easter!!
Kelly
I love that song too but I prefer the WOW version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-hily9pMRE
I was actually looking for the WoW version when I stumbled across the disney one Kitty, I figured less people may have seen it and used that instead – but you’re right the WoW one rocks!
There’s porn on the internet?!?!
When did this happen?
*hugs* that’s why I love ya PatÂ