# I despair of the younger generation: too lazy for real sex?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048 "2005-06-13T05:50:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/1 "2005-06-13T05:50:11Z")
A story has broken recently in Hamilton, Ontario, about a “Safe Sex Club” - a group of horny young teenagers (redundant, I know) who have virtual dates, each in their own bedroom, with a computer cam and, well, I’m sure you can fill in the rest: [Teens Weaving a Wicked Web](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050608.wxteensex08/BNStory/National/). However, what got me was the explanation from one young fellow as to why he liked this particular form of sexual activity, rather than the more traditional, upclose and personal, real sex. His answer: > [@](#): > > … the detective admits he was a bit surprised by the answer from one male teen. "The reply I got was, ‘I don’t have to worry about getting to her house, she doesn’t have to worry about getting to my house. I don’t have to walk, I don’t have to try and get a ride.’ " I suppose in light of the influence video-games have had on the couch-potato phenomenon, I shouldn’t be surprised that some of the young guys just find the idea of getting laid to be too much work… ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/2 "2005-06-13T07:06:40Z")
“When I was your age, I had to walk through the snow, uphill both ways, to get drunk and laid!” (my sister’s fav. keychain) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/3 "2005-06-13T07:32:34Z")
Jeez, where was the kid who started the thread “My Porn – Is it legal?” > [@](#): > > Legal experts have said the simple recording of such a broadcast may not be illegal, as long as the act it depicts is legal and it is not distributed. Those poor, poor, misguided kids, though. Don’t they know that if you can’t smell it and taste it, it ain’t real? Next thing you know, they’ll be too lazy to head down to the Sevvie for a Slurpee and a Hoagie, and just run a Brainfreeze and Processed Cheeze sim on their damned Playstations. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/4 "2005-06-13T09:36:37Z")
I’d do this but only because it’s better than nothing at all. Although, if I were actually a girl with whom I could, I think we could arrange to really do it. > [@](#): > > While in Grade 9, the members of the Safe Sex Club attended the same school, but they have since gone their separate ways – at least by day. It could get rather difficult if we didn’t live in the same city though. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/5 "2005-06-13T13:24:41Z")
I guess it is the safest kind of sex out there! I…don’t know what else to say. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/6 "2005-06-13T14:13:03Z")
Are we actually _sure_ they’re too lazy? I’d have thought it more likely that the patrons of the site are too spotty/speccy/nerdy/socially awkward for real sex. I cannot honestly imagine how any sane, normal teenager would choose virtual sex over the real thing, if the choice was truly available. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/7 "2005-06-13T14:18:10Z")
> [@eustachian≠fallopian](#): > > “When I was your age, I had to walk through the snow, uphill both ways, to get drunk and laid!” > > (my sister’s fav. keychain) And we liked it! Darn kids! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/8 "2005-06-13T14:23:22Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Are we actually _sure_ they’re too lazy? I’d have thought it more likely that the patrons of the site are too spotty/speccy/nerdy/socially awkward for real sex. I cannot honestly imagine how any sane, normal teenager would choose virtual sex over the real thing, if the choice was truly available. It seems like the chances of denial are much slimmer if you know where to look. The whole too nerdy/spotty thing is what makes the cyber-action possible. She can’t tell that the guy has no hygiene standard. Also, getting shot down over the net probably sucks a lot less. Besides, where else can you use the abbreviation ROTFFLW? (Rolling On the Floor Fucking Like Weasels) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/9 "2005-06-13T15:25:24Z")
> [@eustachian≠fallopian](#): > > “When I was your age, I had to walk through the snow, uphill both ways, to get drunk and laid!” WOO-HOO! I’m refreshing my screen like a motherf\*ck! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/10 "2005-06-13T15:38:36Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I guess it is the safest kind of sex out there! Back in my day, we were embarassed to walk into a drugstore and tell the pharmacist "Uh yeah, uh, some gum, and uh, a candy bar, and uh, uh, McAfee Antivirus version1.0. It was, however, a status symbol to have a wallet into which a CD-ROM wore a little circle. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/11 "2005-06-13T15:43:11Z")
Also, it’s tough to remember, but life was really different before you could drive. (At least if you don’t live in a big city.) A mile and a half to your girlfriend’s house was a near-insurmountable distance, at least if you had less than two hours before your parents were going to be home. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/12 "2005-06-13T16:42:07Z")
I was born way too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/13 "2005-06-13T16:43:40Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Back in my day, we were embarassed to walk into a drugstore and tell the pharmacist "Uh yeah, uh, some gum, and uh, a candy bar, and uh, uh, McAfee Antivirus version1.0. > > It was, however, a status symbol to have a wallet into which a CD-ROM wore a little circle. _snerk_ Very clever. Back in my day, indeed. Because we all know you have one foot in the grave, of course! I know you’re not too much older than me. And I, by default, am not old! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/14 "2005-06-13T16:49:01Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Back in my day, indeed. Because we all know you have one foot in the grave, of course! I know you’re not too much older than me. And I, by default, am not old! 😃 Oh, honey, back in my day, our chief concerns weren’t parents, or STDs, we worried about saber-toothed tigers. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/15 "2005-06-13T17:01:11Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I guess it is the safest kind of sex out there! I…don’t know what else to say. What, are you nuts? Has anybody told these kids the dangers of chafing? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/16 "2005-06-13T17:23:15Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > What, are you nuts? Has anybody told these kids the dangers of chafing? :dubious: Forget chafing. Cybersex is fraught with far worse dangers. Have you ever done the horizontal 1001010010110101 with a cybernetic life form? After you fall asleep, they try to take over the world. And they eat old people’s medicine for fuel! ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/17 "2005-06-13T17:25:31Z")
Just picture what’ll happen when a few of these kids get their own cars and/or turn 18? With a network like this already in place? That’s right. Orgies. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/18 "2005-06-13T17:42:16Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Just picture what’ll happen when a few of these kids get their own cars and/or turn 18? With a network like this already in place? > That’s right. > Orgies. I may not be down with the cybermasturbation, but now I kinda wish I were a teenager again … ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/19 "2005-06-13T18:08:20Z")
At least the risk of disease transmission is quite low… (this is so weird, I cannot even find words for this). ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048/20 "2005-06-13T18:24:25Z")
Citibank will inevitably use this to promote their anti-identity theft services… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-despair-of-the-younger-generation-too-lazy-for-real-sex/308048.md?page=2)