Andrew Weissmann
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What would you like to do about the World Wide Web? I don't know. I don't know. It seems bad for people, but it is where we make all of our money. So there's things that go both ways.
What would you like to do about the World Wide Web? I don't know. I don't know. It seems bad for people, but it is where we make all of our money. So there's things that go both ways.
Right, right, right. No, I think the best analog to the banning smoking in restaurants things for this is the thing we've seen kind of at the state level, which is these sort of ID verification laws that are aimed at making it harder for kids to access online porn, which I think is a worthy goal in the first place, and also has the useful knock-on effect of just making it
Right, right, right. No, I think the best analog to the banning smoking in restaurants things for this is the thing we've seen kind of at the state level, which is these sort of ID verification laws that are aimed at making it harder for kids to access online porn, which I think is a worthy goal in the first place, and also has the useful knock-on effect of just making it
Right, right, right. No, I think the best analog to the banning smoking in restaurants things for this is the thing we've seen kind of at the state level, which is these sort of ID verification laws that are aimed at making it harder for kids to access online porn, which I think is a worthy goal in the first place, and also has the useful knock-on effect of just making it
sort of more irritating and kind of tricky for other people to access as well like virginia passed a porn ban or a porn verification law for you know to keep minors off of it and uh you know a few other states have done it as well and like porn hub for instance no longer is accessible in those states um you know obviously all this stuff it's it's the internet people can find ways around all of this stuff but the idea is you know you make it a little bit more stigmatized you you raise some barriers back in the old days before your time not me because you know
sort of more irritating and kind of tricky for other people to access as well like virginia passed a porn ban or a porn verification law for you know to keep minors off of it and uh you know a few other states have done it as well and like porn hub for instance no longer is accessible in those states um you know obviously all this stuff it's it's the internet people can find ways around all of this stuff but the idea is you know you make it a little bit more stigmatized you you raise some barriers back in the old days before your time not me because you know
sort of more irritating and kind of tricky for other people to access as well like virginia passed a porn ban or a porn verification law for you know to keep minors off of it and uh you know a few other states have done it as well and like porn hub for instance no longer is accessible in those states um you know obviously all this stuff it's it's the internet people can find ways around all of this stuff but the idea is you know you make it a little bit more stigmatized you you raise some barriers back in the old days before your time not me because you know
Exactly. And those laws have had some success, I think, already. And not just from the MAGA side. I mean, there's been kind of a cross-partisan coalition for some of those things.
Exactly. And those laws have had some success, I think, already. And not just from the MAGA side. I mean, there's been kind of a cross-partisan coalition for some of those things.
Exactly. And those laws have had some success, I think, already. And not just from the MAGA side. I mean, there's been kind of a cross-partisan coalition for some of those things.
I just love this future that we're lurching into where, you know, the median American voter, this kind of swing guy that both sides need to court is this exact guy, this sort of barstool Republican guy, just the dumbest, kind of grossest, most empty headed, smooth brain, like thinking with his dick guy in all of America. And both parties need to court him from now on.
I just love this future that we're lurching into where, you know, the median American voter, this kind of swing guy that both sides need to court is this exact guy, this sort of barstool Republican guy, just the dumbest, kind of grossest, most empty headed, smooth brain, like thinking with his dick guy in all of America. And both parties need to court him from now on.
I just love this future that we're lurching into where, you know, the median American voter, this kind of swing guy that both sides need to court is this exact guy, this sort of barstool Republican guy, just the dumbest, kind of grossest, most empty headed, smooth brain, like thinking with his dick guy in all of America. And both parties need to court him from now on.
And wherever he goes, they win. And that's just the future of America. So that's really exciting for everybody, especially for me.
And wherever he goes, they win. And that's just the future of America. So that's really exciting for everybody, especially for me.
And wherever he goes, they win. And that's just the future of America. So that's really exciting for everybody, especially for me.
Good, good. I am always assuming when you ask that question, you're asking it sort of very limited personal scope, because otherwise, you could go on for a really long time, which is actually the subject of what we're about to talk about.
Good, good. I am always assuming when you ask that question, you're asking it sort of very limited personal scope, because otherwise, you could go on for a really long time, which is actually the subject of what we're about to talk about.
Good, good. I am always assuming when you ask that question, you're asking it sort of very limited personal scope, because otherwise, you could go on for a really long time, which is actually the subject of what we're about to talk about.