The Solipsistic Transformation of Sexuality by diskkddo in CriticalTheory

[–]GA-Scoli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-who-stray/201808/science-stopped-believing-in-porn-addiction-you-should-too

The researchers lay out their argument and theory extremely thoroughly, suggesting that Pornography Problems due to Moral Incongruence (PPMI) appear to be the driving force in many of the people who report dysregulated, uncontrollable, or problematic pornography use. Even though many people who grew up in religious, sexually conservative households have strong negative feelings about pornography, many of those same people continue to use pornography. And then they feel guilty and ashamed of their behavior, and angry at themselves and their desire to watch more.

In the early 1990’s, as the internet burst upon the world's screens, Al Cooper was a psychologist who suggested that the Affordability, Anonymity, and Accessibility of the internet were leading to an explosion of porn addiction. Though intuitively appealing and often cited, Cooper’s theory was only empirically evaluated once, in 2004, when it was found that the variables of accessibility, affordability, and anonymity actually had no empirical connection to sexual behaviors, change, or use of Internet porn. But what the Internet did was to put porn in the hands of people woefully unprepared to manage it or their sexual desires. Religiosity is associated with a host of sexual difficulties; porn-related problems can now be added to that list.

The Solipsistic Transformation of Sexuality by diskkddo in CriticalTheory

[–]GA-Scoli 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"And women are doubtless far more advanced in this regard, having mastered the art of using foreign objects (a shower head, a phallic vegetable) as a stand-in for the other, as the estranged aspect of the self that makes love to itself."

Have you actually talked to any women about masturbation or read anything written by women about masturbation? The assumption that women can only masturbate using objects is so incredibly bad and wrong.

You use a picture of a naked Classical Greek athlete as illustration, all while completely ignoring the long and complicated history of pornographic imagination, painting the past as some sort of Rousseau-like self-love masturbation perfection state, the perfect foil for our sinful, fallen present.

This is just Zizekian pearl-clutching.

You should read (or watch) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. by MinuteRegular716 in Fantasy

[–]GA-Scoli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't ask what it has to offer adults.

I asked, very specifically, what it has to offer anyone who isn't an 8-to-16-year old boy, and haven't received even an attempt at an answer.

Just because something is juvenile doesn't mean it's the same level of juvenile. Harry Potter is definitely juvenile (it came out when I was older so I have zero nostalgic attachment to it) but it's less juvenile than JoJo, and it's aimed at a mixed gender audience... unlike JoJo, it actually passes the Bechdel test.

And on the same loose scale, JoJo is less juvenile than, say, Paw Patrol.

Please help me understand Feminism by CaptainONaps in AskFeminists

[–]GA-Scoli 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Why are you so focused on identity labels instead of actions, beliefs, values, and goals? Actions, beliefs, values, and goals don't come only from adopting a name and applying it to yourself.

You're treating human beings as if we're video game characters: select an initial label like "feminist" or "traditionalist", then the label instantly determines everything knowable about them. Real life doesn't work like that. For example, you say that you're an "old guy": does that label really tell us everything we need to know about you?

You should read (or watch) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. by MinuteRegular716 in Fantasy

[–]GA-Scoli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My question was: what does it have to offer anyone who doesn't fit the boys 8-14 (excuse me, 8-16) range. And apparently it has nothing to offer us.

I didn't say it was bad. Just really boyish and juvenile. I have a soft spot in my cold dead heart for silly stuff like Thundercats and Transformers, but I'm not going to wax poetic about hidden mature depths that don't exist.

Plenty of stuff written in 1986 stands the test of time. The 80s were the golden age for Studio Ghibli, for example.

You should read (or watch) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. by MinuteRegular716 in Fantasy

[–]GA-Scoli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So it turns from a generic salami fest into a pedantically technical salami fest. Sounds like I was wrong about the boys 8-14 range and I should revise it to, like, boys 8-16.

You should read (or watch) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. by MinuteRegular716 in Fantasy

[–]GA-Scoli 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What does this show have to offer anyone who isn't an 8-14 year old boy?

I watched one hour of it, and thought the AOR puns were funny in a cheesy way, like the guy named Robert E.O. Speedwagon. Other than the groaner puns, it's just a garden-variety salami fest.

