# Porn giant joins protest against North Carolina **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970 "2016-04-12T03:44:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/1 "2016-04-12T03:44:05Z")
North Carolina’s controversial new transgender law is facing even stiffer(1) opposition. Popular porn website [XHamster.com](http://XHamster.com) began turning away users based in North Carolina on Monday, joining protests against a state law that forces transgender public school and university students to use bathrooms according to their biological sex. > **[Porn giant joins protest against North Carolina transgender law](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina-transgender-law/)** > > XHamster.com is showing users in the Tar Heel state blank screens instead of the usual fare of videos and photos. (1) not my pun!😃 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/2 "2016-04-12T04:12:11Z")
That funny. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/3 "2016-04-12T04:17:41Z")
That’s absolutely hilarious. Hit 'em where it hurts. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/4 "2016-04-12T05:32:18Z")
I’ll believe this is a serious boycott when Apple closes all their North Carolina stores until the law is repealed. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/5 "2016-04-12T05:41:21Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I’ll believe this is a serious boycott when Apple closes all their North Carolina stores until the law is repealed. Why is that your standard? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/6 "2016-04-12T05:56:07Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Why is that your standard? Huge, immensely wealthy corporation selling very popular products. Apple could easily absorb the loss. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/7 "2016-04-12T06:55:32Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Huge, immensely wealthy corporation selling very popular products. Apple could easily absorb the loss. Might not even be that much of a loss. Most of NC’s population is about an hour’s drive from a NC state border. Plus aren’t most Apple sales done via online? Unless you expect Apple to refuse any shipment of it’s products & parts into NC? That would be hurting their previous customers; might even be a violation of the warranty on their products. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/8 "2016-04-12T14:37:53Z")
Considering they only have 3 Apple stores in NC, this would hardly be effective. Most Apple products are sold through big box stores, like Walmart, Target, Best Buy, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/9 "2016-04-12T14:40:50Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Huge, immensely wealthy corporation selling very popular products. Apple could easily absorb the loss. What do you think happens more often in NC on a daily basis? Clickthroughs on the Web site in the OP, or iPod purchases? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/10 "2016-04-12T14:56:37Z")
If only there was some other source for porn on the internet! ---
**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 12, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/11 "2016-04-12T15:10:22Z")
“Porn giant”? Now I’m picturing something like the Jolly Green Giant, only with an enormous… asparagus spear. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/12 "2016-04-12T17:12:23Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > “Porn giant”? Now I’m picturing something like the Jolly Green Giant, only with an enormous… asparagus spear. Ho, ho ho. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/13 "2016-04-12T18:44:15Z")
OP, thanks for the link. I didn’t know stuff like that was available on the internet. Never too old to learn, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/14 "2016-04-12T19:45:40Z")
And this hurts Carolina fundamentalists… How? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/15 "2016-04-12T20:03:32Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > And this hurts Carolina fundamentalists… How? You really think they don’t watch porn? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/16 "2016-04-12T20:23:03Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > OP, thanks for the link. I didn’t know stuff like that was available on the internet. Never too old to learn, I guess. It’s pretty rare. That’s the only website that show those kind of movies that I know of. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/17 "2016-04-12T20:25:57Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > It’s pretty rare. That’s the only website that show those kind of movies that I know of. And their selection is pretty limited. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/18 "2016-04-12T20:29:20Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You really think they don’t watch porn? The fundies are probably the biggest watchers of “she male” porn than any other group. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/19 "2016-04-12T20:39:52Z")
Should’ve made it so it would only show gay porn. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970/20 "2016-04-13T00:20:43Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You really think they don’t watch porn? And now there is absolutely NO porn in Carolina, right? There’s ZERO chance the occasional Fundie hypocrite could findporn anywhere else. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970.md?page=2)