Is Rule 34 a Good Thing?

[Dattebayo 2,850]

I feel like porn messes with my mind, so I tend to avoid it.

It makes me feel empty.

 

Explain this, please?

Honest curiosity.

[Shadowking58 1,136]

Explain this, please?

Honest curiosity.

Well, look here.

http://www.fightthenewdrug.org/get-the-facts/

I didn't believe it until it actually started happening to me.

[Jorguil 54]

I feel like porn messes with my mind, so I tend to avoid it.

It makes me feel empty.

While I think artists wasting their talents on it is bad, I'm not going to banish it just because someone else may like what I don't

I have to say you make a good point on the subject. Though I have to say it is good practice on anatomy.

[Dattebayo 2,850]

Well, look here.

http://www.fightthenewdrug.org/get-the-facts/

I didn't believe it until it actually started happening to me.

Oh Christ

 

What

 

I can't...that's...

[Shadowking58 1,136]

Oh Christ

 

What

 

I can't...that's...

You can't believe it? I can.

[Kothen 279]

To each his own. I don't mind R34 because I know there are different strokes for different folks. Or as my friend says "Different faps for different chaps" 

Edited July 23, 2014 by Kothen

[Rainbow S.D. 546]

Well, look here.

http://www.fightthenewdrug.org/get-the-facts/

I didn't believe it until it actually started happening to me.

I couldn't stop laughing when I clicked on it. 

[Shadowking58 1,136]

I couldn't stop laughing when I clicked on it. 

Because... Why, exactly... Why?

[Thrashy 2,799]

Oh Christ

 

What

 

I can't...that's...

 

"Propaganda."

 

There. Finished it for you.

[Harpuia 68]

Well, look here.

http://www.fightthenewdrug.org/get-the-facts/

I didn't believe it until it actually started happening to me.

I don't think most of those are true, especially since most people do look at porn. 

 

Even if it is, the relationships (I'm the only one with standards low enough to fuck me) and society (I don't look at regular porn) parts don't apply to me. 

[Odyssey 5,713]

I'm neutral to R34... I won't stop anyone from drawing R34, and if I do see it, I shrug my shoulders and move on. I do think both R34 lovers and haters should settle their differences and accept them, however. Especially the haters, they should realise by now that R34 is all over the Internet. -3-

[Dattebayo 2,850]

You can't believe it? I can.

How? It's nothing but overblown fearmongering done by what appears to be the same type of quirky people who insist their asexuality frees them from baser human desires.

 

Excuse me from this conversation, friend.

I gotta go rob a liquor store and kill all witnesses to feed my porn addiction. Because it f*cked me up really bad.

[Banul 3,831]

Well, look here.

http://www.fightthenewdrug.org/get-the-facts/

I didn't believe it until it actually started happening to me.

Citations needed

 

I wish people would stop thinking porn, or sex in general is some kind of boogieman. Its just a thing that some people do. It doesn't alter the brain or any such nonsense.

 

 

 

In before lock!

Edited July 23, 2014 by Banul

[Shadowking58 1,136]

How? It's nothing but overblown fearmongering done by what appears to be the same type of quirky people who insist their asexuality frees them from baser human desires.

 

Excuse me from this conversation, friend.

I gotta go rob a liquor store and kill all witnesses to feed my porn addiction. Because it f*cked me up really bad.

You know, my friend said the same thing to me.

But, when it's happened to you first hand like it has to me, then you'll know.

I won't stop you from using it.

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,152]

Well, look here.

http://www.fightthenewdrug.org/get-the-facts/

I didn't believe it until it actually started happening to me.

 

To me, that looks like sensationalist propaganda essentially made to scare people into believing their crap.

 

Honestly, if you believe it applies to you, then more power to yah, but anything saying "Get The Facts" usually signals a red flag for me.

[Shadowking58 1,136]

Citations needed

 

I wish people would stop thinking porn, or sex in general is some kind of boogieman. Its just a thing that some people do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In before lock!

