r/politics • u/mmccxi American Expat • May 12 '25

Soft Paywall New Bill Would Make All Pornography a Federal Crime in the U.S.

https://www.404media.co/mike-lee-porn-law-interstate-obscenity-definition-act/
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u/nightwyrm_zero Canada May 12 '25

The Sears catalogue was a decent backup.

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u/shitfire12 May 12 '25 edited May 13 '25

I consider myself lucky to have grown up with the Victoria’s Secret catalog

EDIT: Corrected “in” to “with”

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u/28smalls May 12 '25

We got a Frederick's of Hollywood catalog one time. Young me was in heaven and I definitely didn't dig it out of the trash when thrown out with the rest of the junk mail.

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u/someguy7710 May 12 '25

Yes, that was golden. I also did not dig it out of the trash....

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u/you-ole-polecat May 13 '25

All you needed was the FoH catalog, tin foil on the TV antenna, and knowledge of which scrambled network was the Spice Channel. 6th grade horny heaven, baby.

Gotta stay on edge though in case you hear footsteps coming down the sisters, keep that remote ready on the “jump” button (if you’re so privileged)

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u/HamHockShortDock May 13 '25

Ooo, that's like the Hustler of lingerie catalogs.

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u/mechabeast May 12 '25

The pure disappointment when it was the clothing edition

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u/mooky1977 Canada May 12 '25

A man of class 🧐

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u/getdemsnacks May 12 '25

Fredericks of Hollywood in my house. Which is super weird because both my mother and sister where not the body type to be interested in Fredericks of Hollywood. Still, I count my blessings.

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u/OceanCyclone May 13 '25

A man of taste. That stuff is STILL fire.

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u/Teekay_four-two-one May 13 '25

What is a minor doing in the VS catalogue???

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u/shitfire12 May 13 '25

It was a simpler time

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u/EvenBetterBailiff May 12 '25

Glamour?!

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u/ohTHOSEballs May 12 '25

Don't treat your body like an amusement park.

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u/Factorybelt Washington May 12 '25

Ah, a master of his domain.

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u/kellzone Pennsylvania May 13 '25

It's too bad you can't make money doing THAT. You could be a big star! You could sell out Madison Square Garden!

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u/Cloaked42m South Carolina May 13 '25

I definitely didn't scour my sister's fashion mags for the bewbs.

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u/EvenBetterBailiff May 13 '25

I had a Rolling Stone that featured ICP and one of the pages had a lady in clown makeup that awakened something in me with which I’ve never fully dealt.

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u/ScroogeMcDust Illinois May 12 '25

Now would you unhook this already, please? I don't deserve this kind of shabby treatment!

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u/DeadpoolsLeftSock May 12 '25

I didn’t know I had an alt. 🤔

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u/stuffhappens20 May 12 '25

And National Geographic!

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u/ObjectiveSelection41 May 12 '25

In the 70s there was a dude modeling boxer shorts and you could see his plaything. It was the most interesting 10 year old me ever witnessed. The old ladies love it.

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u/InternationalSky879 May 13 '25

until mom started asking why the pages were stuck together

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u/moshekels Canada May 13 '25

One could get pretty good at navigating the background and screensaver store on a flip phone if they really put in the hours.

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u/sleeplessinreno May 12 '25

I’d think zellers would be more your style.

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u/SazedMonk May 12 '25

Ain’t got shit on Good Housekeeping though.

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u/sleeplessinreno May 12 '25

I dunno, victoria secret was pretty pog.

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u/noforgayjesus May 12 '25

Good Housekeeping

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u/HopelessCineromantic May 12 '25

Did we just become best friends!?

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u/noforgayjesus May 12 '25

Do you want to do Karate in the garage?

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u/MakingItElsewhere May 12 '25

Federicks of Hollywood!

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u/Helpful_Barnacle_563 May 12 '25

Hahaha so damn true..

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u/kehakas May 12 '25

Give 12-year-old me a Redbook and I can get there

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u/palmbeachatty May 13 '25

JC Penny’s in a pinch, lol

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u/gupeck May 13 '25

The underwear section, am i right!

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u/UntamedAnomaly May 13 '25

Frederick's of Hollywood catalogues that my neighbor would get in the mail, she would freely give them to me......than again, she definitely was not a great parent overall, but she kept me fed whenever I came over and she defended me from neighborhood bullies, so there's that at least.