Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Where did it all go wrong?

Paul Francis opened this issue on Sep 15, 2015 ยท 80 posts


Kazam561 posted Tue, 15 September 2015 at 7:47 PM

There is generally a nude advisory. While I don't particularly care for too adult content, i would not go as far as some people who would say the Venus De Milo or Michelangelo's David who consider them "pornographic". What's generally posted here is mild compared to some websites. Deviant Art often has work that is over the line. There is some that is artwork and some that is gratuitous nudity. Those who have kids and don't control their access to sites, that's really the parents task to teach them the difference between pornography and art. Good luck in that as what kids do and have access to today make us look like snow white innocents. Pintrest generally does a better job although I've seen a lot of stuff get by there that shouldn't, whereas tumblr and other sites can be great, they can also be like Russian roulette in clicking on a link.

One of the reasons I use ad blocking software is sometimes news stories use horrible headlines. I frequent a few tech websites, gaming news sites, and science fiction covering websites that happen to be under one web publisher and their advertisements for content covered in news stories on their other sites can be really offensive. So you might be reading about a League of Legends match and see some linked article frame on the webpage that has wording I wouldn't want anyone under 15 to read.

Sadly there is no real way to filter content. Parental content filtering software often filter out references to medical research on injury or cancers due to certain words. As far as sex being rampantly used in website traffic, as well as advertising... well it's everywhere. Unless your living a Luddite lifestyle you really can't avoid it. It's in music, film, magazines, commercials, books, anything you can think of... As far as condemning Renderosity for what artists post, well anywhere you go you'll run into differing opinions on how far art can go before it becomes pornography. It's also a cultural ideal too, differing there from culture to culture. I have friends who are shocked at how people here react to a nude scene in a film compared to extreme violence that's common place in today's films and television. I agree violence shouldn't be as accepted here as it is, and if anything the outcry should be more over that than nudity.

I also totally agree with Miss Nancy. Like all things it's a cycle. Taking a break from something troubling is often best, better than making yourself sick with concern over something you have no control over. There's a really old joke:

Patient: "Doctor it hurts when I do this..."

Doctor: "Don't do that."

The dust settled, thinking "what a fine home, at least for now" not realizing that doom would soon be coming in the form of a vacuum cleaner.