PixlBit

sorry, your mentioning of the notebook reminded me how hot that girl in it is. You were writing something about violence... or something? 

actually, I think you're totally write.  violence is A-Okay but sex is totally taboo.  People are freaking weird. 

Rachel McAdams? Hell yeah.  Still gorgeous.

Oh fuck yeah she is. 

you know that kind of reminds me of Wal Mart over here, they will sell rated R movies and mature video games but will not sell a unedited cd.

Really? That seems even more backwards to me. I can understand their reasoning with games. They're wrong, and ignorant assholes, but at least their wrong, ignorant delusions make sense in an ignorant, deluded way.

yes really, it blows my mind how stupid it is.

I don't agree with banning games with sexual content.

However, sex in entertainment is rarely ever interesting to watch, while combat is almost always interesting.  Most sex scenes in films strike me as pointless. Too much information, and rarely relevent to the plot or themes. It's about as interesting to watch and relevant as other, private physical processes like the character taking a shit or shaving.  I no more need to see which positions they prefer than I do how they apply shaving cream or whether they wipe front to back or back to front. It's banality.

The sex scenes in Game of Thrones are always relevant to the plot. You ever been watching that show and wanting to skip an awkward sex scene, but you can't because you know you'll miss a ton of really important information? DAMN YOU GAME OF THRONES!!!!

 I agree that most of the time it is pointless. However the times that it does work are worth keeping, and banning them outright is stupid. 

It's like that everywhere. For example, say I'm walking to blockbuster and someone asks me "Ben, what movie are you going to rent?" Even if I reply with "Hostel," or "Hills have eyes 2." Noone will react strangely. They will just think "Oh, a horror fan. No big."

Yet if I'm seen walking to a more secluded out-of-the-way porno store people witnessing it will flip out and think I'm a dangerous sexual predator or something.

I don't know why we're this way but we are. It baffles me too.

 Well it kind of does turn you into a sexual predator. I was watching pornography the other day, and then all of a sudden I was masturbating on small children. It happens to everyone. I mean unleashing your sexual frustrations are much more harmful than keeping them in and letting them explode when you don't want them too, right?

"You won't like me when I'm Horny!" I'm like The Hulk only replace "anger" with "sexual frustration". Not only can I lift and throw cars but I can also shoot gallons of semen at hapless civilians!

So you're like the hulk merged with spiderman? They both use their wrists to shoot out white stuff...

Exactly! Perfectly stated,Blake! You can be my super hero PR guy! I promise to never jizz on you or throw a car at you! (Unless I'm drunk or otherwise being mind controlled by an alien entity!)

I agree with the assertion we all need to calm our collective shit about sexual depictions in media, but I can see where Machocruz is coming from regarding their pointlessness oftentimes. That's not a reason to ban them though (though I could endorse some age restrictions etc.), that's merely a personal preference.

I think a dating sim with sexual positions could be amusing, though for how long I don't know. I definitely don't think it should be an illegal option though, especially when we depict acts of violence that most would be much less inclined to do naturally. Maybe video games could be good tools to teach about safe sex? Probably not, but I'd appreciate any humorous attempts.

As for watching porn, as of January 1, 2014, I won't be joining you in lieu of a two year jail pentaly. My state legislature is not the best or brightest when it comes to resource management in terms of what law enforcement should be focusing on. Idiots. I never thought imagination would serve as a way of ... "sticking it" ... to the man, but here we are, two days out from U.S. Independence Day. Joy.

Edit: That last bit turns out is from a parody website. I only know of the Onion. I've been had. lol Sad that I thought that was real. I wouldn't necessarily put it past them.

 Well shit, I see an increase in suicides in that state...

 Seriously, what the fuck? What a man does in his own home/public toilet/car/telephone booth HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYONE ELSE!!! Man, my mind is going to some weird places today...

Before I saw that it was a parody article, I thought to myself, "so it's now easier to buy a gun than to purchase lube, bad mix." lol

What I really like over here in Aus is that it’s still not technically illegal to buy alcohol and give to a minor, any minor you like, without the parents knowledge! Talk about wrong priorities. I don’t get why violence is more acceptable than sex either, usually both parties enjoy sex more than a fight, unless it’s rape of course (or as some might say, a cuddle with a struggle)

What? Giving minors alcohol is illegal, it carries an $11,000 and possible imprisonment. I've done my RSA nigga, don't try that shit on me.

  Even if it is rape, it should still be something that can be discussed in the medium.

By the time the society bans any form or references to sexual acts, we'll have padlocks and chains in our crotches.

Haha, like Maid Marian's cast iron panties in Robin Hood: Men in Tights

That movie was awesome...

Sadly, I haven't seen that film yet :(

Watch it. It's brilliant... it's one of the better spoof movies. It cracks me up every time.

I'm not sure it's the same in WA, I ve only been here for four months now and it's been all over the news since I got here.

Well that's how it is in NSW where I live, so idk. 

Then I can safely count you NSW boys and girls as normal!

Then again the laws on gambling are less strict in WA then in NSW because of the mining... Idk much about it though. All I know is that NSW is the best state in Australia...

now you tell me!

But then there's Europe. Germany in particular used to be in the news all the time for banning games but I think it was always for violence. They don't seem to have a problem with sex though. I remember when I got to visit several European countries, like Germany and the Czech Republic, and you'd see all kinds of stuff while just walking around and shopping. There was a shop that did boob jobs that had before and after pictures in their window. I saw a jewelry store in Prague that had lifesize pictures of nude models wearing the store's necklaces. Nothing left to the imagination there. It struck me at the time that they were the opposite of us: Freaking out for violence instead of nudity/sex.

That's a lot more reasonable! Why the fuck are we so backwards? Is it the Christian thing? That's the only thing I can think of.

It may be a mantra I find myself repeating but context is everything and sex and/or violence can belong as long as there is a justification for how it serves the project (plot, themes).

I think violence has always been given a pass since we know its fake and the way that some people deal with it (such as laughter) means that we can develop defense mechanisms. You alluded to this in your blog but sex/nudity makes people feel vulnerable, insecure or uncomfortable. In America, there's this puritanical mindset that hasn't completely eroded away (if it ever will) and any entertainment medium that reaches teens or children will always been held to task for how they depict certain acts. It's the result of poor parenting, faulty content rating systems (e.g., the MPAA is and always will be a fucking joke) and aggressive ad campaigns that material not meant for kids eventually falls into their hands.

I grew up in a time before the Internet and while video games were still pretty young and considered toys (remember those days?) and my parents found my entertainment intake easier to monitor (also, they would talk to me about senstive material rather than just restrict access without question). These days, I don't know how parents do that.

In video games, violence sells more than sex. You know about the fate of a game that gets slapped with an Adults Only rating. You know that certain retailers won't carry a game with that rating. You know that games cost a lot to make and developers and publishers would like to turn a profit. I don't know the solution to this but it's going to take some more time before it happens.

 Yep. Shitty parenting will be the cause of our dystopian future, I'm sure of it. I'd rather my kids see a depiction of a sexual act than an act of extreme violence though. I think parents prefer it the other way around because they can say violence isn't real. When it comes to sex, however, they actually have to talk to their kids, and as we know most parents don't want to put any actual effort into raising their children.