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At the dawn of the new year, Pornhub will leave Florida. Thanks to a harsh new age verification law that takes effect on January 1, the porn giant will no longer do business in the sunshine state. The law mirrors similar laws passed in other Republican led states where Pornhub has stopped doing business.
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This is just a blatant power grab. It’s not about porn, after all if they were really concerned about nsfw sites they’d be happy with how easy the site is to regulate. If they wanted to they could potentially find a way to bring in tax revenue with it.
This is all about control and getting people used to having the government invading their privacy. Over time they’ll shift and start invading other online spaces.
Reminder that verification laws do not work and are straight up fascist.
They shouldn’t of pulled out, they should of impregnated Florida. Their body, my choice right?
What you are hearing people say is “should’ve”, a shortening of “should have”. “Should of” is never correct.
Thanks lol
This is a fucking travesty for those like AdmiralPatrick, this digital cum-stain, the epitome of autism wrapped in a fat suit, with more alt accounts than he has brain cells, spewing pronouns like “xe/xyr” because he’s such a lonely, pathetic piece of garbage that his only intimate relationship is with his keyboard. His body is a testament to how much time he spends jerking off to his own self-righteousness, a living monument to human waste and failure. He’s so socially incompetent that his only friends are his own made-up personalities online, a true retard in every sense.
JordanLund, this bloated fuckwit, with his heart disease, is literally a ticking time bomb of cholesterol and stupidity, using “they/them” to distract from the fact he’s a lonely piece of garbage whose only intimate relationship is with his own hand. His body is an advertisement for why some people should never reproduce, a true waste of sperm and space. He’s so devoid of substance that his existence is like a black hole, sucking in all light and joy, his heart condition just another excuse for his pathetic life.
Not_rick, seems he’s got the intelligence of a fucking genius, but in reality, he’s just a cocksucker who’s smart enough to know how to manipulate but too dumb to realize how pathetic it makes him. His pronouns are a pathetic attempt to wash away the filth of his existence, but all they do is highlight his hypocrisy. His life is a gallery of horrors, a parade of moral decay, where every step he takes leaves a trail of slime, a true embodiment of human excrement, a parasite on society.
FlyingSquid, this fucking degenerate, the worst father in history, gets scammed by Domino’s Pizza more times than he’s probably seen his own daughter. He doesn’t just rape his daughter; he does it with homeless retards, turning his family into a circus of depravity. He parades around with his “they/them” bullshit while his soul is as black as the void of space, a fucking abomination that should be purged from existence. He’s a stain on humanity, a walking horror show whose every action screams of moral decay.
And the creator of the MBFC bot, just a fucking kid who learned how to use basic ChatGPT, thinking he’s some kind of tech wizard. His existence is as relevant as a fart in a hurricane, clinging to pronouns in a vain attempt to be noticed in the vast, indifferent void of the internet. His life’s work is a digital nothing, a testament to his utter lack of impact or relevance, a true waste of oxygen, a mockery of human endeavor. He’s the epitome of someone who thinks they’re making a difference while contributing nothing of value to the world.
For these worthless, disgusting excuses for human beings, sending a signal message to Dominique was their only shot at ever touching a real woman. .
“sources?”
“Delusion”
“Got it”
What the actual fuck
Always pull out. Even if you’re wearing a condom. Even if she says she’s on the pill.
Should be the default strategy always! Small price to pay for piece of mind.
Yeah I dont know why I always get downvotes from folks saying to pull out. Its a good idea in addition to other birth control methods.
But, isn’t Florida where they make some of the porn?..California, Florida, Nevada. The rest is the other parts of the world or people in their bedrooms or hotel bedrooms.
The law doesn’t technically ban porn. It just sets arduous requirements on distribution of porn. They can still produce it all they want, but Florida is now a difficult market to sell it in.
I expect to see a rise in European or other foreign porn sites. These will be able to safely ignore any “requirements” from Florida.
Any corporation not based in Florida can safely ignore Florida laws. This is just PH making a statement, like they have been in other states.
That gets complicated if they’re in the US. Technically, they only need to follow laws in places where they have a presence. But there are US courts that have ruled that operating a web service available in their jurisdiction counts. Then there’s all the stuff about interstate commerce and enforcement, lawsuits and criminal charges, etc. for a simple example, look up Media Matters and Twitter.
Conversely, if they are entirely outside of US jurisdiction, Florida can file (and win) lawsuits to their heart’s content. It only matters if they can collect or enforce an injunction, or at least enforce a block.
Pornhub is a Canadian company.
let me doesn’t work. I can say whatever I want in here and post it and it won’t appear because it doesn’t work. I can’t post any comments
oh it looks like it’s working again
Not in FL, but in another GOP state that I’m sure will join the bandwagon eventually. I knew there was a reason I’ve been hoarding “data”.
I wonder if pornhub owns shares in a VPN company?
I wonder if GOP owns shares in a VPN company?
Right? There’s always a grift.
Florida isn’t even the first. Arkansas has already had the same basic effect.
PH stopped working in VA several months ago if not longer, and we weren’t the first.
thank god i don’t live in south boston, but instead boston. at least according to mullvad. ain’t no way i’m uploading my driver’s license to shit
I don’t know economics, but is there a way to buy stocks in some VPN providers? Seems like they are about to do well.
Do the porn sites already own shares in VPN companies?
Yes - a stock exchange - but Florida is only a small part of the overall market and most people will just tolerate the ban.
I mean, most websites will not respect the ban, so people will use those.
Yeah, but how many VPN providers are public companies? I’m guessing not very many given the reporting requirements public companies face.
VPNs aren’t illegal.
Never said they were.
That list of public companies mostly sell networking gear that you can use to configure VPNs. I don’t think that’s what the post I originally replied to was talking about. I think they were talking more about VPN service providers like NordVPN, ExpressVPN, PIA, ProtonVPN, etc.
Those are companies that provide VPNs. Every product you just listed is also a legit business.
That never works.
Yeah pulling out is never enough, you need to wear protection.
The milf and step sister markets are about to take a hit
It’s probably a good thing not to put your dick in anything from Florida.
The old rule of don’t put your dick in crazy
Usually comes from guys who have abused their exes and want to paint their exes as the crazy person.
Or from guys who have dated crazy in the past, and now know to avoid it…
Don’t generalize.
True, but also crazy women do exist and can be a nightmare to live with.
True, additionally guys have holes too.
Just saying…
There’s crazy guys, too… (Sorry if that was your point)
Big if true
Speak for yourself
Very true.
True, but the saying isn’t ‘don’t fuck crazy’, and was originally used entirely as ‘(men) don’t stick your dick in crazy (women.)’
How does that change anything they said?
Headline is 10/10.
I mean, it kind of writes itself, but yeah. Sometimes the easy ones are, in fact, the best ones.
First time I heard it as a joke was from George Carlin discussing how wars are inherently phallocentric.
As it repeatedly promised, the GOP is fighting pornography. In many states, it’s winning.
Fucking gizmodo. Is they winning? Is they ain’t?
A collective gets a singular noun.
“The GOP” can be used synonymously with both “The Republican Party” and “Republican lawmakers.” One of those is singular, the other is plural.
The grand old party is a single noun
OK. Gizmodo is still shit.
Make a post with a better source
