You People Need to Get Nekkid

[DaninPA]

I'd add the death of true bars with the lowering of B.A.C. levels and draconian enforcement. The kind of bar where you could smoke tobacco inside and smoke dope on the back porch and do a snoot in the bathroom. All the while true, down and dirty, blues or rock-and-roll drove the heart pump to sexual levels. Back in my day there was nothing like the smell of stale beer, the taste of shared tequila shots, a snoot in the bathroom, and sharing a joint on the porch that would drive two home to a one night stand. Which sometimes lead to a two or three weekend stand. Before it started with someone else all over again.

Oh, to be young again...

 

[tfurrh]

Related to this...starting I guess I'm the lateish 90s the Christian purity culture has been brainwashing kids that grow up and don't ever get married....and think that they're somehow "super-holy" cause they're 35 and still single. Kills me.

 

[Superfluous Man]

Related to this...starting I guess I'm the lateish 90s the Christian purity culture has been brainwashing kids that grow up and don't ever get married....and think that they're somehow "super-holy" cause they're 35 and still single. Kills me.

What are you talking about?

 

[tfurrh]

What are you talking about?

A lot of evangelical churches have a dogmatic approach to dating that they teach to their youth (Josh Harris, True Love Waits, promise rings, stay-at-home daughters, courting, etc). The result has been a lot of youth in churches not marrying. But somehow they view themselves as super pure instead of 30+ yr old losers.

 

[Superfluous Man]

A lot of evangelical churches have a dogmatic approach to dating (Josh Harris, True Love Waits, promise rings, stay-at-home daughters, courting, etc). The result has been a lot of youth in churches not marrying. But somehow they view themselves as super pure instead of 30+ yr old losers.

I don't see the connection between those two things. Generally, that view of sex goes with marrying earlier, not later. If people are marrying later, there's some other reason for it. And I think this too may have to do with porn.

 

[tfurrh]

I don't see the connection between those two things. Generally, that view of sex goes with marrying earlier, not later. If people are marrying later, there's some other reason for it. And I think this too may have to do with porn.

There's been a lot of literature these past few years suggesting it has backfired. Even Harris has recently denounced his book that exploded the movement 20 years ago. So....there are folks who see, in this subpopulation, a correlation between young people not getting nekkid (even by way of matrimony) and the purity culture.

 

[fedupinmo]

I'll just leave this here...

 

[Anti Federalist]

There's been a lot of literature these past few years suggesting it has backfired. Even Harris has recently denounced his book that exploded the movement 20 years ago. So....there are folks who see, in this subpopulation, a correlation between young people not getting nekkid (even by way of matrimony) and the purity culture.

I frankly think that is such a small number of people as to be insignificant overall.

 

[Zippyjuan]

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I don't think porn is a big reason. Men don't put up the barriers to sex, women do. So let's start there.

Something like 30% of women are on drugs that can significantly lower the libido. Also like half of them are overweight, which is another side effect of the drugs. Some girls look great when they are a little overweight, most do not. Also, guys get a lot of crap from their friends if they are hooking up with a fat chick.

The internet culture has created unrealistic expectations all the way around. It does seem be the case that a lot of young women are overweight these days, and then what they do is apply a ton of make-up, use filters and perfect lighting, and put face-only selfies on social media making them look perfect. It’s the Kardashian/reality TV culture. The same shows also extremely elevate their expectations from men. Extreme wealth and 24/7 romance are what they expect.

The leftist political climate of divide and conquer and “women against evil men” just adds to the problem.

On the other hand, the boys think that every woman should look and act like a porn star. Totally unreal expectations on their part too.

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On a totally separate note, why the need for all of the psych/anti-anxiety drugs? Maybe to offset the side effects of another popular drug?

 

[dannno]

On a totally separate note, why the need for all of the psych/anti-anxiety drugs? Maybe to offset the side effects of another popular drug?

None that I know of.. unless you consider divorce/single moms a drug. Then you have a medical industrial complex that wants to treat everybody who has anxiety with drugs. Pretty much everybody has anxiety. Also consider that kids are often being drugged at very young ages at increasing rates, long before they would typically engage in drug use.

If you are talking about cannabis, you are totally off base. When they look at the onset of schizophrenia, they find that it is common for all types of drug and alcohol use to precede the diagnosis. This is because they are experiencing the onset of some of the more mild symptoms long before the official diagnosis takes place. Eventually, they have a breakdown as the symptoms become more extreme and it is then diagnosed. It is common for people who have these symptoms to begin to seek relief through drug use, whatever it may be.

Alcohol, cannabis, meth, none of these things cause schizophrenia that I'm aware of, but studies show that people use these substances before they are diagnosed. I don't even think any of these substances speed it up per se, it is probably completely incidental.

One thing that studies do show, however, is that cannabis, particularly CBDs, are actually good at combating the symptoms.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

None that I know of.. unless you consider divorce/single moms a drug. Then you have a medical industrial complex that wants to treat everybody who has anxiety with drugs. Pretty much everybody has anxiety. Also consider that kids are often being drugged at very young ages at increasing rates, long before they would typically engage in drug use.

If you are talking about cannabis, you are totally off base. When they look at the onset of schizophrenia, they find that it is common for all types of drug and alcohol use to precede the diagnosis. This is because they are experiencing the onset of some of the more mild symptoms long before the official diagnosis takes place. Eventually, they have a breakdown as the symptoms become more extreme and it is then diagnosed. It is common for people who have these symptoms to begin to seek relief through drug use, whatever it may be.

Alcohol, cannabis, meth, none of these things cause schizophrenia that I'm aware of, but studies show that people use these substances before they are diagnosed. I don't even think any of these substances speed it up per se, it is probably completely incidental.

One thing that studies do show, however, is that cannabis, particularly CBDs, are actually good at combating the symptoms.

De Nile ain’t just a river in Egypt. If you are not willing to acknowledge the well known side effects of a drug, then you have no credibility at all.

 

[dannno]

De Nile ain’t just a river in Egypt. If you are not willing to acknowledge the well known side effects of a drug, then you have no credibility at all.

First of all, you are parroting headlines, not research.. the research actually stated that although a correlation was found, they didn't believe it actually caused it but induced it in people who were already vulnerable.. but that ignores everything I said.

I've researched this myself plenty, and what I found was that drug use of ALL KINDS including alcohol correlates with the onset of schizophrenia.. So the articles that pick out cannabis and saying it causes schizophrenia are ignoring all of this other research on all these other drugs that shows the same thing..

So either ALL drugs including alcohol induce or cause schizophrenia, or people who begin to have symptoms of these conditions tend to self-medicate before they have a full blown breakdown and are officially diagnosed..

 

[Philhelm]

On the other hand, the boys think that every woman should look and act like a porn star. Totally unreal expectations on their part too.

A lot of them will, for the right man. Not all men get the same treatment.

 

[oyarde]

Your parents must not have shelled out for the Nat Geo.

My sons like girls but they say most of them their age are crazy. Since they're used to dealing with me, you'd think they'd have a high tolerance for crazy but I guess they don't.

Probably a different kind of crazy where as yours is a positive and the youngsters not so much .