Or we need a compelling reason why this topic is worth having a discussion over to the point where it overrides basic taboos. Signaling matters.
Reasons to downvote or dlslike this post as is that are either independent of or compounded by taboo concerns:
1) This could have easily been an open-thread question rather than a discussion post.
2) This only applies to half the population but that wasn’t even addressed in the post. One is thus heavily implicitly assuming that all readers are male.
3) No apparent effort was made to find out anything else about the question before posting.
4) Unlike breaking some taboos, there was no attempt made to present an argument that this might be a taboo worth breaking.
5) The language used signals immaturity; “good fap” is not mature language. One can do a much better job breaking a taboo or getting people to tolerate it if one doesn’t come across as immature.
6) You mentioned a Wikipedia article but didn’t link to it other than to use a small, out of context quote where you didn’t even give enough information to figure out what protective effects it was talking about.
7) You are a very low karma, relatively unknown user. We’d like to pretend we’re good about looking for content more than who is posting, but realistically people are going to give substantially more benefit of the doubt to established users who they recognize as producing good content with decent ideas. 8) Implicitly assuming that ejaculation, orgasm and a satisfactory masturbatory experience are functionally identical (there are people here with significant others among other issues).
2) This only applies to half the population but that wasn’t even addressed in the post.
I’ve addressed it in the topic. Also it applies to 90% of the lesswrong readers, according to the polls.
4) Unlike breaking some taboos, there was no attempt made to present an argument that this might be a taboo worth breaking.
I don’t see any arguments that this taboo might be one that worth including in one’s set.
5) The language used signals immaturity; “good fap” is not mature language. One can do a much better job breaking a taboo or getting people to tolerate it if one doesn’t come across as immature.
Can i haz ppl addressing the essence of my messagez?
LessWrong community fails at tabooed topics it seems.
Or we need a compelling reason why this topic is worth having a discussion over to the point where it overrides basic taboos. Signaling matters.
Reasons to downvote or dlslike this post as is that are either independent of or compounded by taboo concerns:
1) This could have easily been an open-thread question rather than a discussion post. 2) This only applies to half the population but that wasn’t even addressed in the post. One is thus heavily implicitly assuming that all readers are male. 3) No apparent effort was made to find out anything else about the question before posting. 4) Unlike breaking some taboos, there was no attempt made to present an argument that this might be a taboo worth breaking. 5) The language used signals immaturity; “good fap” is not mature language. One can do a much better job breaking a taboo or getting people to tolerate it if one doesn’t come across as immature. 6) You mentioned a Wikipedia article but didn’t link to it other than to use a small, out of context quote where you didn’t even give enough information to figure out what protective effects it was talking about. 7) You are a very low karma, relatively unknown user. We’d like to pretend we’re good about looking for content more than who is posting, but realistically people are going to give substantially more benefit of the doubt to established users who they recognize as producing good content with decent ideas. 8) Implicitly assuming that ejaculation, orgasm and a satisfactory masturbatory experience are functionally identical (there are people here with significant others among other issues).
I’ve addressed it in the topic. Also it applies to 90% of the lesswrong readers, according to the polls.
I don’t see any arguments that this taboo might be one that worth including in one’s set.
Can i haz ppl addressing the essence of my messagez?