• Wren@lemmy.todayOPM
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    1 month ago

    Next let’s compare dropping bombs to reading about the war.

    • VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 month ago

      Let’s contrast instead!

      “Goon it crazy style” was just to be funny. What’s the actual difference in watching porn in public and smut novels if you’re not jorkin it and nobody sees the screen?

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        1 month ago

        Not a great comparison–a better one would be reading something like Playboy in public, if the cover were no more “scandalous” than the cover of a smutty romance novel. In this case, other people know what you’re doing.

        If you’re watching a video and no one can see the screen (and you’re not gooning it crazy style) then there’s no problem, and no controversy–you’re being discreet.

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        1 month ago

        Men get visible boners, women don’t.

        Unless you have a thermal camera, there’s no way to know what she’s reading (if it’s on an e-reader at least)

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      1 month ago

      Your own example would be more akin to watching a documentary vs reading about it. No one actually dies by you doing so.

      • Wren@lemmy.todayOPM
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        1 month ago

        That’s not like any of the examples. Someone is equating reading smutty romance to public masturbation.

        I honestly didn’t see this going in this direction, I’m pretty fascinated by the reaction here.

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          Someone is equating reading smutty romance to public masturbation.

          …to public watching nude images, not to masturbation.

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          1 month ago

          The only “someone” I’ve seen talking about public masturbation is you. :/ The “Goon it crazy” was clearly a hyperbole, given this posts’ context.

          And I’m not too surprised about the reaction. While the OP (from Bluesky, not you) definitely made a brand new sentence, the take is not particularly bright.

          • Wren@lemmy.todayOPM
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            1 month ago

            The “Goon it crazy” was clearly a hyperbole

            So …so was the sentence?

            Did someone take a lighthearted meme community too seriously?

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              1 month ago

              The OPs’ sentence? Yes clearly.

              Yours? I’m not entirely convinced. Or at least it’s not only a hyperbole, given your other comments in this thread.

                • Ekky@sopuli.xyz
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                  1 month ago

                  “Goon crazy style” is slang for watching porn. It also happens to be a hyperbole, since watching porn clearly isn’t as bad as jerking yourself to a medical condition.

                  What should the non-hyperbolic version of “let’s compare dropping bombs to reading about the war.” (assuming that’s the sentence) have been?

                  To me it appears that you tried making a comparison of VerilyFemme’s comment under a wrong assumption (eg. that it was about public masturbation), and now are trying to cover it up by calling it a hyperbole.

                  Anyway, as you stated I’m here to laugh, and not to write reports about misunderstandings taken to the next level.