Do people still buy Adult content magazines?

Actually, not all of them. Tankers have very strict rules on electronic devices. That being said, I think those same tankers carrying the volatile cargo that prohibits such devices also require a chaperone, so that could be an awkward moment pulling out a mag.

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Sburns85@reddit

Tanker drivers do have phones in the cab. And don’t need a chaperone. At least for petroleum products. It sure about other hazardous material transports

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mildyinconvenient@reddit

I’m not one of them so don’t know much, just know somebody does hazardous materials. He’s mentioned having someone with him before, but no idea if that’s a requirement all the time. I think I’d need someone to talk to me if I’m not allowed my podcasts though!!

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Reetgeist@reddit

I'm sure there could be measures like that around extremely high hazard material, but I've worked around low to middling hazchems my entire career and I've not seen that.

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Sburns85@reddit

I used to work in a petrol station. And spoke to dozens of drivers. Also got a friend who drove to Grangemouth and delivered to stations.

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SnooMacarons4225@reddit

Imagine being the chaperone sat on the passenger seat as they ‘dusted one out’ next to you

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whoops53@reddit

This made me laugh more than it should have...and now I'm blushing!

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MercuryJellyfish@reddit

Perfect for sharing

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Dedward5@reddit

So *ankers in Tankers your saying?

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TapeDeckSlick@reddit

I never said they didn't, mate

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retyfraser@reddit

They don't mate ?

No wonder they need a magazine then !

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juanito_f90@reddit

Laptop?

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Prestigious_Meal2143@reddit

The petrol station manager is buying them, for those quiet night shifts

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WIZZZARDOFFREESTYLE@reddit

Maybe there are hipster gooners that are returning to them because they're "more authentic than the internet stuff", like what happened with vinyl.

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dexington_dexminster@reddit

Vinyl, PVC, latex... authentic hipsters gooning in all sorts of retro-inspired outfits these days... 🖤🙀🥵😳

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AssociationGold8745@reddit

You must source organic magazines grown under hedge rows and in quiet woodland near lay-bys

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Tall_Stick5608@reddit

I can think of a more authentic version of adult entertainment 😂

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tripping_yarns@reddit

By gum, that takes me back. Copy of Razzle from the newsagents for 60p and then an egg barm from Hampsons bakers for 40p.

£1 well spent.

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onebadlion@reddit

Ah Razzle. The working man’s jazz mag.

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celtsno1@reddit

Couldn’t beat the readers wives in Razzle, quality council material.

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LegolasleChat@reddit

Razzle and Fiesta, keeping working men happy for decades.

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GeordieAl@reddit

Always preferred Escort myself, with the fold out poster cover

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newtonbase@reddit

Was the barm for eating or is this an American Pie situation?

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tripping_yarns@reddit

I don’t want an eggy penis, but you do you.

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CountTruffula@reddit

I'd like one just a fun piece of history tbf

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Verbal-Gerbil@reddit

A lot of my homies have gone analogue since the online safety act came into force. Fuck the cookies!!

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Skyativx@reddit

In the 80.s used to find loads at the side of the road

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First_Folly@reddit

They must do.

I discovered what can best be described as a Wank Loft when I had to check my insulation to see if I qualified for the grant scheme. I qualified but they took so long to arrange it that the scheme no longer runs, but I did get a decent laugh when I found a cock pump and half a dozen porn mags stashed behind the water tank.

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New-Process-52@reddit

I buy japanese asian porn

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Turbulent_Pea8418@reddit

I work in retail and I only have one very decent costumer possibly in the age of 65-70 coming every Sunday evening to buy that.

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Odd-Gear-1325@reddit

What costume does he wear?

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Moist_Barracuda_2014@reddit

Maybe it’s just the last of the old stock, like September 2014 issue or something.

Next time you are in there grab them all off the shelf, have a look and see what the issue number/dates are, and if they are old issues you should take them to the counter and point that out to the cashier and ask for a discount

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Simbooptendo@reddit

"Excuse me, this issue of Asian Fanny Fun is out of date, and I demand a discount!"

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Gerrards_Cross@reddit

Theyd be grannies now

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GBAD1945@reddit

It was ‘50 and over’ - great grannies now.

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Scarred_fish@reddit

Yes.

Reality still exists

It's a sad fact the these days there are people so disconnected from Reality that these questions exist.

Go outside!!!!

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Scoobilatchi@reddit

Old school boomers are likely still trilling out a baleful tune from their sweaty flutes to a bongo mag.

