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TV ClubHouse: Archive: Archives One: Roddy is a HUGE consumer of Porn: Archive through August 23, 2002

Bernie

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 12:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
All I can say is - I wish I'd never mentioned that freaking bald spot! LOL!

Lovemarc

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 12:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Porn is good. People get so uptight about sex.

Nutsy

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP


***runs out of thread as fast as her little legs can carry her ... where's the Afternoon Tea group anyway?***

Karuuna

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 12:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh heck. I read the thread title and got so excited I had to come here immediately. Finally something about Roddy that didn't rub me the wrong way. But just as my interest peaked, I realize it's all fake.

What a stroke of bad luck.

Jaysgal

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 01:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, Karuuna. You guys are all cracking me up. One side is condemning Roddy, the other is defending Roddy because they do it themselves, and then one side says it cannot be substantiated that Roddy is actually a porn expert. :D

Bastable

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 01:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What? Sorry, I missed this whole thread. I was off watching "Debbie Does the HRD."

Goddess146

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 01:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Consuming porn, like consuming alcohol, is a matter of degree. A little can be good. A lot is bad.

Zachsmom

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 01:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
and sometimes bad can be oh so good..:)

Llkoolaid

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 01:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I only drink to get drunk Goddess.

Cricket

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 01:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bbnan stated:
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Just don't date or marry anyone who is obsessed with porn! They are messed up big time.
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Yep, that's right! Men obsessed with porn have a very hard time being intimate. Look at the difference between the Roddy/Chiara relationship compared to the Eric/Lisa one. Roddy can't be intimate and many men let porn (fantasy) take the place of intimacy, which destroys a lot of relationships.

Sisalou

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 02:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OT - OMG - Oregon, I have a thing about foreheads too and Frankensteinish is just how I would describe it. Atleast Roddy's isn't as bad as Randy Travis. LOL

Foodbunny

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 02:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah, Roddy and Chiara's relationship failing had nothing to do with them having absolutely nothing in common, it's all because that nasty man watches porn.

Sanfranjoshfan

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 02:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
But Cricket - do we know that Eric does not like porn?

One could also argue that Roddy's and Chiara's "relationship" had nothing to do with porn, but rather with Chiara's nature. She doesn't exactly come across as a "keeper"...just ask any parent with a 20 something year old son in this thread if he or she would be happy to see his or her pride and joy show up for dinner with Chiara.

Amac

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 02:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And let's hope Roddy washes his nasty hands after he watches his porn.

Furry

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 03:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have a lot to say on this topic, but I'll try to keep it to a short commentary.

I personally see nothing wrong with the people who view and enjoy porn. I think it can be an exciting addition to someone's/ a couple's sex life if, like anything, it is kept in moderation.

However, I have dated someone (an incredibly intelligent, wonderful human being) who also happened to have an addiction to porn...somewhat similar to the level Roddy is describing.

It is human to have an interest in sex, and men tend to be very visual creatures. Porn is a MONEY manking industry (this can obviously not be underestimated). The industry is enormous, and trust me, it's not because some thoughtful young film producers decided to open a "not-for-profit" industry.

It IS an addiction. Just like alcohol, tobacco and other such illicit drugs. People get a taste, and often like the experience. Some people can leave it at a casual encounter, others take to it like a fish to water.

My ex-boyfriend had started around eleven, and he continued to incorporate porn into his everyday life, until now, at 28, he has a full blown addiction. (We ended up breaking up because there is no way for one human being to compete with the calculated novelty, constantly changing images and fantasies that porn excells at providing.) He's tried to stop...thrown all of his magazines away and disconnect his computer, but he has come to me in times of vulnerability, crying that he cannot stop.

People with this addiction need to be loved and accepted just as the rest of us. An alcoholic will not benefit from being ridiculed and isolated. It is the addiction that must be dealt with, but more than anything, it is the person with the problem that must truly desire change.

We can't change anyone, they must want to change themselves. However, like anyone trying to overcome a demon that plagues them , they need unconditional love and support.

Zachsmom

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 03:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
SanFran..no woman will ever be good enough for my son..lucky for me he's only 4 so the off chance Chiara sets foot in my home is next to nil..

but if he brought someone home when he's in his teens or twenties that is anything like Chiara I'd faint..then after I was revived..I'd have to think that there is some redeeming quality to her that my son has found..I'd focus on that and I'd try to give her the love that she so desprately seeks..

it seems in some small way I defended Chiara..never did I think I'd do that!!

