# Would it be weird to loan...er, this genre of movie to a friend? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912 "2005-01-27T14:03:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/21 "2005-01-27T15:43:24Z")
> [@Tower Dweller](#): > > I don’t see anything weird about it. You two already talk about porn, so I don’t see how it’s a huge leap to actually loan some material… Some of my gay friends swap movies all the time. And by “swap” I really mean borrow indefinately. 🙂 I don’t think it’s a big deal. Next time you’re talking porn, just say,“hey…anytime you want to borrow a movie, just let me know.” and let it drop at that. He either will or won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/22 "2005-01-27T15:46:42Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Email sent. Waiting for it. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/23 "2005-01-27T15:49:52Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > I’d imagine one would have to go through some pretty impressive contortions to befoul a movie in its appropriate playback device. > > (“She’s my sex-box, and her name is Sony!” /FamilyGuy) > > I don’t see the big deal about it, really. But now the portion of my brain that wears a Deerstalker cap is formulating a theory as to the intended recipient… Sorry about the repeat posting I have to say, this makes me alternately snicker/think of Peter North every time I read it. And if you would care to make a guess… ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/24 "2005-01-27T16:02:37Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I have to say, this makes me alternately snicker/think of Peter North every time I read it. Peter North. Hmmm… Chuck, I’d like to make a guess. Bukkake ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/25 "2005-01-27T16:11:42Z")
Oh please… porn was totally meant to be shared. That’s what you do with it… you watch it til it gets old and then you loan it to your friends and borrow one of theirs. By the time you get your tape or DVD back, it’s almost like it’s new again. This is totally nothing weird or to be embarassed by. (The only reason that polls show 50% of Americans watch porn from time to time is because half of the remaining 50% lied.) Watch Chris Rock’s sketch on porn sometime- it’s hysterical, and you can tell from the audience reaction that most of them know EXACTLY what he’ stalking about. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/26 "2005-01-27T16:14:05Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > IANAL > > But there are rules (laws even) about sending pornographic material through the mail. > Don’t get burnt. Nonsense. Pornographic material goes merrily through the mail every day. I seem to get an average of one piece a day (in the form of ads offering to sell more pornographic material, which would then also be sent through the mail). It is, however, illegal to distribute _obscene_ materials through the mail. “Obscene” being defined as a work which a) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest, b) depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law, and c) the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. “Pornographic” != “obscene.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/27 "2005-01-27T16:21:29Z")
> [@archmichael](#): > > Peter North. Hmmm… > > Chuck, I’d like to make a guess. > > Bukkake Nope. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/28 "2005-01-27T16:26:10Z")
Teacher/Student? Hentai? Asia Carrera? Ron Jeremy? ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/29 "2005-01-27T16:26:28Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > And if you would care to make a guess… Can’t guess about the specific sub-genre, though I am curious to know. Curious enough to overcome inertia and send an email on the subject? Only time will tell. I’m guessing the intended recipient is… _dramatically turns to point the finger at Aesiron_ him! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/30 "2005-01-27T16:28:31Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Can’t guess about the specific sub-genre, though I am curious to know. Curious enough to overcome inertia and send an email on the subject? Only time will tell. I’m guessing the intended recipient is… _dramatically turns to point the finger at Aesiron_ him! > > 😃 LOL that was my guess, damnit! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/31 "2005-01-27T16:30:16Z")
I’m not sure if I should be honored or offended. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/32 "2005-01-27T16:31:31Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Can’t guess about the specific sub-genre, though I am curious to know. Curious enough to overcome inertia and send an email on the subject? Only time will tell. I’m guessing the intended recipient is… _dramatically turns to point the finger at Aesiron_ him! > > 😃 I always knew you were bright. Anyway, he gave it away earlier in the thread, inadvertently or deliberately, I’;m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/33 "2005-01-27T16:31:36Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I’m not sure if I should be honored or offended. _Honoured_! Well. **I** would be. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/34 "2005-01-27T16:33:20Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I’m not sure if I should be honored or offended. Be honored or you won’t get it. Scratch that. Be honored or I’ll smack you. Now I’m \*really \* embarrased. Aargh. :o ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/35 "2005-01-27T16:36:46Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I always knew you were bright. Anyway, he gave it away earlier in the thread, inadvertently or deliberately, I’m not sure. Well, the first sentence of his first post does seem to hint at a connection… > [@Aesiron](#): > > I’ve gotten used porn before. But later the same post, the connection is contradicted by a clever little pronoun. > [@Aesiron](#): > > Needless to say, I see no real issue with it unless you send **him** some props as well. So it was inconclusive. But, truth be told, I’d had him pegged because of an earlier thread where you mentioned him as an e-pal. No offense intended, Aesiron, old boy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/36 "2005-01-27T16:38:57Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I always knew you were bright. Anyway, he gave it away earlier in the thread, inadvertently or deliberately, I’m not sure. The former, I assure you. When I told you to make them guess, I assumed you knew I was joking. The only thing more shocking than seeing myself guessed (and immediately, at that) was you confirming it three posts later. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/37 "2005-01-27T16:41:33Z")
Well, now \*\*CandidGamera \*\* you’ve shocked and embarased both of us. How does that make you feel? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/38 "2005-01-27T16:42:16Z")
“Pornloaner” here. Share the love, says I. I must say from my point of view I find the act of loaning and trading porn with the opposite sex somewhat erotic. I don’t know how you feel about it, but I have some voyeuristic tendencies and this feeds into them. You get to see what turns the person on and vice versa… Of course, it could just be a sterile and harmless sharing, if you wish. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/39 "2005-01-27T16:44:45Z")
Never have I felt so relieved to be flying under the radar… Yes, CandidGamera, how could you? **Aesiron** is a fine, upstanding doper, who gives off no pornographic vibes! (I used it _right_ this time, **Aesiron** , see?) ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912/40 "2005-01-27T16:45:48Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Be honored or I’ll smack you. > > Now I’m \*really \* embarrased. Aargh. :o See, now if that said Be honoured _and_ I’ll smack you, we may have found our answer. So if we’re still guessing what type of porn I’m gonna guess Anal, Groupsex, Cumshots, Mature, Uniformed, Interraicial or Midget [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-weird-to-loan-er-this-genre-of-movie-to-a-friend/286912.md?page=3)