Amazing WaPost article this morning

Publicly, a whole new lewdness--Linky to article

SERIOUSLY?

I have never experienced this, but are men really this clueless? Yes I am being sexist, because porn is mostly a dude thing. I am all for doing whatever in your own home, but on a plane or Metro? Jayzus!

2 questions:

1) was he willing to share? how big was the screen?

2) Jenna?

Although it is obviously wrong for some knuclehead to show kids Mickey and Minnie doing the nasty I do wonder what is being considered "porn" here. Since I'm sure that some people on a flight could be made uncomfortable by the goings-on in today's average R-rated flick or cable TV series where does insensitivity to others needs begin and end re: this issue?

I like the porn.

Agent 13 wrote:

I like the porn.

Do you know the stupid expression people use when they have trouble digesting a particular foodstuff:
"I like fried chicken.....but it doesn't like me"?

Do you think anybody ever says:
"I like the porn.......but it doesn't like me"?

Pee-Wee Herman.

thanks for the set up.

pastrami-on-wry wrote:

Do you think anybody ever says:
"I like the porn.......but it doesn't like me"?

Hmmm...don't know.

I have heard "I like the porn...but the boss lady doesn't like when I look at the porn when at work"

OK...serious answer to otherwise nonsensical issue. Personal electronic devices are just that - PERSONAL. You do not have to look at the computer screen of the guy sitting next to you on an airplane. If you are so engaged in the basketball action on the court, how do you even KNOW if there is someone seated next to you watching porn on their iPhone? The guy on the train with the volume turned up - well, that does seem a little out of order - but, frankly, just as out of line as anyone blaring rap music or Wagner or whatever other music you would rather not be listening to. In other words, KEEP your personal electronic device personal.

However, when I travel with my laptop, I have the porn at the ready. There are instances when the porn is helpful. For instance, take the circumstances of the flight in question in the article. Perhaps, the guy was fed up with lady and her four evil spawn not giving him a minute of peace and quiet? Perhaps said offspring had spent a portion of the flight kicking his seat-back? Perhaps, despite this fine lady's claims that the man was polite and personable to her and her adorable children, he felt that they were a complete and total nuisance and asked them to find something better to do?

The Goddess wrote:

I am all for doing whatever in your own home, but on a plane or Metro? Jayzus!

At the risk of alienating my testes-carrying brethren, I gotta side with The Goddess on this one.

i95 wrote:

The Goddess wrote:

I am all for doing whatever in your own home, but on a plane or Metro? Jayzus!

At the risk of alienating my testes-carrying brethren, I gotta side with The Goddess on this one.

Holy crap....I just fell outta my chair!

i95 wrote:

The Goddess wrote:

I am all for doing whatever in your own home, but on a plane or Metro? Jayzus!

At the risk of alienating my testes-carrying brethren, I gotta side with The Goddess on this one.

Dude, you need to eat some red meat.



Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Independent George wrote:

OK...serious answer to otherwise nonsensical issue. Personal electronic devices are just that - PERSONAL. You do not have to look at the computer screen of the guy sitting next to you on an airplane. If you are so engaged in the basketball action on the court, how do you even KNOW if there is someone seated next to you watching porn on their iPhone? The guy on the train with the volume turned up - well, that does seem a little out of order - but, frankly, just as out of line as anyone blaring rap music or Wagner or whatever other music you would rather not be listening to. In other words, KEEP your personal electronic device personal.

However, when I travel with my laptop, I have the porn at the ready. There are instances when the porn is helpful. For instance, take the circumstances of the flight in question in the article. Perhaps, the guy was fed up with lady and her four evil spawn not giving him a minute of peace and quiet? Perhaps said offspring had spent a portion of the flight kicking his seat-back? Perhaps, despite this fine lady's claims that the man was polite and personable to her and her adorable children, he felt that they were a complete and total nuisance and asked them to find something better to do?

I prefer to think of myself as moving about the world with a pig-pen like cloud hovering about me. Anyone in my cloud runs the risk of being irritated or offended. I used to be really polite, but got sick of going through life like I had a welcome sign and a little plastic daisy on my forehead. Now, I just don't care any more.

i95 wrote:

my testes-carrying brethren

You carry yours? Personally, I just let mine hang there.

