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  • Snowclone@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Damn, I didn’t know how judgemental I am about things I’ve also JK’d off about when it’s out of the context of me being aroused.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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      8 days ago

      Kind of. “Places that an adult in their own home has to register with the state to see porn, so pornhub disables the state”

      They try to regulate porn by mandating a user show their id to the provider, and they totally won’t abuse that list of users at all they pinky swear

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        the worst thing about this is that the VPNs people use to get around it will mess up the data. we may never know which state really looked up flogging the most on valentine’s day :(

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        Apparently Louisiana was “smart” and allows a third party to do this for them, called AllpassTrust. Pornhub is fine with this type of verification, which is why LA is the only southern state here (GA isn’t southern enough).

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          7 days ago

          Yeah, if it was just age verification there are third party services that do it in a secure way, and I’ve always said we could implement things like you verify with your browser that you’re over 18, and at the protocol level it would the allow or deny

          Of course age verification isn’t the actual goal, so none of those privacy respecting approaches are ever considered in most places. Download what you can now, I’m guessing this is coming for the nation

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        8 days ago

        Yeah there’s some that try and do ID verification here… Like verification by webcam AI age shit. No no no no no.

        NO

    • Vox@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      I dunno but I think i see a match in progress between Colorado and Georgia.

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    7 days ago

    I was like “wow no incest shit!”, but then I realized most of the southern states are blocked now.

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      Im in texas. I was getting the hub from colorado. Today Im more in a Wyoming sort of mood. Need to get the best results. Time to change servers.

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    I just think that it’s both sweet, and a little sad, that there are searches for “hugging”, “intimate”, and “cuddling”.

    Has someone checked in on Wyoming, North Dakota, and Ohio? They seem like they might be lonely.

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      It’s probably no accident that those and the other two with “wedding” and “husband” are all northern states. It’s still winter right now, which means that they’re still getting really short days, which makes people feel sad.

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        It’s not just the short days. It is currently 2°F outside and on Monday the forecasted high temperature will be -9°F. People are cold and lonely.

  • Ziglin (they/them)@lemmy.world
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    Seeing hugging and cuddling makes me curious. Are there videos of people just cuddling on those kinds of platforms? That seems really wholesome unless it’s awkward naked cuddles.

    It also surprises me that so many of the top searches include things I feel are labeled as kinks. Aren’t they things that only small demographics enjoy, if so many people enjoy it is maybe wrong to perceive it that way?

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      On your second paragraph, notice its “relative searches” which it then explains in the subheading. Not top searches.

      If debauchery like “hand-holding” got 0.5% of searches in one state while in other states it got 0.1% of searches, and there wasnt as much a difference for other terms, thats the top relative search.

      But it doesnt tell us anything about how many people actually searched for it.

      • Ziglin (they/them)@lemmy.world
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        I understood it as the one with the highest percentage in that state at first. What you said makes a lot more sense and is a bit of a relief.

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          Im guessing the map wouldnt get much attention for top searches, those would probably be very normal things, so they went for this method :)

    • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      What’s awkward about naked cuddles? As a queer woman it’s probably my favourite thing to do with a partner. Skin to skin contact is just really healing.

      • Ziglin (they/them)@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        Maybe it’s just lack of experience, I suppose with certain people it wouldn’t be too bad. The hair might be annoying as not all of it as soft as on my head but I think I’d be uncomfortable.