Thread: Addictions

>I just wish people would not get so worked up over little things like nudity.

I would sooooo write a 3 page rebuke about that one statement but I really don't want to start a flamewar, so I wont.

Consider yourself lucky.

Are you from another planet or something? Or maybe you're just like 6 years old??? How can one person be so inept?

This seems to be a pretty US-centric view. Did it occur to you that this board is made up of people from different cultures, societies and countries ? While pg13 may be well known in the US, guess what, no one knows or even cares what pg13 means around here (Germany). Obviously many countries have their own rating systems and don't care for the almighty US system. I hope we don't get invaded because we use our own system *duck*


Now, for nudity vs violence, Germany for example has tv ads around noon that would make your rating group get a collective heart attack. You can see partial or full but slightly veiled nudity in spots for shower gel, beach resorts and even margarine ( which I don't consider to be used naked, but hey, I male, I see breast, I go buy margarine... *grunt* ).
On the other hand, movies that are shown before 22:00 are almost always censored. Pieces are missing that are too gory. You won't see Private Ryan at prime time uncut and they even managed to find something to cut in Bad Boys. I don't consider Bad Boys that violent, but to each country it's own stupid censorship system

the french censors are great, they were really lax untill last year (but the maximum you can get is under 16 for films, and i'm 17 so i don't care anymore ).

france was quite bewildered, and quite amused about the "nipplegate" scnadal with our friends Janet and Justin, some people should have a massive pole removing from ass session methinks you get that type of ads for loads of things in france. as nvoigt said, bewbs on adverts sells. hail b00bs.

well, if your story isn't complete BS (I'm sKeptical, so kill me) then I hope that you did learn your lesson. Everytime you get ........ed off at your mom think about that moment in your life; and if you ever put her through something similar again then you are a worthless human being.

Originally Posted by CodeNinja

Isn't it interesting how the human body jumps from one adiction to another.

When I quit wanking I started coding/doing drugs to get my mind off of it.

Also, when I made myself quit playing video games (they waste time) I started coding more/doing more drugs.

It's wierd, I know that a lot of drug addicts get addicted to sugar in rehab because they jump from one addiction to another. I don't think it's the addiction that is the key to it, but the lack of self control. I think everyone has their own amount, and we pick up a certain number of addictions depending on that amount.

It's very normal that people do this.

You do got to amit that the US is a little easier on violence than nudity though. As far as I know, frontal nudity other than breasts is not allowed in R movies, at least I've never seen it in R movies before. I'd say full frontal nudity would be the equivilent to dismemberment, which is allowed in R movies.

nvoigt said:On the other hand, movies that are shown before 22:00 are almost always censored. Pieces are missing that are too gory. You won't see Private Ryan at prime time uncut and they even managed to find something to cut in Bad Boys. I don't consider Bad Boys that violent, but to each country it's own stupid censorship system

you wont see full violence on network TV(and most of cable for that matter) in the US period. For example, most films during the daytime and primetime might show a gun being fired and a person being struck; however, if the bullet caused something bad(like sever blood/brain loss) the bad will be edited out. So a comparison of what is on french/european TV versus American TV would show that Euros have alot more of "the bad stuff" : violence, nudity, and language than Americans do.

Originally Posted by EvBladeRunnervE

you wont see full violence on network TV(and most of cable for that matter) in the US period. For example, most films during the daytime and primetime might show a gun being fired and a person being struck; however, if the bullet caused something bad(like sever blood/brain loss) the bad will be edited out. So a comparison of what is on french/european TV versus American TV would show that Euros have alot more of "the bad stuff" : violence, nudity, and language than Americans do.

But most of those 'bad' films come from the US.

Remember that nerds frequent this board.

Everyone has a 99.9% chance of seeing the opposite sex in the nude during their life anyway.

For free ? Dude, sweet ! Can you send me a link ?

We are nerd of borg. We'll pwn u !

Originally Posted by Felix

But most of those 'bad' films come from the US.

Watch "Irreversible", it is not a US movie. Its also not a movie I would reccommend as it has the most graphic rape scene in any movie I've seen. Very unenjoyable. Shocking even.

DavidP: When you are preaching, its best to avoid a couple of things, doing so will help you not appear to be a hypocritical naive delusionist. Try not to condemn things you have no experience in - by this of course I mean pornography, drugs, and other peoples' lives and experiences. You have not lived through what they have lived through, as such, anything you say considering their actions or their motives is utterly asinine.

Also, try to be more tolerant and less self-rightous. Please.

To the origional poster: I know what you mean. I call it mania - obsessing from one thing to another sometimes sporadically. I am completely like that, although I have learned that a few things can stay despite the current focus item (masturbation/pornography, gaming, when appropriate drugs, and unfortunately work).

Originally Posted by EvBladeRunnervE

you are quite right about heroin, .10 USD of it is enough to give you a physical addiction to it. On the mental addiction side, it is like nail biting, you get into the habit of doing something, then you have to actually think about NOT doing it to not do it.

No that is not true. Heroin is just a strong opiant. It is no more addictive than abused prescribtion painkillers. I'm not saying it isn't addictive, but there is a lot of misinformation on addiction with drugs. There is no abused drug (cocaine, heroin) that causes addiction with one use. One use doesn't mean you will do a second. Addiction takes time. It starts off as a once a week, then it moves to twice a week. It's not you do it once, and then your on the streets buying crack every night. It just doesn't work like that.

Oh and as far as a porn addiction, I personally see no harm in that. Looking at naked women all day sounds rather fun to me.

Howdy,
All that idealistic crap went out the window when I was 17 yeas old - 27 years ago. I went into the US Army and learned that governments lie, and people in general don't seem to care much about each other.

M.R.