![]() The Second Law describes another dynamic in the pornographic force field, the law of fap entropy. The Second Law of Pornodynamics: the law of fap entropy Far from mocking the sincere and often tormented efforts of young men to free themselves from the compulsive urge to beat the meat, in the long-term interests of evading a radical estrangement between the sexes we should lionise these remarkable acts of resistance to an all-pervasive economy of commodified desire. ![]() That defence takes the classically masculine form of self-discipline enforced through group membership, meaning it attracts reflexive condemnation from quarters where any imposition of self-discipline is seen as in some indefinable sense an act of violence.īut from the perspective of the First Law of Pornodynamics, their concerted effort to corral the not inconsiderable portion of human libido that runs through young males is an act of public service. On the contrary, it’s an heroic last defence of the possibility of intersubjective desire as such. To put it more bluntly still: the more embroiled in pornographic instant gratification we become, the less possible it will be to engage in mutually satisfying IRL sex.įrom this perspective, #nofap isn’t some weird alt-right thing or the last refuge of basement-dwelling losers, as the liberal bards of unchained desire would have us think. That is, there’s an inverse correlation between wanking and the ability to orient one’s libido toward a real-life human other. The connection between these two phenomena is obvious when considered in the light of the First Law of Pornodynamics, which argues that the sum total of human libido is a constant, and the more of it we expend on wanking the less will be available for actual interpersonal encounters.ĭiscussions on the #nofap Reddit forums, in which (predominantly young and male) people exchange tips on breaking an addition to porn consumption and masturbation, have this as a recurrent theme. But at the same time it’s often noted that young people are having less sex. The First Law of Pornodynamics: the law of conservation of libidoīoth liberals and conservatives are fond of wanging on about the sexualisation of culture, and how the pervasiveness of pornography and porn-inspired imagery, whether in marketing or just the culture in general, means we’re all saturated with sex and really just can’t get away from it. So the three laws of pornodynamics are as follows: While I was thinking about this, it struck me that the three fundamental laws of thermodynamics ofer an almost perfect heuristic for the dynamics of this force field. Pornography is more like a force field, that affects the content it represents. The numbers themselves might be a bit exaggerated, but two of the top ten most visited websites in the world – and the only two which aren’t big-brand social media sites – are XVideos and Pornhub, clocking up a total 6.7bn monthly visitors between them.īut pornography isn’t a static thing, any more than desire is a static thing. Some internet wag once joked that 95% of the internet is pictures of cats, and pornography. The key factor is that if someone can think of it, there’s almost certainly porn of it. ![]() Though I’m not personally a consumer of porn (and would not be telling you if I was) it’s impossible to avoid the subject altogether when our Very Online discourse has a habit of disintegrating, at the fringes, into a kaleidoscopic array of weird sex things – whether that’s cartoon rabbits with big knockers or whatever. ![]() It’s a cheering development, though the fight between the pro-biology side and corporate-funded transhumanist behemoths such as Stonewall is very much a David and Goliath scenario. ![]() I also wrote about the way UK resistance to the abolition of biology in law is now seriously organised and engaged in the kind of fine-grained political trench warfare that actually, over time, delivers policy change. Read the article (which isn’t paywalled) here. My conclusion: Lola hasn’t been de-sexed so much as paywalled. Boob bunny discourse took me down a (sorry) rabbit hole of associations between rabbits and shagging. This week I’ve been at it like rabbits, following the news that the very pneumatic Lola Bunny from the 1996 movie Space Jam has been redesigned with less colossal knockers for an upcoming sequel. Recent articles: the paywalling of sex rabbits, and the new model TERF army I’ll link to whatever I’ve published recently that I’m proud of, and say a bit about whatever is on my mind that’s maybe too weird, arcane or unprintable for respectable editors. My aim is to write something once a month. I’ve joined the rest of the world on Substack, and if you’ve signed up for this – my first newsletter – you can feel vaguely proud that you were into the Harrington phenomenon before it was cool (which phase may continue indefinitely, but let’s see). ![]()
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