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HugoChavezRamboIII@reddit

Poetry.

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Prestigious_Emu6039@reddit

I lost my 'Big Jugs' never to be seen again.

Hidden so well only my kids will find it when I'm dead.

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ddmf@reddit

So bush or hedge?

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Sburns85@reddit

Landing strip. Was early 2000

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scottie324@reddit

"A history of pottery in the 19th century"

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a3minutehero@reddit

No Eddie, it's 'Swedish Legends in Blackcurrant Jam Making'.

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scottie324@reddit

Oh come on it's got to be dirty it says Swedish!

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Inner-Device-4530@reddit

I found my late great uncles stash of 70's and 80's jazz mags when we were clearing his house.

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TheAngryBad@reddit

They're probably worth a bit of money to the right buyer.

As long as the pages weren't stuck together...

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Sburns85@reddit

You joke. But I found my younger brothers porn stash when I had to repair his chest of drawers.

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SherbertResident2222@reddit

“Repair his chest of drawers”. Op-err missus…!

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jaBroniest@reddit

Don't need a VPN to turn a few pages lol

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JohnCasey3306@reddit

As a teenager (in the 90s) I used to work in a newsagents.

A very frail elderly gent came in, asked me to reach down porn for him ... and then a box of tissues

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Three_Steaks_Pam@reddit

I thought grot mags were recycled in hedges, for the next person to find?

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Glandular-Slaughter@reddit

No, but I remember the story in the news when WH Smith’s said they’d no longer sell them.

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DeemonPankaik@reddit

There's probably been a resurgence since the online safety act

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Stinkinhippy@reddit

I do kinda miss having to turn the pages.. should grab a couple for old times sake.. but no, not for about 25 years, lol

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InternationalRich150@reddit

Oh god, this has reminded me of after my brother passed, clearing his flat and having to go through items his little sister should never have seen.... His magazines were, crunchy! He died about 15 years ago, at 35 years old.

He also had an impressive VHS porn stash. But i knew about that from when he lived at home haha!

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Gerrards_Cross@reddit

How did he die so young

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InternationalRich150@reddit

Blood clot travelled to his heart, cardiac arrest. Just dropped dead. Cliche but he was fit and healthy, didnt drink, they think it was a medication he took for mental issues.

Life can be so so cruel sometimes.

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Vast-Slip-@reddit

Sorry for your loss. Life is indeed a bastard at times.

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InternationalRich150@reddit

Thank you for your kind words. It always startles me to think he woke up one morning and had absolutely no clue what the day brought. Changed my life for sure.

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Alternative_Driver30@reddit

My experience was just the opposite., having mostly watched vids or GIFs, it was strange to see a still image of all the bits in such detail. I was used to seeing them in action and expected the same, it made me realise how much media influences and impacts our minds.

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InternationalRich150@reddit

Im old enough to remember the Daily Sport newspaper. Haha. Lots of tits and bits in there, nothing left to the imagination!

It does amuse me that porn used to be something you hid under your mattress and now you can just search it on your phone at work.

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S3F_83@reddit

Ahh the Daily Sport. Classic Coming across those in my Dad’s work van was gold back then!

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Badlydressedgirl@reddit

Yep! I work in a sex shop and we sell magazines. We sell many many more DVDS.

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Odd-Gear-1325@reddit

Most sex shops I've been to don't even sell mags any more!

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Figgzyvan@reddit

Do they still have an article about cars included?

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James_White21@reddit

It's a new green initiative, no batteries or electricity, recyclable and no depletion of rare earth minerals. Please do your bit for the environment.

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Conscious-Ball8373@reddit

Also no age verification?

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James_White21@reddit

Struggling to find a downside

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DaveBeBad@reddit

Coming soon to a bush near you…

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Orange-Murderer@reddit

Not sure if that goes with greens policies

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mountearl@reddit

Coming soon, a bush near you. Well, if my Penthouse collection is anything to go by.

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P-l-Staker@reddit

Cumming soon to a bush near you...

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PerformerOk450@reddit

Pages get stuck together ?

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newtonbase@reddit

I've been wondering if that might make magazines more popular again.

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patchyj@reddit

People just fapping in the moment, not a phone in sight

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Worldly-Mastodon-755@reddit

I think this is another reason for the childhood obesity epidemic , kids have everything at their fingertips nowadays , us 80's kids trekked up hill & down dale in our quest to find grot mags

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supaikuakuma@reddit

Goon for Earth.

