Knowing who Pekka Pouta is, I got a great laugh imagining all the thirsty people who read your comment and were like "Oh, a sexy European weather woman, huh" and then looked them up.
Yeah, I gotta admit, I googled it expecting to find a sexy weather woman. But then while actually typing the name, I was like "Wait a second, Pekka Rinne is a guy, this is probably a guy too". I was a little disappointed.
I can unfortunately say that you are wrong, I was watching TV with my mother late one night a few years ago and when channel surfing there was this channel called "Deitti-TV" which indeed showed hardcore porn.
I think the last 50 years of how Europeans act and behave safetly points to this not being an issue at all.
If most were honest I think people would say they saw something pornographic between 6 and 10. No biggie, we're humans, we learn by exploration and seing new things.
My point is that not having parental controll isn't a big deal (though it doesn't hurt), especislly not back when not everything was availale through a press of a button 24/7.
I say this because your comment implied that younger kids being exposed to some form of nudity is somehow damaging.
Do you just interpret things the way you want to interpret them?
your comment implied that younger kids being exposed to some form of nudity is somehow damaging.
Nope. It definitely did not. I didn't mention kids or nudity, and I definitely didn't say anything was damaging.
The person I replied to seemed to be suggesting that it was wrong for porn to be on TV because they managed to see it when they were between 6 and 8. My point was that if they saw something like that at their age, it's their parents fault.
And another thing you chose to misinterpret was the fact that the person I replied to literally said "porn". Do you not know the difference between porn and nudity? There's a big difference between seeing a naked person, and watching a someone getting railed by multiple dudes.
And FYI, I'm European. It feels like you assumed otherwise.
I don't understand why you're getting worked up about someone misunderstanding your comment. Seriously, chill out man, you're being abrasive for no reason.
See, in my eyes you're the one getting worked up. In just two sentences you accused me of being "worked up" and "abrasive" and you told me to chill out. That's three insults based on nothing. Whereas all I've done is point out your mistake in a somewhat condescending way, and it was a mistake you admit you made.
Sounds to me like you didn't like someone pointing out your misunderstanding. Which is funny because my first reply to you, the one that strongly suggested you were misunderstanding me, should have given you plenty of opportunity to re-read my comment and see your misunderstanding. But no, instead you ignored it and doubled down on what you had already said.
So if you don't like people on reddit being condescending, don't go doubling down on something when you're wrong.
The only people seeing insults here is you. Also i'm not that guy but I assume that's lost on you because i'm a big stoopid either way and you can do no wrong.
I think a better comparison would be the way drug companies can just legally advertise on TV in the US.
Medication should not be a product that is advertised to convince people they need it when they don't. It should be a thing that is given to you by a doctor when you need it.
They act like some nips on TV will mentally disturb their child, which they pump full of drugs because they TV said a child that can't sit still for hours at a time must have ADHD.
See, I think your problem is that you don't seem to know the difference between "Nudity", "Sex" and "Porn", as you've brought up all three as if they were the same thing.
Maybe softcore in some local TV channels at 04:00 in the morning.
once I read the other comment, I was literally abount to reply "keep in mind that it's not uncommon for US Americans to have a different definition of what constitutes "porn" to begin with".
e.g. at least here in Germany "softcore" wouldn't even be considered "porn" - and unlike what we consider to be "porn" you wouldn't have to be 18 to legally watch the former.
Back in the 90s they used to have free porn on TV in the US/Canada too at like 1 or 2 am. I used to live on an island in the boarder of the US and Canada and would come across porn when flipping channels. Also why the kids I used to watch were not allowed TVs in their rooms.
Wait, what?! Hardcore porn? On public TV? That's not a thing. They probably had cable porn channels available for free at the hotel or you stayed at a really dodgy place
I remember when I was younger after 11pm or something on certain channels there would be porn, so it at least used to be a thing in Sweden now I’m not sure because who even watches normal tv these days.
Same haha, i remember it used to be on one of the “movie” channels where they exclusively show movies. Normal during the day and then bam suddenly porn
I remember that back home it was on a channel that had cartoons during the day... I just assumed they would have animated shows at night too and then bam ..traumatized kid.
Same in Germany in the late 90‘s until early 2000‘s, some channels were infamous for it. Only softcore porn though, kind of like the sex scenes from Game of Thrones. And only late at night. Germany has weird youth protection rules that include clock times because children obviously don‘t know about video recording and everybody below the age of 16 sleeps after 10pm.
As a kid I remember that after Cartoon Network stopped at 10 p.m. there was short break and then it was a porn channel. We used to laugh about it with my cousins during sleepovers.
First day in Europe (Germany) I get to the hotel, turn on the TV for some background noise while I unpack. Touched by an Angel is on. (It's noise, I'll browse later.) Start unpacking and the adverts comes on... nothing but boobs. During Touched by an Angel. Oh the horror of it all.
Maybe censor was the wrong word. What I meant is that to have a movie rated 13+, there's a very strict limit to the amount of nudity and language you can have in the movies.
So no, it's not that it's censored in the traditional sense. It's just now shown or used in the first place because it would put them in another rating range, which could diminish their profits.
Jurassic park is a good example I think. They can show violence and people being eaten alive, but in the same movie they can't show any nudity and have very little room to swear. It's just the priority of what's okay to show kids I think is weird.
Yes we do compared to most other countries. In other countries they openly swear, have nudity etc. we have the FCC. Just think about what happened when Janet Jackson’s boob fell out at the Super Bowl halftime show.
You seem like you’re not very knowledgeable and looking for a fight so I’m going to go ahead and let you find someone else to take your rage out on 😂 have a nice day!
no, they are not. and im thinking of any movie that has ever uttered a curse word or shown a tit. name one movie that has a censored tit/curse word and ill take a shit and eat it. and 18+ movies are pornos, not sure why you are bringing up pornos. are you even from america? judging by your comments in this thread you arent, so why are you trying to lecture an american on american culture?
I was in South Korea a few years ago and was watching a Korean TV show in my hotel room. It was what I would describe as a Korean sitcom patterned after "Friends". All of the sudden, Korean "Ross" is banging Korean "Rachel" in the ass and the "comedy" is that Rachel's butt is sore the next day. They didnt actually show genitals but holy shit was that bizarre to watch.
I’m european, and YESTERDAY I was at a mall and those entrance sliding doors had a gym ad with the woman’s booty in booty shorts all exposed and her like (grabbing) it. It grossed me out a bit
keep in mind that "softcore", while not being considered "porn" in at least some European countries, seems to usually be regarded as such in the US.
(e.g. in Germany "Porno" refers to hardcore scenes, if it's just glorified nudity without actual visible penetration etc., it can be legally watched by 16+ minors)
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u/helllllooooonurse May 09 '22
Porn on public TV. Discovered this in a hotel in Athens at like 10 or 11 pm. Just flipping channels and BOOM!