Ask Rip #24

[Nick Delgadillo]

Not sure how I feel about the porn though.

This is strange to me. Recently there have been a few "manliness" experts writing about quitting porn and porn's horrifying effects on relationships. Yes, some people are fucked up and their fucked up-ness will manifest in fucked up ways - porn addiction, drug addiction, scarification, alcohol addiction, woman-beating, getting tattoos, vegetarianism, etc - but the idea that watching porn is a slippery slope ending in emotional and financial ruin, along with the inevitable dissolution of your marriage is just silly.

[George Christiansen]

Porn is a shitty business. I had to get out a long time ago.

Maybe you should have tried more than just anal?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Yes, some people are fucked up and their fucked up-ness will manifest in fucked up ways - porn addiction, drug addiction, scarification, alcohol addiction, woman-beating, getting tattoos, vegetarianism, etc .

Smoking.

[Aryah]

Porn is a shitty business. I had to get out a long time ago.

You're THAT Mark Rippetoe?!

I started decades ago on standards, sport tourers, and sportbikes. All Hondas, all reliable as a rock.

After year of making fun of cruisers I picked up a 2001 Dyna Wide Glide, and put 6,000 miles on it in a two week vacation. Smokies, Ozarks, Yellowstone, Big Horn, Sturgis. It's a keeper.

But so is my 1992 Honda VFR750. When I need something that performs; brakes hard, accelerates hard, and turns hard, it fits the bill. With detachable/waterproof hard luggage, it tours well too.

If it's got two wheels, I'll ride it.

I won't make fun of them certainly. I'll probably get to that stage in my life at some point. At the moment my Speed Triple is just too much fun to use anything else. If I want to tour, I'll have to convince my wife to want to ride a motorcycle. It's a work in progress.

This is strange to me. Recently there have been a few "manliness" experts writing about quitting porn and porn's horrifying effects on relationships. Yes, some people are fucked up and their fucked up-ness will manifest in fucked up ways - porn addiction, drug addiction, scarification, alcohol addiction, woman-beating, getting tattoos, vegetarianism, etc - but the idea that watching porn is a slippery slope ending in emotional and financial ruin, along with the inevitable dissolution of your marriage is just silly.

Well you've certainly taken this view to the absurd in your critique. I just think slavering over other people having sex and women you'll never have is for pussies. Also when it comes to sleeping with my wife, I like my pituitary gland to be functioning normally.

[Giri Kotte]

Smoking.

One should never forget that one. It's by far the most disgusting habit a human being can cultivate

[Jayson Ball]

You're THAT Mark Rippetoe?!

I just think slavering over other people having sex and women you'll never have is for pussies.

A Real Man never fantasizes about anyone other than their wife.

[quikky]

A Real Man never fantasizes about anyone other than their wife.

Ew, you bring your wife into that world? That's no place for a lady.

[John Hanley]

It's by far the most disgusting habit a human being can cultivate

Really?

None of you Puritan motherfuckers have found occasional, moderate doses of pot a little enjoyable?

[Mark Rippetoe]

You don't understand that we're talking about tobacco? Did you watch the video and here my comment about this?

[John Hanley]

You don't understand that we're talking about tobacco? Did you watch the video and here my comment about this?

I don't recall a specific comment about pot, but if we agree that the round-thing subset [round-things filled with marijuana] aren't tiny fantasy penises, than all is well.