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[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Even if you love porn and grew up exposed to it as a kid, you gotta admit that there are psychological effects on avid adult viewers and more on minors.

No you don't. That is right wing propaganda completely unfounded by science. That porn addiction nonsense so many Americans babble about is a product of that propaganda, and doesn't actually exist.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world -3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Wow. You don’t think porn addiction exists? Said like a true porn addict.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 45 minutes ago* (last edited 44 minutes ago)

If every person who disagrees with you counts as further evidence that you're right, then you're thinking in an unfalsifiable manner, which is the basis for many a flawed conclusion. It doesn't necessarily make you wrong, but you should really make sure to find justifications for your beliefs that are based on falsifiable reasoning instead. That's the best way to know if what you're believing is right or wrong, because you can try to falsify your beliefs in the way that you know them to be falsifiable, and if they still couldn't be falsified, then you can say "Well, I tried to disprove this, and it still passed that test!"

So, let me ask you this, what would, hypothetically, suffice to prove or at least suggest evidence that porn addiction does not exist? If your answer is "nothing", then you're in unfalsifiable territory.