All I was saying is that too much of it is a bad thing. As is too much of everything these days.

[Twilight The Creator 298]

You can't believe it? I can.

I can't... what?

None of this "movement" makes any sense. People aren't gonna stop using porn because it "leaves you lonely". I have yet to encounter any of these "consequences" or "effects". They don't exist. It's called paranoia.

 

Back on topic, r34/porn is neither a bad or good thing. It's just, there. And whether it's cartoon or real life, it shouldn't be a concern. People like it, it's not your life, so why does it matter? Leave it and move on.

[Shadowking58 1,136]

To me, that looks like sensationalist propaganda essentially made to scare people into believing their crap.

 

Honestly, if you believe it applies to you, then more power to yah, but anything saying "Get The Facts" usually signals a red flag for me.

I do see what you mean, there

[Dattebayo 2,850]

All I was saying is that too much of it is a bad thing. As is too much of everything these days.

Nah nah, it's not you, it's just the nature of this topic.

 

Mods are very...wary, of pr0n-related topics.

"Flame wars and probably NSFW later down the road", they say.

[Shadowking58 1,136]

Even if it was the case and all that was a bunch of BS, I still don't like seeing characters from shows that I like in sexual situations.

But, to each his own

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,152]

Even if it was the case and all that was a bunch of BS, I still don't like seeing characters from shows that I like in sexual situations.

But, to each his own

 

And that's a fair opinion. If it's not your thing, then it's not your thing. Period.

 

Just as long as you form that belief on your own and not rely on a potentially manipulative source.

[IceeBrony 251]

Rule 34 states that if it exists, the is porn of it. No exceptions.

 

Porn will continue to exist, and people will continue to use it. There's nothing wrong with it generally. Some of the culture that springs up around it and some of the notions regarding it aren't entirely healthy. But that's true of most things. Things I dislike about porn include anyone trying to force a morality about it on me. And the criminal element that sometimes accompanies it's creation and distribution. This goes for all porn, R34 included.

[Cyan Blue 946]

I despise people who hate cloppers. They are hypocrites.

[SkyDream 315]

See here's the thing. There's the really raunchy stuff, and then there's the sweet stuff that just makes you think "AwwWWWWW!!!!!!<3 <3 <3 SO SWEET!" And then you get the diabetes.

 

For the longest time, I wouldn't go anywhere near the MLP:FiM R34 stuff because the show's overall message is pretty much holy to me. I didn't want anything corrupted or whatever you might opt to call it. But then that slowly broke down, because the characters are most certainly not based on anything that would really happen within the framework of the show's original intention, so screw it. No pun intended. Maybe.

 

But there are some clopfics out there that 90% of them are just really touching. They're extremely well written, go deeply into the more romantic side of the subject matter, and actually make me consider looking for more. I mean I can't believe they legitimately bring happy tears to my eyes. You have two ponies, or a human and a pony or whatever combination it is, actually falling in love, and you get to experience that through them. I don't care what they do during the really R34 moments, but the rest is just beautiful.

 

Obviously you can have the romantic stuff without the clop, but the clop makes the funnel of love go deeper with its intimacy. It would be somewhat more blunted if it didn't include the R34 mental images.

 

 

EDIT: Oh. Sweet. Just for fun, look to the left of this post. See that squirrel face and the RainbowDash face? I made both of those faces while writing this post. How awesome is that.

Edited July 23, 2014 by SkyDream

[Squidi 41]

IMO I hate R34.

I dont usually like any but i especially

hate the really vulgar kind.

 

I really dont care if other people like R34, i just dont.

 

Yes it will always be there because there are always those weirdos who are into seeing it and making it. From their childhood characters to brother and sister r34.

 

Yes R34 makes and has some great artist. But in my opinion its wasting time. R34 is disgusting and basically ruins shows and fandoms for me.

Edited July 23, 2014 by Squidi