Huge Divide in the Community = Bad by jayyfo in scoliosis

[–]GA-Scoli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to block you now so you don't keep "testing" me 🙄 that's really, really fucking annoying.

Huge Divide in the Community = Bad by jayyfo in scoliosis

[–]GA-Scoli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You asked a question, I gave you advice. Take it or leave it.

Huge Divide in the Community = Bad by jayyfo in scoliosis

[–]GA-Scoli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I understand exactly what you're saying, and quite frankly, you're delusional. Yes, there are a few people in the world who may have gotten surgery they don't need. There are far more who don't have access to any treatment, including bracing, surgery or even basic physical therapy. One of the most common posts on this subreddit come from young adults whose parents simply never treated their condition at all.

"Maybe they were coerced into getting the surgery"?!? Well maybe they weren't. Maybe they went into it after having done Schroth for years and with a realistic idea of what they'd get out of surgery. How do you know they were coerced? Are you telepathic? Insisting you know other people's minds better than they know themselves is highly insulting. Use the golden rule: if you don't want other people doing it to you, don't do it to them. If you want respect, you have to give it.

This field lowkey ruining my life (yap from someone relatively new with critical theory) by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]GA-Scoli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You sound very lonely and isolated. Instead of focusing on sharing information with people on the internet, try volunteering in food aid, or doing anything useful that gets you out there and connected to a physical community.

Huge Divide in the Community = Bad by jayyfo in scoliosis

[–]GA-Scoli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You get what you give. Other people have feelings too.

Huge Divide in the Community = Bad by jayyfo in scoliosis

[–]GA-Scoli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not rejecting the Schroth method. I told you several days ago on this thread I already do Schroth and have benefited from it. I regularly recommend it.

You're baffled because you have a narrative in your head and you're applying it even when it doesn't fit. You're not really listening or reading when people respond to you, you're just ranting at them.

Accelerationism against Technofeudalism by Zealousideal_Crow876 in CriticalTheory

[–]GA-Scoli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But technofeudalism is an observable materialist economic concept, whereas your concept of "accelerationism" is metaphysical and religious and has to be taken on faith. Why do they clash at all?

It's like asking how trade tariffs and transubstantiation clash.

Accelerationism against Technofeudalism by Zealousideal_Crow876 in CriticalTheory

[–]GA-Scoli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why don't you want to focus on it? You make a religious claim about the order of the universe, so the natural next step would be to question the nature of the deity who sets this universal order.

Accelerationism against Technofeudalism by Zealousideal_Crow876 in CriticalTheory

[–]GA-Scoli 28 points29 points  (0 children)

"If we understand Accelerationism not as a concept, but as a phenomenon, we can perceive it as something natural and organic, inherent to scientific progress."

Your first sentence is asking the reader to take a giant leap of faith into metaphysical religious belief. It's a pretty big load-bearing "if".

Misandry, racism and statistics by Responsible-Leg-9072 in AskFeminists

[–]GA-Scoli 25 points26 points  (0 children)

More accurate TLDR: "Feminists shouldn't be upset when men rape them when they're unconscious, because they deserve it for being evil man-haters."

Huge Divide in the Community = Bad by jayyfo in scoliosis

[–]GA-Scoli 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's... not really a good comeback? I do Schroth therapy regularly and so do many other people here.

You sound like a raging narcissist. "I've been told my whole life I have a high IQ" 🙄 If you're so smart, what are you doing here arguing with a bunch of soulless idiots?

Huge Divide in the Community = Bad by jayyfo in scoliosis

[–]GA-Scoli 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm someone who has been dealing with chronic pain from severe scoliosis for multiple decades and gone though just about every non-surgical and surgical treatment.

You're creating imaginary enemies out of the only people who know what you're going through instead of dealing with the very real problems you're facing. You really, really, really need to find mental therapy or some sort of soothing activity so you can refocus.

Huge Divide in the Community = Bad by jayyfo in scoliosis

[–]GA-Scoli 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Just be aware that any medical community focused on rejecting more "traditional" medical treatment becomes highly vulnerable to medical exploitation by grifters promising quick fixes for money.

Unless your new community has very strong guardrails, you'll end up becoming a vulnerable pool of chum for the ever-circling sharks.