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| 03-13-11 11:57am - 5033 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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pinkerton (0)
Active User  Posts: 151 Registered: Jan 13, '07 Location: UK |
My evolving porn tastes I've been a subscriber and watcher of hardcore porn for over 8 years now and have found my tastes becoming increasingly narrower and I've found that as time goes on I'm getting fussier about what I watch. For quite a while my preference is for brunettes in dark stockings, who are attractive without being too glamourous, and if they're tall/leggy wihout being too skinny, then all the better. I guess my profile pic reflects my taste. This means that my porn collection is going to greatly shrink as I start trimming the stuff I'm no longer interested in, as opposed to growing and growing as other PU'ers collections seem to have done. Am I in the minority here or do any others of you find yourselves trimming your collection of content? Just wondering... | |
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| 03-13-11 12:53pm - 5033 days | #2 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Don't do it!!!! With the availabilty of cheap memory I would never recommend deleting anything, even if it isn't something you're currently interested in. Over the years I've done some purging and always regretted it. The first time was purging some VHS tapes because the physical size of them was just too big to store. Those were difficult decisions. The second time was when I was burning porn on CDs because DVD-Rs were still far to expensive. I had a space problem again. I then had a huge collection of collection of commercial porn DVDs and was thinking that I'd have to get rid of them but I was able to find some software that allowed me to convert them to wmv files so I didn't have to discard anything. Each time I've done a purge I end up regretting it. And for me, each time I've done a purge has been driven my storage limitations. But now I rely on cheap memory like the Western Digital Passports and similar. The price per GB is very low now and continues to drop, so do yourself a favor and just find a way to store what you have. You be glad that you did. | |
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| 03-13-11 12:58pm - 5033 days | #3 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
Good points you bring up. I've been deleting quite a few sets of pictures lately that I marked "keep" only a few years ago and now I can't understand what it was about the model that turned me on to a point that she became one of my favorites. My taste has also shifted from younger to mature and from glamour (long ago) to natural. Recently it really shrank to a minimum: matures stripping out of sexy lingerie! So, yes, in my case it has been an evolution as well. And I'm sure it's not over yet. BTW.your avatar appeals to me greatly: mature, natural, stockings .. I like it!!! | |
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| 03-13-11 01:05pm - 5033 days | #4 | |
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pinkerton (0)
Active User Posts: 151 Registered: Jan 13, '07 Location: UK |
Well, she's in her twenties so she's not that mature, unless mature means anyone over 20  | |
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| 03-13-11 01:10pm - 5033 days | #5 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I think most PU members want to trim their porn collection to the point where it might be manageable (to at least be able to hunt and peck for the files they are looking for). But some PU members are much better able to trim and organize their collections than other members. A lot of us have downloaded photos and videos we never even watched, or watched once. It's just really hard to delete stuff, unless it's complete crap. But over time, especially over years, our tastes often do change. Photos and videos that we once found exciting often lose their impact if we view them years later. So unless you want to build a very complete collection, which really takes a lot of time to organize and keep organized (and trimmed), I don't see the need to keep old photos and videos that are no longer interesting. The truth is, almost none of us are going to be selling our collections over the Internet. And we don't really own any copyright on these photos and videos, so we can't start our own Internet porn sites. But if in doubt over any photos or videos, I'd suggest keeping those, because the cost of storage is so cheap, and keeps dropping. | |
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| 03-13-11 01:14pm - 5033 days | #6 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
A true collector, rearadmiral!  I wouldn't be tempted to follow your example despite the cheapness of the present external drives because I find that as my computers get more powerful along with their graphics card, and my monitors get larger, much of my earlier material just does not look good any more. Recently I did a wholesale housecleaning of my older stuff. On one drive I deleted every video with lower specs than 640x480 and every picture set that was 800x600 and lower, some of the files had even been my favourites at the time, and I haven't missed them one bit. Of course, my short term memory isn't that great, so that might contribute to my lack of regret over the massive delete!  | |
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| 03-13-11 01:19pm - 5033 days | #7 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
I would have guessed late twenties, early thirties but then an Avatar is not large enough to make a true judgement of someone's age. The breasts looked mature and natural .. and they were my main focus! | |
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| 03-13-11 02:13pm - 5033 days | #8 | |
