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The Independent reports:
Psychologist and professor emeritus at Stanford University Phillip Zimbardo (who led the team of researchers who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment) has made the warnings, which form a major part of his latest book, Man (Dis)Connected.
Zimbardo says (in this TED talk) there is a "crisis" amongst young men, a high number of whom are experiencing a "new form of addiction" to excessive use of pornography and video games. Citing the research he and his team conducted for the book, he says: "It begins to change brain function. It begins to change the reward centre of the brain, and produces a kind of excitement and addiction."
An article from Psychology Today, however, argues that there are no demonstrable scientific links between porn consumption and the disputed phenomenon called 'Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction.'
Could this problem be manifesting itself as the rise of the Hikikomori?
(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:24PM
Inferior men aren't a new phenomenon. They have always existed. In the past, they would find companionship with other men. For example, they would serve together, 50 or more men, on sailing ships, fishing ships, and cargo ships. There would be hundreds of thousands of these ships throughout the world in the past, all crewed by men, and only men. You'd have 50 men, all big and strong from hauling cargo and anchor all day, finding solace in one another's bodies. They had no need for women. All of their satisfaction was derived from their fellow man. They weren't homosexuals. They were just men who were fond of the company of other men, out in the open seas, never seeing women for years on end.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:28PM
Dude, we're totally not homo. Women and semen just don't mix, you know?
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:47PM
Ironically, most women do not like semen. They despise the taste. They do not like it in their hair, nor on their bosom.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:02PM
Most women enjoy cunnilingus from another woman, too. The whole reason for the masculinity crisis is men are finally realizing they are the unwanted gender.
(Score: 3, Informative) by black6host on Sunday May 10 2015, @10:34PM
I guess you've not listened enough to Lucinda Williams. Try the song "Honey Bee" :)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @10:36PM
Who the fuck is Lucinda Williams?
I'm not going to google this, as well.
(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Monday May 11 2015, @03:15AM
Here [wikipedia.org]
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I did. Here's the result.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 11 2015, @03:23AM
(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Sunday May 10 2015, @11:51PM
But do they like it with green eggs and ham?
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(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Monday May 11 2015, @02:18AM
(I was going to adulterate the old USA cotton jingle in the subject line, but couldn't think of a good replacement for "the fabric of our lives" that would fit. Boo.)
Anyway... Most other women I know don't explicitly like the taste of semen, though there are dietary changes a guy can make to improve it [columbia.edu]. Most also don't explicitly dislike it if the man has been keeping himself properly clean down there — I learned in my first relationship that if a circumcised guy doesn't actively take his hands and wash it with soap, the outside will smell a bit like a urinal and his jizz will end up a little urine-flavored.**
Though I admit that my automatic thought on the matter is: take him far enough into your mouth, and you won't taste much of anything.
As far as getting it on our chests or hair, that's not too surprising: it's gloppy stuff that is messy (hard to fully remove) when fresh and unpleasantly stiff when dried. The few guys I've been close enough to ask said they didn't like the sensation, either, but I don't know how common that is.
**To be fair in turn, about 15 years ago, a regular at a Usenet newsgroup informed us that he didn't like cunnilingus because his wife/1st partner never washed her genitals (IIRC he said she stunk of dead fish down there) and had him convinced that's the norm for girls/women in general. That he put his face anywhere *near* that is so above & beyond the call of (theoretical) duty is kind of mind-boggling.
(Score: 3, Informative) by cafebabe on Monday May 11 2015, @11:19PM
There is a bash.org quote on this topic [bash.org].
1702845791×2
(Score: 5, Funny) by VLM on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:17PM
In the past, they would find companionship with other men. For example, they would serve together, 50 or more men, on sailing ships, fishing ships, and cargo ships.
AC might be on to something, although his description sounds more like my experience in EE classes, CS classes, professional workplace, in fact pretty much everything related to technology.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 11 2015, @04:36PM
So, the IT department is today's version of the sailing ships of yore?
(Score: 2) by zugedneb on Tuesday May 12 2015, @04:10AM
Except for the muscle...
The new fashion is mantits and hard fingertips.
Instead of hauling ropes, the sexy pose is to sit like a vulture over a keyboard =)
old saying: "a troll is a window into the soul of humanity" + also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax