# Porn at the airport **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537 "2006-06-13T04:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/61 "2006-06-14T02:15:22Z")
I’m thinking a lot of the passengers might be from very small towns where they can’t either buy porn or they’d be afraid of being recognized. Airport shops tend to be busy and annonymous. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/62 "2006-06-14T02:29:40Z")
> [@Loopydude](#): > > I highly doubt my insurance covers that. HMO, huh? Pity. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/63 "2006-06-14T02:45:49Z")
> [@Loopydude](#): > > I highly doubt my insurance covers that. It’s all take and no give with these guys. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/64 "2006-06-14T06:01:18Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Nekked people is porn, IMO. [Really?](http://www.artchive.com/artchive/m/michelangelo/tempt.jpg) [Are](http://www.artchive.com/artchive/m/michelangelo/creation.jpg) [you](http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/earth-water.jpg)[sure?](http://www.artchive.com/artchive/r/rubens/three_graces.jpg) [Child](http://www.ezthemes.com/previews/6/679.jpg)[Porn?](http://www.nfvproducts.com/images/Wall%20Decor.%20Cupid%20and%20Venus%20WP-200-095.jpg) All of the above links should be considered work safe by anyone with at least 3 brains cells running. Nudity does not equal porn. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/65 "2006-06-14T06:09:25Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > [Really?](http://www.artchive.com/artchive/m/michelangelo/tempt.jpg) [Are](http://www.artchive.com/artchive/m/michelangelo/creation.jpg) [you](http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/earth-water.jpg)[sure?](http://www.artchive.com/artchive/r/rubens/three_graces.jpg) > > [Child](http://www.ezthemes.com/previews/6/679.jpg)[Porn?](http://www.nfvproducts.com/images/Wall%20Decor.%20Cupid%20and%20Venus%20WP-200-095.jpg) > > All of the above links should be considered work safe by anyone with at least 3 brains cells running. > Nudity does not equal porn. I think she meant photos. That would also make baby photos porn though. Maybe she meant prurient photos, but that’s subjective. I tend to side with Playboy being more “female form appreciation” and Hustler being more “naughty nekkid girls to wank to”. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/66 "2006-06-14T06:18:11Z")
> [@The Weird One](#): > > I agree. But aren’t Playboy photos presented in the context of “Here’s something to whack off to”? Maybe it is, as you suggested, a generational difference, but I’ve never gotten the sense that Playboy pictures were meant to be “contemporary photo art.” (Although they may have been at one time; the Marilyn photos strike me as much more artistic than the photos they have now.) Playboy does have a lot of interesting articles and great interviews, but they bill themselves as a “men’s magazine” not an “arts and culture” magazine. fighting ignorance, and all, the Marilyn photo was not shot by Hef, but was from a shoot she did before she became famous, for a calendar, IIRC. I doubt there was much artistic intent there, but anything with her was artistic by definition. _slobber_ I have seen people reading Playboy on airplanes, by the way. I don’t recall ever hearing the case of someone objecting and it becoming an issue. You can’t really see what someone else is reading unless you try to - the person reading it did not tape the certerfold over the windows. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/67 "2006-06-14T06:21:19Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > I tend to side with Playboy being more “female form appreciation” and Hustler being more “naughty nekkid girls to wank to”. Yeah, taken as read. But **Excalibre** seems to be able to get off to anything. More power to his elbow! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/68 "2006-06-14T06:21:21Z")
> [@ryobserver](#): > > My 2 cents: People who are traveling may be more likely to buy porn, because there’s less risk of being spotted by someone they know. Airports sell porn to reach this “curious but easily embarrassed” market. > > The only bookstore I know of that still has a dedicated section for “adult” novels (mostly by the prolific Anonymous) is located in a major train station. IIRC one bookstore at Newark Airport did sell porn books about 15 years ago. Yeah, I know, porn books, I’m showing my age. Tasteful covers, but porn nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/69 "2006-06-14T06:37:38Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Yeah, taken as read. But **Excalibre** seems to be able to get off to anything. More power to his elbow! Unless I’m mistaken, **Excalibre** would prefer a Playgirl. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/70 "2006-06-14T06:41:30Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > Unless I’m mistaken, **Excalibre** would prefer a Playgirl. I’m well aware of the professed sexual orientation of the person who posts under this user name, but his assertion that “most people buy it to masturbate to” speaks strongly of first-_hand_ experience. Perhaps he swings both ways? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/71 "2006-06-14T07:17:01Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > I’m well aware of the professed sexual orientation of the person who posts under this user name, but his assertion that “most people buy it to masturbate to” speaks strongly of first-_hand_ experience. Perhaps he swings both ways? I’d not wager a guess. He’s right to assume that said material is used for jerking off though. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/72 "2006-06-14T07:25:28Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > I’d not wager a guess. He’s right to assume that said material is used for jerking off though. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/73 "2006-06-14T07:30:35Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Cite? For what? Playboy being used for maturbation purposes? “These truths hold themselves to be self evident.” ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/74 "2006-06-14T07:40:10Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > “These truths hold themselves to be self evident.” Sounds like cant to me. Still keen to get to the bottom of \*\*Excalibre’\*\*s situation. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/75 "2006-06-14T07:50:59Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > At any rate, having both given and received blowjobs, I have got to pity every straight boy out there with a girl who won’t swallow. Pulling out just means your orgasm is going to suck (no pun intended.) Giving oral sex but not swallowing is like wrapping empty boxes at Christmas. from [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7482206&postcount=53). He can like girls, he can like guys, he can like both. Whatever. Why does this matter so much to you? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/76 "2006-06-14T08:03:52Z")
Wow! Impressed. So quick to find this, um, remarkable insight. Not one of his - what do they call it? completely slipped my mind – fag gags? Don’t think that’s right, but it’ll have to suffice. No need for a quick come back. Wouldn’t want to keep you from your bed. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/77 "2006-06-14T08:17:30Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Wow! Impressed. So quick to find this, um, remarkable insight. Not one of his - what do they call it? completely slipped my mind – fag gags? Don’t think that’s right, but it’ll have to suffice. > > No need for a quick come back. Wouldn’t want to keep you from your bed. What’s your deal dude? It matters not to me what one’s sexual orientation is. You seem to be playing some sort of immature game. Who said the slur in question? You did. I’d tell you to either shut up or make a point, but I’d rather you just do the former. Why are you trying to pick a fight? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/78 "2006-06-14T08:39:29Z")
Hey **roger thornhill** , I was confused by your recent responses to me. Even more confusing, was the aim of your previous posts in this thread. Explain one, and I’m happy. Explain both, and you make your case for not being crazy. How bout it? ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/79 "2006-06-14T12:44:29Z")
Oh, for the love of Christ . . . ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/80 "2006-06-14T12:48:44Z")
Incidentally, one must wonder what motivates **roger** ’s prurient interest in what I do in the privacy of the bus stop. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537.md?page=5)