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Never thought we'd be rooting on Big Porn to help save integrity of the internet, but I'm all for it. They brought us HD, 4K, VR, now let's go save the rest.
And VCRs and modern streaming video players. Pornhub had better seeking, thumbnails, and the "people watched this part" graph before YouTube.
The internet arguably exists as a mass phenomenon because of porn. They have their shit and unethical parts. But, on the internet tech side, almost all the good (and some of the bad) trends appeared on porn first.
Well, you know what they say
Unfortunately, we might see the end of that soon...
I've always rooted for big porn
And small porn. It's not about the size, it's about what you do with it.
I was in the pool!
And the water was cold
Masturbation. That's what people do with it
They also motivated endless generations to work as pizza delivery guys, plumbers or TV technicians
I always feel bad for just a moment when I order a pizza because you know on some level the delivery guy is hoping this delivery will be the one. Sexy lady in a corset or maybe naked, maybe more than one lady! Sigh, just a big straight guy- at least he was polite and tipped well.
The rise of POS terminals destroyed one of the major plot twists in the pizza delivery sub-genre
Naw it doesnt work like that. As someone who use to do insurance claims twice have people made a move on me and its fucking awkward not sexy. Both were clearly druggies. No shame on that, but god imagine in the middle of your work day you walk into your customer getting fucked while she's barely conscious. And this is after she handed you a piece of paper 2 days prior with i want to fuck you scribbled all on the page. Like a crazy amount. This is not a comfortable situation in the slightest, and if anyone ever wishes for some random sex event like this to happen to them, and if it starts..... fucking run away.
They also brought us video streaming and online payment systems. Both were technologies pioneered by porn sites.
As well as huge progress in Blender's development!