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pinkerton (0)
Active User Posts: 151 Registered: Jan 13, '07 Location: UK |
The way I see it is, that if in years to come you find that you miss some content you deleted, you can always go get it again and chances are, you'll download it faster as broadband speeds increase over time, and possibly the content will have been re-encoded to the latest hi-def codec. I think I'm with messmar on this. | |
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| 03-13-11 08:23pm - 5032 days | #9 | |
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Drooler (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 1,831 Registered: Mar 11, '07 Location: USA |
My tastes certainly have changed over the years, and I'll look at the stuff that I used really like and some if it just doesn't do it for me anymore. The "Playboy" approach pretty much sums it up. Besides, some of that older stuff is dodgy in quality, technically speaking. Even some of the old Mac&Bumble stuff I used to cherish leaves me with a flat (or is that flaccid?) feeling. So I've deleted stuff that I know I won't miss. Still, I'm a collector and the gigabytes get used up a lot faster than they used to. I think it's normal for your tastes or at least preferences to "narrow" with time. Mine haven't as far has the focus of interest is concerned, that being beautiful women with really nice asses. But I'm a lot pickier than I used to be about what content I'll accept. So I reject at least 50% of what I come across. And part of the reason is, paradoxically, the growth of my collection. I wanted something new, so I left England for New England. | |
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| 03-14-11 01:06pm - 5032 days | #10 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
This is the excuse I use in order to keep all my bizarre, weird, please-don't-judge-me-material that I just can't seem to part ways with. Though it's probably also why I doubt I will ever easily find a wife: "Honey, wait! Some women just really, really love doing that during sex! I mean, why else would they agree to do it on camera? Hey, where are you going?!"  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 03-14-11 03:00pm - 5032 days | #11 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I’m not hearing a lot of agreement with my position that porn should never be discarded in this age of cheap storage, but I stand by my earlier position. I’ll admit that I’ve never had my tastes change. When I was in my late teens I was attracted to girls in their late teens. By the time I was thirty, I was still attracted to girls in their late teens. Now, in my mid-forties, I’m still attracted to girls in their late teens, though just to prove I’m not a complete sicko I will occasionally ogle a lady who might be 20 or even 21. The closest thing I’ve ever had to a change in taste was when I discovered I like watching anal scenes. But I didn’t throw out all my vaginal material. The fact that my tastes haven’t changed makes me unwilling to part with anything. The times I did purge I had to do so because of storage limitations, but I always regretted it and have spent a lot of time and money trying to locate some of the older stuff I had. I’m sure I’m not alone in having some scenes or pics that just hit all the right buttons. Why get rid of that? So in the age of pennies-per-gigabyte storage, unless your tastes have really changed, save your porn! The only change in taste that I could foresee causing me to purge porn would have to be pretty monumental – like giving up on 18-20 year old skinny models doing nasty things in hardcore videos because I suddenly realized that I really do prefer short, balding, hairy men with small penises. Even then I’d probably keep my former collection in case some fundamentalists were able to cure me. | |
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| 03-15-11 06:22am - 5031 days | #12 | |
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pinkerton (0)
Active User Posts: 151 Registered: Jan 13, '07 Location: UK |
I guess it all depends on what turns you on and as time passes, that changes, but the cost and convenience of storage doesn't really impact my wish to trim my collection. When I first started browsing on-line porn in the 90's from newsgroups - it took ages to download the smallest pics using my 14.4K dial-up modem - I DL'ed anything with an attractive girl in it, but then found I would keep coming back to getting turned on by the same few pics, usually of brunettes in stockings. I didn't join a pay-site because I was worried about my credit card details being ripped off, but when I did eventually sign up to one, a whole new world of quality pics opened up and I started downloading everything that looked good and saving it to CD without looking at it for long. My laptop's hard drive filled up and I backed-up to 250MB zip disks, and when they became cheap enough, CD-Rs. I didn't have to use that many CDs to archive stuff and I didn't feel the need to discard any content because regardless of whether I looked at it regularly, it was hard-won, after all I'd written a small and simple download manager app that could load a web page and grab all the image links from the thumbnail links and download the hi-res pics to disk overnight or whilst I was at work. I didn't start DL'ing videos until home broadband came along, then I downloaded less pics and more videos because I'd moved on from pics and I could DL the videos fairly quickly as they weren't very hi-res so the file sizes were small then. At that point I'd started joining a pay site every other month and downloading loads of content, archiving it to DVD-R and at was at this point where I found I was spending lots of time burning to DVD. Disk space