The first time I had the privilege of serving as a Covenant Eyes' accountability partner for another man was +/-10 years ago. And this experience was stressful to say the least. For this man was a pastor yet also a heavy, heavy, heavy Internet user. And back then, Covenant Eyes offered little to no insight to us - so called accountability partners - regarding the emotional pragmatics relative to managing the implied responsibility baked into our roles.
I remember specifically reaching my apex of stress when I received a Covenant Eyes' weekly report that had line-itemed the pilot episode of one particular (thinly veiled) Starz porn series. From there, I did some presumptuous clicking, and was in awe of what my friend had consumed.
For this was Hollywood-grade porn. And I'd never seen anything of the sort.
First and foremost, its top-tier production values made for an extraordinarily fantastical video. I can remember seeing so many stunningly beautiful breasts. So many simulated orgy scenes. So many gang rape scenes. And on and on. And the actors throughout were extraordinarily beautiful. The breasts were gorgeous. The asses were perfect. The faces attached to the breasts and asses were so pretty and handsome.
And of course, the sound and lighting and camera angles, and on and on...all of it exponentially increased the merit (& impact) of these mainstream porn productions.
It all left me breathless and speechless. But then I began to wonder - who would participate in such productions? For this was no doubt porn.
What I discovered was the director, Mr. Sam Raimi (Spider-Man movies), had used his notoriety coupled with an overseas filming location & subsequent casting call to make these mainstream porn films with ease.
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An old Samson friend lost his second marriage as a result of hiding his "Pay Per View" cable bill from his then wife. They had separate checking accounts, therefore he'd use a portion of his retirement pension income to foot the thousands of dollars in "Pay Per View" fees each month. Comcast provided my friend with similar "high quality" (& discreet) porn viewing experiences that he wholeheartedly embraced - month after month after month. That is, until one day, his then wife happened to come across a rogue Comcast cable bill that was unaccounted for. And it was all downhill from there.
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Today, we have Netflix. And Netflix even provides its subscribers with a ranking of what's popularly streamed in glorious high definition - at any hour of the day.
Please, for God's sake, delete your Netflix subscription and cancel your CATV service. Stop supporting these publicly-traded companies. They're worthless garbage. All they're concerned with is making their shareholders $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, and they know mainstream porn is one of the easiest ways to keep audiences tuned into their screens.
If you're bored at home, read a book, plant a garden, walk your dog, paint a watercolor, write a blog, exercise, sing, dance, memorize scripture, call an old friend, write a letter, take up woodworking, repaint some furniture, learn a second language.
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