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GrouchyAlps612@reddit

Currently going a big uni essay on the impact of global warming on the global population, going to add this into the list of ways we can do better "knock em out to jazz mags"

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Hour-Drink-7522@reddit

I pick one up every now and then as a thank you when I go over to a mates house

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Level_Engineer@reddit

They might make a comeback!

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DrFriedGold@reddit

Certain people are not allowed internet connections

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gettinggory@reddit

I worked in a newsagents that had a few, tbh was mainly much older dudes that probably don’t use the internet, especially the ones that had dvds inside.

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eric-artman@reddit

I will shock you even more. Yes! People buy it!

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theroch_@reddit

Where was this? Asking for a friend

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young_protoje@reddit

My local corner shop, think Premier but no a franchise, has a whole row on top with a crazy amount of variation, rotating stock and some with DVD's packaged in them... or so i hear

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Zealousideal-Habit82@reddit

I salute those that do, still a chance of finding some hedge porn.

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LukeLikesReddit@reddit

Kids these days will never know. Checking the bush by the truck stop youd never know.

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will17blitz@reddit

Or in the woods. Rewatching old Mock the Weeks/8 out of 10 Cats comedians like Sean Lock and Ed Byrne bemoan the demise of forest porn, where you could find crumpled up skin mags in the 'undergrowth', lol.

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LukeLikesReddit@reddit

I actually have a funny story about that aha. We built a little camp site in our local woods and slowly added chairs etc and started a tree house. Well one day I find a bag with about 10 odd mags in it by our site. After me and the lads had a look i took it into school and was treated like a king for a week until some dumb fuck got caught with one and ratted me out.

Thinking about it now yeah kinda gross some bloke used our camping spot as a wanking spot but hey his loss in the end.

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will17blitz@reddit

Exploring as scouts (or cubs? I was 9 or 10), we found a 'spread' of them in a clearing. Didn't really know what we were looking at and they were quickly removed by older boys. Never forgot though.

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Zealousideal-Habit82@reddit

Left by the grumble goblin.

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Physical-Industry-21@reddit

Straight to the readers wives section in 'Razzle'

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longtermbrit@reddit

I'm not sure about currently but given the recent government fuckery, I suspect whatever the number is, it'll increase soon.

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SpongeFixation@reddit

No, I get mine from the grot bush

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K0monazmuk@reddit

Where was this?

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it_hurts_too_poo@reddit

Back in the very early 90’s I had a porno with Gaby roslin in! Didn’t use her real name obvs but no denying that jawline. It was found in a stash with loads of old mags (what a day!) so older than when I got my grubby mitts on it. But I’ve seen her nips!

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ReflectionChemical71@reddit

the nortiness of it! teehee!

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Legitimate_Detail461@reddit

Prisons

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Affectionate-Boot-12@reddit

Really?! We all no everyone in prison has the latest iPhone.

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Legitimate_Detail461@reddit

Fanny mags are currency 😄they like wall posters and to beat one out if they have no means to get phones and digital media.

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GuybrushFunkwood@reddit

You should have bought one and his it in a bush for posterity

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paulieD4ngerously@reddit

They'll be back like vinyl soon and that tattered, yellow staines Kiwk Save bag under my bed will be like gold

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Imperator_Helvetica@reddit

Some cornershops near me still have them - I guess for people who are either not tech savvy enough to hide their browsing, or tech literate enough to use devices or who do not feel confident enough looking for stuff - maybe a parent, spouse or employer keeps tight tabs on their devices*.

Look at all the times people have accidentally 'liked' an adult website on their public account, or 'accidentally' ordered a porn movie (Ron?) or never travel the web beyond the walled garden of Facebook. I think being an online person (and having an account on Reddit qualifies you as such) makes you forget how tech unsavvy folks are.

Plus people have weird relationships with porn - they might like the lo-fi style of paper, or the reassurance that someone else has curated the photos - 'It's not their weird kink, it just happened to be in the issue!' or they don't want to risk seeing anything outside of their comfort zone - on some sites a miss-click will take you from softcore to extreme hardcore - or beyond their fetish - if only Pregnant Asian Piano Teachers in leather boots will do then get a magazine which specialises in it. Hell, maybe the crossword is really good?

Some people with specific tastes also don't trust the electronic trail and don't want to join forums, get logins, share credit card data etc.

