• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Strip clubs prove people pay to perform arousal cues.

    But this won’t work, because there’s nothing inherently sexy about arousal cues. Therefore, nobody goes to them and the businesses all fail immediately.

    Context sells, not anatomy.

    Omit the anatomy and see how much context you sell.

    You don’t get horny from photons

    You quite literally do. If your eyes are closed, the visual medium has no effect.

    I’m not dumb enough to confuse popularity with proof

    You’re arguing against how eyeballs work, at this point

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      9 days ago

      “There’s nothing inherently sexy about arousal cues. Therefore, nobody goes to them…”

      You’re trying to sarcasm your way around a syllogism that doesn’t follow. Arousal cues work because of conditioned association. That’s the point. Still not “inherent.”

      “Omit the anatomy and see how much context you sell.”

      Sure. Now omit the context and see how much bare anatomy sells. Oh right, that’s why porn has genres, costumes, settings, and storylines.

      “You quite literally do [get horny from photons].”

      No. You get visual input from photons. Interpretation happens in the brain. By your logic, a baby looking at porn would pop a boner. Try again.

      “You’re arguing against how eyeballs work.”

      Nah, I’m arguing against how your brain works; specifically, its need to reduce complex psychological responses to caveman-tier hot take bullshit.

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        8 days ago

        Now omit the context and see how much bare anatomy sells.

        checks the ad revenues on literally any low-rent basic bitch porn site

        Significantly more.

        I’m arguing against how your brain works

        Okay buddy. Take a walk and touch grass.

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          8 days ago

          Porn revenue proves anatomy is sexy? Cool, by that logic, McDonald’s proves burgers are inherently gourmet.

          You’re not making arguments, you’re just stapling confidence to correlation and calling it a worldview.