Allietex

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 03:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
KennyB I am puzzled about your comment about discussing sex with a 50+ male and that most men betwee 18 and 30 have seen porn. Don't you realize that those 50+ males have once been 18 and most of them have probably seen porn also. One of the girls made the comment the other day about thinking Gerry was a pervert because he was apparently looking at her while she was in the shower and he had a daughter her age. This from someone who made a peanut butter bikini and openly discuss sex on national tv. If Gerry is a perfert for looking what does that make the others in the house? Do they think the sex drive dies at fifty. Oh brother do they have a surprise awaiting them!

Allietex

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 03:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Furry was your mispelling of making (manking)in your post on purpose. If not it was an amusing good. If so it was a brilliant play on words.
man-king! LOL

Rain

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 04:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Groucho, thanks for clearing up what really happened when Roddy was telling the story about the porn videos. That sounds funny.

As the story was originally told, it sounded like Roddy and Marcellus were describing their utter obsession with porn. That wasn't the case at all, as it turns out.

And my object to the whole thing was never that they watched porn. Porn to me is like candy--a little tastes good, but too much makes you sick, very sick. My objection is the general tone of the house has deteriorated, and the way the porn story was told it just added to the demise.

I still believe that one keeps such things private, and THAT'S what I object to. Not sex. Not Roddy views porn. Not that Lisa gives good head. Not Chiara's absolute obsession with sex. But my object is that for a person to have dignity, to have values, it means keeping some things private. I was brought up to keep my sex life private, and not bragging it about it, or describing it to the world. Just because these people are on a 24/7 live tv program doesn't mean that they should not act as decent human beings.

And I think its simply ridiculous for people to protest they use porn, and they are okay. Nobody is saying you aren't. But you also aren't on the internet describing your sex life in detail. That's the difference. And even here, on these boards, its "private" because no one really knows who you are, unless you choose to tell us.

Sanfranjoshfan

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 04:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know lots of guys that watch porn, talk about it openly and have absolutely no shame about it....but are not addicted to it.

If Dani or Gerry or whoever had had a conversation about getting drunk as a skunk in their past, going into a lot of detail of what all they drank, etc... would people on the board be calling them addicts and suggesting that anyone that got involved with them would be making a big mistake?

I don't recall reading that Roddy NEEDS porn to become stimulated, nor that he is OBSESSED with it, spending every last quarter he has on peep shows and magazines, nor that he excludes having intimate relationships in favor of a hot magazine or movie.

Give the guy a break....he's just a guy that is not hung up on traditional rules like being ashamed of watching porn. It's the occasional past time of MILLIONS of men....if it wasn't, it wouldn't be the billion dollar industry that it is. Most men are just too ashamed of themselves to admit that they watch it or would like to watch it.

Woodpecke®

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 04:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If you rent porn by the dozen and admit you can't get enough porn, you most certainly have a problem.

Sanfranjoshfan

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 04:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought I read that he rented a dozen tapes because they had a special: a dozen tapes for $6.99.

Sanfranjoshfan

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 04:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I could say that *I* can't get enough sex. I certainly don't have a "problem" with it....I just can't get enough of it! That's a figure of speech. I've said that I can't get enough strawberry cheescake or that special chocolate cream pie that my grandmother made.....but I haven't found myslef in Pie Eaters Anonymous meetings!
LOL

Bohawkins

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 04:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jaysgal wrote:
I too thought that Roddy was older than 30. He looks like it. And Marcellas too was convinced that Roddy was lying.

However, from checking his record, I believe him now. His real name is Richard Mancuso. He's truly a Richie. :P Yes, he really is 30 years old (31 by now).
End of Jaysgal quote.

Well, Jaysgal, please share your sources. Where is this "record?" Are there some birth certificate records available? How about his high school or collegiate records? I would like to see his yearbook photos.

Searches on the web for Richard Mancuso give lots of other guys with the same name, but none seem to have any background as a writer. Please help out with your "record" location. Links would nice, but any pics you have of copies made at the courthouse would be just fine too.

I remain a skeptic. I will continue to believe Roddy is in his early fifties until I can see those "records" myself.

Richardfan

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 04:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Folks,

Please re-read these posts in this thread:
Micknrc Friday, August 23, 2002 - 05:31 am
Sanfranjoshfan Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:33
Groucho Friday, August 23, 2002 - 12:16 pm am

They indicate that Roddy was joking. It probably is part of a stand up routine - HIS routine, if he has one.

Roddy likes to entertain people. Don't think that if he says something funny and people laugh he'll just forget what he said. I would think he would even try to continue to make people laugh even if the topic was a little off color.

The bottom line: Roddy was being FUNNY and is not a porn addict. Give the guy a much needed and well deserved break!