[donatj]

I grew up in the 80's/90's and there was a whole trade system in school.

Swapping magazines and VHS tapes.

It's not a new thing.

[jstarfish]

There is an inherent rate-limiting in trading anything with others. Physical media gets lost/confiscated and you can only re-read the same magazine so many times before you get bored and move on.

Nobody invited you to an endless all-you-can-watch telethon of fresh content. That's where we are today.

[throw_pm23]

It is not new, but it is plausible that through wide availability and deliberate exploitation of addictive behaviour ("Mindgeek"?) it has recently reached a state where it may tear society apart.

[donatj]

I think to argue that pornography alone is tearing society apart is a massive over statement.

Caused some overly-inflated expectations in the bedroom sure. Destroyed society? Nah

[zirgs]

But those magazines were/tapes were way more tamer than what we have now.

Kids can access extreme porn with a few clicks easily. Something is definitely wrongh here.