Sorry...there should be an addendum to my last paragraph. I left this out, and after careful re-reading, I feel that this should be included...

However, when I travel with my laptop, I have the porn at the ready. There are instances when the porn is helpful. For instance, take the circumstances of the flight in question in the article. Perhaps, the guy was fed up with lady and her four evil spawn not giving him a minute of peace and quiet? Perhaps said offspring had spent a portion of the flight kicking his seat-back? Perhaps, despite this fine lady's claims that the man was polite and personable to her and her adorable children, he felt that they were a complete and total nuisance and asked them to find something better to do?

Nothing says "Get the fuck away from me!" like turning on your porn in a public space.

pastrami-on-wry wrote:

i95 wrote:

my testes-carrying brethren

You carry yours? Personally, I just let mine hang there.

He carries his! That explains a lot!



You suppose he uses a jar...or maybe a pretty pink purse?

Independent George wrote:

Nothing says "Get the fuck away from me!" like turning on your porn in a public space.

Although it can have the opposite effect as well...attracting folks who you wouldn't want within spitting distance.

I'll take my chances.

Along with what george wrote, I just have to add, the part of the article that offended me the most was this...

On a recent cross-country trip from Los Angeles, Jana Matthews thought she'd lucked out when her friendly seatmate cued up a cartoon on his laptop. Her four children were enthralled; she hoped listening in might keep them occupied.

I bet Janna is one of those moms who often leaves the job of keeping her kids occupied to others.

I am sure all of us have been on a plane or in some other situation where some inconsiderate slob figured the rest of the world was there to serve as his or her kid's entertainment package. Fuck that! I never...NEVER...took my kids places before they were ready to not be an irritant to others. This meant a few years free from air travel and restaurants, but no one asked me to procreate so it was no one's fault but mine. I have been on many a plane ride where the porn kid repellent would have been a great tool. I regret I never thought of it myself.

Agent 13 wrote:

I have been on many a plane ride where the porn kid repellent would have been a great tool. I regret I never though of it myself.

If you (or anyone else) is opposed to the "porn kid repellent," you could also try to be Tourette's guy. Sure, you sound a little like Billy Heff calling me and i95 names, but you have the added value of seeing how many compound curse words you can come up with in a short period of time. It's like a dirty version of the word jumble that they put in the newspaper.

To be sure, I have never used the "porn kid repellent," but I have fantasized about it many a time. But, one time, I did ask a woman whose son had been kicking the back of my chair for well over an hour, how many foul words her darling little angel knew? She gave me a blank stare without an answer and I told her that if he didn't stop kicking my chair, he was about to learn more than SHE knew in a very brief period of time.

The kicking stopped. The glaring continued straight down to the baggage claim area.

Independent George wrote:

I'll take my chances.

I've seen pictures of the folks you hang out with.

You certainly do take chances!

See this only works one way...on people's pwecious kiddies.

Now usually, if I am stuck on a plane and somebody is trying to chat me up it is a guy. Young, old, doesn't matter. It's like if they see boobs on a plane, they want to chit chat. And I just want to read my book. The Porn Repellent Theory would not work in this case. It would just attract rather than repel in my instance.

Perhaps if I pulled out my two-DVD set of Pride and Prejudice? Would that work?

Independent George wrote:

But, one time, I did ask a woman whose son had been kicking the back of my chair for well over an hour, how many foul words her darling little angel knew? She gave me a blank stare without an answer and I told her that if he didn't stop kicking my chair, he was about to learn more than SHE knew in a very brief period of time.

Agent 13 just pm'ed me and wants to know whether the kid was hot or not?

The Goddess wrote:

See this only works one way...on people's pwecious kiddies.

Now usually, if I am stuck on a plane and somebody is trying to chat me up it is a guy. Young, old, doesn't matter. It's like if they see boobs on a plane, they want to chit chat. And I just want to read my book. The Porn Repellent Theory would not work in this case. It would just attract rather than repel in my instance.

Perhaps if I pulled out my two-DVD set of Pride and Prejudice? Would that work?

Smart women are like kryptonite to lecherous dudes.

I have said, on more than one occasion, I am heading to a funeral, and I mean no offense, but I just am not up to chatting. Never had one person keep talking.