# A retro porn question (for stoid - I guess) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896 "2003-04-06T18:49:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896/1 "2003-04-06T18:49:05Z")
Do people ever fake antique porn to get whatever benefits the site provides for those who provide photos? Are they often caught? What are some of things that get them caught? Digital watch from the 1920s? The wrong hairdos? Modern athletic shoes with the dark socks and zorro masks? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896/2 "2003-04-06T19:10:35Z")
I would imagine seeing a tattoo of Spongebob Squarepants on someone’s ass would make me suspicious. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896/3 "2003-04-07T05:53:45Z")
> [@](#): > > I would imagine seeing a tattoo of Spongebob Squarepants on someone’s ass would make me suspicious. Damn, I thought they airbrushed that out. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896/4 "2003-04-08T00:13:45Z")
We don’t accept scans, we only accept original photos (which we give back after we’ve scanned). There are lots of people doing retro \* homage \* photography these days, since retro everything is gaining in popularity. A lot of it is very nice. And I guess if someone tried hard enough, they might be able to pass it off as original, but depending on the period they were trying to pass it off as, it would be hard. ---
**Author:** ![AmbushBug](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ambushbug/32/4600_2.png) [@AmbushBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbushBug)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896/5 "2003-04-08T03:27:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*… I guess if someone tried hard enough, they might be able to pass it off as original, but depending on the period they were trying to pass it off as, it would be hard. \*\* Well, only if the fellow in the proposed photograph there was excited. [rimshot] -AmbushBug [sub]I’ll be here all week[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896/6 "2003-04-08T04:09:50Z")
I have to ask-what’s the oldest piece of porn you’ve ever come across? ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896/7 "2003-04-08T04:34:24Z")
I seem to remember watching a documentary about sex (On HBO, I think) that showed a pornographic cartoon short from 1919. It starred a jolly little cartoonish fellow with an enormous…erm…gift. Probably the most bizarre bit of porno I’ve ever seen. Oh wait, I just remembered some puppet porn I saw in a story on _The Daily Show_. That one took the cake. I seem to have forgotten the point of this thread. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896/8 "2003-04-08T04:43:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*I have to ask-what’s the oldest piece of porn you’ve ever come across? \*\* I don’t know about Stoid, but the oldest piece of “porn” I’ve seen is an Ancient Egyptian papyrus that can been seen on [this](http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/index.html). Scroll down to Leisure and click on the Drink, Drugs and Sex link. It’s not the entire piece, but enough of it. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896/9 "2003-04-08T06:27:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*I have to ask-what’s the oldest piece of porn you’ve ever come across? \*\* None, but some did get me feeling frisky. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896/10 "2003-04-08T12:08:55Z")
It should be noted that the San Francisco International Film Festival is showing a compilation of French 20s hardcore pornography shorts later this month. [Here](http://www.sfiff.org/fest03/titleDetail.asp?title_id=50)’s more info. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896/11 "2003-04-08T14:23:36Z")
I’m guessing Roaring Twenties-era shemale bondage porn is thin on the ground, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-retro-porn-question-for-stoid-i-guess/166896/12 "2003-04-08T17:41:12Z")
Actually, not as much as you’d think. There isn’t that much new under the sun. Although I think bug crushing and furries are of relatively recent vintage.