cost too much to justify and besides, DVDs were supposedly a safe permanent backup medium. I now have an archive of over 50 DVD-Rs with a spreadsheet on each disk listing each clip with an abbreviated summary and rating out of 10. When USB disks became more affordable, I bought a 500GB drive and went through the DVD-Rs and copied my favourite scenes (rated at least 8/10) onto the disk. From then on I saved all my acquired porn onto the disk until it ran out of space, then got a 1TB disk and later I got another 1TB drive as backup for the bigger disk. When the 1TB filled up, it was then I decided to start trimming what I didn't watch much. After my first trimming pass, I'd only purged about 300GB of content and felt I still had way too much, and realised that I was keeping stuff that I'd watched once and never again. The problem is, you choose video clips based on the screencaps from the pay-site and you also automatically DL stuff from your fave girls and some of it you never watch again. I appreciate it's difficult to get rid of stuff you hardly watch 'cos you're thinking, "well hey this scene looks hot in the screencaps" or "she's a hot actress and I love her stuff" and when you get time, you'll settle down and watch those clips and love them. But my personal experience is that loads of content takes up too much of my time and disk space and isn't worth hanging on to. So over the past 3-4 years, I've worked out what I like and am junking the rest - sure it's difficult to get rid of movies with my favourite pornstars but if I ain't watching those vids that much compared with others, I may as well get rid. As I've already said in a previous post, if and when I have more free time (when I'm old and house-bound), I'm sure I'll have no problem finding and downloading those clips which I deleted, and by then there'll be new hot pornstars to keep me going. I have a pair of 120GB drives from an old PC which I plan to use to fill up with my trimmed collection, one disk plus a backup and I'll aim to keep at 120GB - well it'll probably be 100GB taking into account the way drives are sized - meaning that stuff that is rarely watched will get junked to make way for any new hotter stuff. My personal opinion on this whole growing your porn collection thing is that it does consume a lot of your time, and I've other more worthwhile stuff to spend my free time on, so I'd rather have a fairly small porn collection stashed away somewhere that I can revisit from time to time. Edited on Mar 15, 2011, 06:28am | |
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| 03-15-11 07:42am - 5031 days | #13 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
A great post, funnier than many comedy routines I've heard.  | |
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| 03-15-11 12:51pm - 5031 days | #14 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
That probably sums up a lot of my reluctance to discard anything. I've spent time finding it (even if 'finding it' simply means I downloaded everything from a site), I've paid for it, and I've catalogued it. One reason why I should probably purge is that I've never actually watched up to 30% of my collection. But I still can't do it. I enjoyed reading your description of the early days of porn viewing and how you moved to pay sites and dealt with storage issues. That describes me too, and I'd bet it describes a lot more of us here. | |
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| 03-15-11 03:33pm - 5031 days | #15 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
My whole attitude is that once I'm over it, it's erased (sort of like my memory after a bunch of beer). For me, I like to look over what I have and that means keeping something of a cap on how much one can actually look at. There's stuff I'll keep for the long haul but most of it can / will be replaced someday. Since a lot of us collect part of the fun is the hunt for new trophies to put on our wall (probably not our Facebook wall though). Since there will always be new shit coming out might as well ditch the stuff that ain't up to snuff any more. | |
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| 03-16-11 04:36pm - 5029 days | #16 | |
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pinkerton (0)
Active User Posts: 151 Registered: Jan 13, '07 Location: UK |
If Blu-Ray as an archive/storage medium takes off, then I'd probably rely more on that than I would on external drives for maintaining my collection. | |
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| 03-16-11 05:57pm - 5029 days | #17 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I'm hoping that some day that flash drive / solid-state drives will evolve and come down in price. My fantasy (excluding the ones that involve me and Aubrey Addams, me and Tanner Mayes, me and etc.) is a 1TB flash drive as small as the current crop of USB drives and costing the same. But obviously those are just dreams given that flash drive / solid-state memory hasn't dropped in price like other memory. | |
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| 03-16-11 09:09pm - 5029 days | #18 | |
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slutty (0)
Active User Posts: 475 Registered: Mar 02, '09 Location: Pennsylvania |
It seems to me that as drives get cheaper, scenes/photosets invariably increase in size, so while it is possible to get a cheap 500 GB drive these days, I don't know how many more scenes get stored compared to that 120 GB drive from 5 years ago (I doubt it's 5:1). I should look back at one of my old drives and compare the number of scenes and photosets on it to a newer one... While I agree to some extent that scenes should be kept since space is cheap, I do like to go through from time to time and get rid of stuff I will definitely never watch again, partularly older videos with quality that is just unbearable to watch these days. I also can't wait for solid state drives to get cheap enough to get a reasonably sized one. I'm tired of buying a new MP3 player every 3 years when the drive fails... Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited. | |