If they get post-masturbation guilt or shame they can easily throw away a magazine and tell themselves that that is the last time and that their shameful secret is very distinct from their regular life and not worry themselves sick when someone explains 'History' 'Cookies' or 'Keyloggers' etc to them. I guess it's more stressful if you're from a restrictive background - e.g. you like lgbt+ porn in a homophobic culture, or your culture considers pornography a sin, immoral or exploitative.

I guess also that sometimes the wifi or internet connection is shit in a lonely hotel room or truck cabin or oil rig or camping. Or prison? I guess magazines are probably posted to inmates there?

I wonder if you could ask the same question for why people read any printed magazines if the info is also there online - to support the magazine? Or for very specialised hobbyist knowledge? To read on the bus? (Possibly not true for porn.)

*If your kink is for tight tabs on your devices there is a site for that.

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Odd-Gear-1325@reddit

I've been a web developer for 25 years and am extremely online, but a magazine is better for the brain.

It's like anything now. I have access to thousands of games and movies and can find dedicating myself to something tough - when I had 1 or 2 games a year I'd really appreciate them.

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Imperator_Helvetica@reddit

Yes, I'd agree. A physical book does stimulate in ways that a pdf doesn't.

I'd also agree with the restriction of choice directing focus better - I know there have been lots of studies about choice paralysis. With games - some older games demanded the 'whole summer' focus on them, but nowadays I feel i barely have chance to scratch the surface of some.

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Odd-Gear-1325@reddit

I do! 42 year old man.

A few years ago I had a vasectomy, and needed to go to the hospital and picked up a couple of magazines the news agents near me. I got a Mayfair and a Club International.

I actually really appreciated the fact that A, they were not super hardcore porn, and B, each shoot has like 6 different, high quality pictures rather than just an endless stream.

I've now, almost entirely stopped watching porn videos, and pick up the occasional magazine when I'm away for work.

I actually think it's more healthy than endless 4k hardcore online porn.

The only issue is that not many places sell them any more, and it is a bit annoying waiting to buy them when the shop is busy - I wouldn't want to make anyone uncomfortable.

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Odd-Gear-1325@reddit

Other downside - they do build up and you realise you have a big pile of porn, so I make use of the shredder occasionally!!

No, I'm not going to leave them in the woods. I'll get on a list.

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Morganx27@reddit

You make pornfetti?

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EatingCoooolo@reddit

A bongo mag? Save me the confusionisms Jane.

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Demiboy94@reddit

I worked at a newsagents a few yrs back. A guy about 20 actually bought one. I was astounded

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Cunningcod@reddit

No. My sick friend in hospital got better.

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Hampshire-UK@reddit

I like vinyl records, craft ale and my porn analogue

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weedbearsandpie@reddit

I work in a hospital, one time recently a patient showed up with a bag full of them after going to the shop like he had literally just bought them to bring in, so yes, yes they do.

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WastelandOfConfusion@reddit

I’ve been thinking about them recently, I remember coming across one when I was in like Year 7 and it was just absolutely stunning. I saw some pretty kinky ones online, so I may get some.

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Mog_X34@reddit

Phrasing!

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WastelandOfConfusion@reddit

Sorry?

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n0p_sled@reddit

"I remember coming across one when I was in like Year 7"

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SnooMacarons4225@reddit

It’s not bad phrasing, I’m sure he did exactly what he said he did

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WastelandOfConfusion@reddit

Oh I just saw it.

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SpanglySi@reddit

Reminds me, way back in a more analogue age, a flatmate of mine's godmother had a job which involved her writing those "true confession" stories that "readers" had sent in to Escort/Mayfair/random80sgrotmag and the publishing company would always send her a copy of the magazine that her work appeared in. She had quite the collection until one day, she left them out for the bin men.

She said that the conversations she overheard from them made her laugh her tits off.

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pebblesandweeds@reddit

Just had a flashback to the mid 90s when “the net” was about 90% porn and because of this most people thought it would never become mainstream.

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Brave_Assumption6@reddit

No clue if anyone does it here still. But I do know at least they do in Japan. And distrubingly for us westerners over there they have adult magazines literally right next to the children's aisle.

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DaveN202@reddit

The internet? What the fuck is the internet?

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Brave_Assumption6@reddit

The fact they still exist and are sold means there is still a market of consumers for it.

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asoxone@reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/kqvaqm/ever_wondered_how_the_internet_is_made/

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DameKumquat@reddit

I imagine so, or service stations wouldn't still sell them. The WHSmiths in service stations are also the only places you can still buy Black Lace novels and the like.

People like buying their niche interest items when travelling -.see also all the sex shops along the A1.

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