Reading these posts terrifies me to a degree that I can’t explain.

Inferiority complex? I sure as hell know I'll never be as affectionate and caring as Kasper and Soren. They've read all romantic chic lit in the world and I haven't. AI and toys for the women, AI and porn for the men. Gloom.

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moritzwarhier 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ditto. I'd normally be wary of it being organic content, it's Reddit after all. But this unhealthy fringe interest is exactly the kind of topic I'd expect on Reddit so probably it's real.

And who would have an interest in _promoting_ this kind of obsession... oh, maybe AI companies themselves, with which Reddit is already intertwined anyway. Hm. Still seems like a real problem and probably the posts are also by real people. Yes, terrifying.

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simianwords 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Pornography should also be taken seriously and in my opinion, a more serious problem.

	▲	bccdee 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Why? I haven't heard any credible accounts of "pornography psychosis." Moral panic narratives about pornography have become popular in recent years, but though many critiques of mainstream pornography are valid (that it's pervasively misogynistic, for example), pornography hasn't actually been linked to any concrete harms. "Pornography addiction," the poster child for anti-porn narratives, is not recognized as a condition by any major medical organization, and self-reported pornography addiction correlates much more strongly with conservative views on sexuality than with actual quantity of pornography consumed.