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| 03-17-11 10:16am - 5029 days | #19 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
My sentiments exactly! | |
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| 03-17-11 11:04am - 5029 days | #20 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I have some old Playboy playmate photosets. Individual photos are around 30-90 KB, which is far smaller than the 1+ MB high res photos now posted at the glamour teen photo sites. But I think the old Playboy photos are still worth looking at. They had some great looking models over the years. So I don't disagree with what you are saying, but I'm not willing to pay for a new membership to Playboy to see if the old photos have been enhanced/upgraded. There are very few Playmates from the last 15+ years that I find appealing. Too much plastic boobies and whatnot. | |
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| 03-17-11 02:24pm - 5029 days | #21 | |
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pinkerton (0)
Active User Posts: 151 Registered: Jan 13, '07 Location: UK |
Very few sites upgrade their older content with the new technology, though the DDF sites and Videobox are notable exceptions I've come across. | |
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| 03-18-11 08:10am - 5028 days | #22 | |
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Colm4 (0)
Active User  Posts: 117 Registered: Sep 22, '07 Location: Holland |
I just can't bear to delete anything! After downloading a scene, I decide to keep or delete it and once that decissions has been made, I will keep the file forever. I even have movies smaller then 640x480 and though they're not top of the line, I still keep them. Even just for nostalgic reasons. | |
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| 03-22-11 02:29pm - 5024 days | #23 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Finally! Someone who understands me! Thanks Colm4. | |
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| 03-25-11 07:01am - 5021 days | #24 | |
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jberryl69 (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 1,000 Registered: Nov 27, '10 Location: neverland |
Well in that vein you might check out Sarah Twain, a European who would probably fit your bill. I find her extremely appealing. If it ain't grits, it must be a Yankee. If you're going to lay her head over the pool table and fuck her throat, get your fucking hand off her throat! | |
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| 03-25-11 11:56am - 5021 days | #25 | |
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monty2222 (0)
Active User  Posts: 49 Registered: Feb 20, '09 Location: Denmark |
I find pruning and streamlining my collection a somewhat pleasing task actually, removing all the dead branches from the bush and the weeds from the flower patch so the flowers can shine so much more. Alas it is however also something of a Sisyphean task as it quickly becomes overgrown with all the new plants you're busy sowing from your bag of mixed seeds that is as likely to yield great wonderful sunflowers as it is horrible stinging thistles, but you never have the time to check 'em all because you're too occupied sowing more... Yes, I've been out gardening today, thanks for asking. Anyway that's the way I have it. Just this week I've been deleting a bunch of videos to tighten up the collection, only to pile on many times the deleted amount of content in new downloads where I'll probably only ever properly watch a fraction of it. Still there's something strangely satisfying about browsing, picking out and then downloading fifteen hours worth of Sammie Rhodes scenes even though you know it'll take forever before you've gotten around to watching 'em all. Then there's all the DDF content I'm getting at the moment *sigh* the porn collector never gets the proverbial stone to rest on top of the mountain... Either way I'm rambling. Peace out  | |
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| 03-25-11 01:42pm - 5021 days | #26 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Not rambling, but creating a lovely, poetic description of what collecting should be. I'm going to have to re-read your reviews, to see if they have the same kind of imagery. Lol. | |
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| 03-26-11 01:15pm - 5020 days | #27 | |
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Capn (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,740 Registered: Sep 05, '09 Location: Near the Beer! |
I'm finding pruning a pain in the ass, to be honest. Yes, it is still far from over months down the line. I am looking for the shots I dislike to delete, so in effect I am spending longer looking at shots I dislike than those I like. I like the idea of custom zips more than ever now! Cap'n.  Admiral of the PU Hindenburg. 2009 PU AwardHilarious Post of the Year 2010 PU Award ( I would have preferred it to be Helpful Post of the Year for Guys who Hate 'Retail Therapy' ) :0/ Sanity is in the eye of the Beholder! | |
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| 03-29-11 02:18pm - 5017 days | #30 | |
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pinkerton (0)
Active User Posts: 151 Registered: Jan 13, '07 Location: UK |
Thanks for the info, I've DL'ed some of her stuff from DDF Prod sites and yes, she's tall, dark and leggy but I've never found any of her stuff to be a keeper  | |
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