viridia Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Hi all, So I've seen a few of my Facebook/Tumblr friends post a couple of these videos. The friends who post them are all people I've known from my days in Christian school and are all still very religious. That being said, I'm assuming this guy (or group of kids?) is posting these videos from a Christian standpoint (edit: yeah definitely super Christian, yuck). I personally can't bring myself to watch any more of them because they irritate me so much. Here's the one I just finished watching: I can't even put my finger on why I'm so annoyed with him. His viewpoints are so frustrating and his voice is awful, and he's trying to be funny and I guess I just don't enjoy clean humor anymore. He sounds dumb (edit number two, he yells. In every one of his videos. Fucking irritating). No, no one who doesn't know the possible consequences of what they're doing should be having sex. I can agree with him on that. But saying television and Hollywood are morphing these kids' minds? I guess it's the same as the argument that violent video games make violent kids. Maybe if you have a dumb fuck of a child, yeah they'll think it's cool to kill a hooker on the street after banging her and then stealing some guy's car. But I'd say about 98% of kids know that's a goddamn game. I grew up playing Goldeneye and Perfect Dark and Conker's Bad Fur Day and I'd say I turned out a pretty decent person. That being said I did have phenomenal parents who raised me right, told me that bad words are for adults, do unto others, and don't judge people. Does it all come down to parenting then? School systems and education maybe? What's the problem with a dad telling his 17 year old daughter to have fun and be safe and make sure the guy special? That's what my dad told me. That's why my mom bought me my first box of condoms and when I told her I'd like to be on the pill, she set up an appointment with my gynecologist and we got that straightened out. Being hard on your kids and condemning them for being sexually active isn't going to help them. I understand I was brought up with sex ed and no, I don't know how many schools in the country or across the world teach sex ed and warn about the consequences of unsafe sex, so my sincerest apologies if I sound ignorant. I suppose I'm an abnormal case. Anyway, another thing that peeved me about this video is when he says something to the effect of "That's fine for YOU, Hollywood, but not fine for US" when he sarcastically says he might as well go fuck everyone because the media says he's missing out. Well you know what? Fuck you, kid. I think sex is amazing. Sex is SUPPOSED to be amazing and fun and hell yeah you're missing out. I'm proud of my sex life and this kid just sounds more and more stupid as the video goes on. Sorry that this post is so all-over-the-place. My thoughts were spinning and I just had to get them out somewhere since my girlfriend got tired of my ravings hahaha --viridia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SairB Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I totally agree that anyone who is fanatically, single-mindedly against pre- or extramarital sex, especially if they are so for religious reasons, is missing out - not just in terms of the bodily experience, but in terms of the emotional investment that comes with trusting - and making yourself vulnerable to - another person in the way only sexual intercourse can realise. Ultimately, that belief structure values an external (and imaginary) entity - usually a god, in whatever guise one believes in the same - ahead of the real, flesh-and-blood person in whom you're supposed to be investing. After all, trusting someone with your body and your emotions is a serious commitment (despite the dismissive attitude many young people adopt), and whilst I certainly don't see it as something that should be purely fun and taken completely lightly, it's absolutely not something to be stigmatised in the way that some religious types actively demonise sex and sexual feelings. I speak from experience here - my maturity was set back a good number of years by my strict Catholic stance on premarital sex. Don't get me wrong - I doubt there are many teenagers who can independently handle sexual relationships. They need caring parental support (or in the absence of same, caring support from concerned adults in their lives) - sexual intercourse is pretty much the closest you can bodily get to another human - why would you want to do that without emotional and intellectual closeness as well? My Catholic dad impressed me greatly with his understanding and acceptance when he said (having found out that I was sexually active), "If you can't be good, be careful." That, to me, was not so much an expression of disappointment (although it undoubtedly was that, let's be honest) but an understanding that even though I was behaving in a manner of which he disapproved, he cared enough to look out for my welfare. My dad is an amazing person, and continues to be someone I can honestly talk with - I am inexpressibly grateful for this. As it turns out, my experience has paid off - my husband is by far the best lover I've ever had, and that's not just because of bodily sexual compatibility - the emotional connection matters more than ever. I don't know if it's possible to learn this without experience, without really understanding, in the most intimate terms possible, the difference between those who just want to use you and those who really care about you. There's only so much you can pick up from a single all-the-way encounter, after all! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 OMFG. I sat through it, but it was INCREDIBLY painful to watch. It's people like that who fucked up my sex life, and I'm still trying to sort that shit out. But he is right about one thing: he IS a loser LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephie Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I'm at work at the moment and can't watch it. I really don't want to either. I've heard all of that shit. I waited until I was 26....only because I had never dated, been kissed, etc. Religion harms people when it teaches things like that. So wrong. Eh, I'll probably break down and watch it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentLoner Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 What a jackass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looking4Answers Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 So, according to this moron's understanding, the youth of today are learning about sex and fun via Hollywood only? I suppose that parents do not play a part in this and neither do their peers. And no one reads anymore (not even on the Internet). I would guess that the youth of today would get a lot more info about sex and fun from the Internet than from Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConureDelSol Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Wait wait wait. I learned about how sex works and all from friends in MIDDLE SCHOOL. What's this bullshit about Hollywood? Sure, movies have cliche story lines with couples that get together on the fly and represent a completely unrealistic relationship. However, I grew up KNOWING that. The entire time I watched TV, I knew that relationships are not even close to what's on TV for the most part. My parents would always make sure to tell me that. This guy slips into a squeaky voice really often...soooooo annoying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looking4Answers Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Yes, exactly. If kids these days are having problems telling TV and movies from reality ... well ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Two things 1. The kids voice is annoying. 2. He presents a strawman. He assumes everyone can't seperate media stereotypes from reality. As many has said, public schools and parents teach kids about sex so if they have brains in their heads, they will realize that TV is not reality (and that includes reality TV). I guess his intentions are good (you don't have to feel like a loser just because the media says so), but the way he goes about it is annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruszer Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 But saying television and Hollywood are morphing these kids' minds? Hollywood. Yeah. Cause the fucking CHURCH does no morphing of our minds. Not at all. I'm only a 33 year-old virgin who can't find a find a man worth marrying and is STILL unable to "give it up to someone less worthy than my husband" (especially after all I've already sacrificed to the "greater end") - because of all the brainwashing I personally bought and morphed into my own identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen652 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 also sickening is the amount of teenage girls who are swooning over this guy, presumably because they believe he is so sweet and wholesome and undefiled. MORONS! He's spankin that monkey and having dirty little fantasies like every other sexually frustrated Christian guy in the world. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatholiKitty Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have very good news for this guy; he's never going to have sex in his teen years nor for many years after. Bad(?) News: Squeaky high voice and no sex drive, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN CASTRATED. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene39 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Okay. How old is this doofus? 16 - maybe? There's no way he has a clue about life - he is simply regurgitating what he's been taught, because he isn't old enough to know any better at this point. But once I get passed the initial disgust at his babbling, it makes me really sad because the road before him is long and torturous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephie Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Okay what really pissed me off about this video now that I finally took a chance and watched it....that they somehow think that virginity is a valuable commodity that it's the only thing women have to offer. Hmmmm....can we say LIES!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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