hardware manufactureres might even be found to owe compensation for the unreasonable externalities (cracking) forced upon the customers.

virgins do still have their virginity to loose, don't they?

glory hole et.al.

> societal downsides become more and more apparent

not sure, but in the greater picture of overpopulation, porn seems to be a cheap and effective measure compared to medical/physical alternatives.

>in the greater picture of overpopulation

Source that we are overpopulated? We can shrink the population and still pollute irresponsibly. In the past when the population was smaller we certainly managed to ruin plenty. And we aren't running out of land or food either.

I guess when your benchmark is genocide, it doesn’t seem like that big of a deal.

wouldn't call it genocide because it is not a selective measure. but yea, "preventing births" does qualify

I meant to say that the phrase “medical/physical alternatives” in the context you used it, means genocide.

Or maybe just…free vasectomies? or even free condoms.

To be clear, the word you're looking for is "eugenics".

as i tried to explain: it does not

At the slightest hint of coercion toward those measures, it’s genocide. Even peer pressure. Be sure not to do that.

i mean yes, it's suboptimal. but hardly news that for the real deal, you gotta leave the main road.

right, russians went from cyber-shady to cyber-pure-evil and now everyone has to cut ties...

also safe to say that a vast majority of ppl on the planet can't afford for-profit cancer treatment

> Contrast that to Facebook or Twitter, where only positive signals exist

i've never seen a downvote button on HN. Is my browser to old or not supported?

>i've never seen a downvote button on HN. Is my browser to old or not supported?

You have to get enough upvotes first.

you need at least 500 (or 501?) karma