older guys porn habits

[Malikj]

hey guys, im reposting as my wording got the question taken down. I was wondering if any older guys on here could tell me about how they interacted with porn before the internet, how did you refine your sexual choices without it? Do you know of how your fathers interacted with it? I know erotic postcards were big it one point etc. I have always had porn at my disposal and dont know what life is without it, even if its not the healthiest of habits to have.

Hope this makes sense. Thanks

 

[deleted814719]

Prior to the internet my use of porn was limited to magazines (Hustler, Forum, etc.) and VHS tapes.

 

[Malikj]

Prior to the internet my use of porn was limited to magazines (Hustler, Forum, etc.) and VHS tapes.

nice what era is this? and how did you acquire them?

 

[Motion-of-the-Ocean]

I discovered porn in the early to mid 80's prior to the existence of the Internet and my only opportunities to see such images was like @paget54 said, limited to magazines & videotapes. Since in the beginning, any porn I obtained belonged to my father, that was the media choice of his generation as well, though I know he also had stereoscopic slides and 35 mm films, which didn't interest me as much as the books and tapes. I think for postcards you'd likely have to go back to my grandfathers' day, who both having served in WW II, I know French postcards were popular among servicemen, though I never personally saw them as both my grandfathers were very conservative and didn't discuss or admit such things.

Unlike today where there are tons of porn of all types just a mouse click away, because of my limited and sporadic access to the methods I had available there was many times all I had was my imagination and the memories of the images of was able to sometimes look at. Even after getting married and having access to actual sex, magazines and tapes, were still the only porn media available for much of the 90's. In fact, after we got our first PC with web access at the end of that decade, it was like a new world to me in being to see nekkid pictures without having to either find, "borrow" or buy it even if with 56k dial-up it seemed to take forever for the image to load enough to get to the good parts .

So yeah, having knowledge of the pre-PC, pre-digital and pre-web days, I do sometimes think about the difference in porn access and do in a way appreciate more how easy it is now compared to the challenges of my generation, even if like you said it too much access might not be as healthy. I do think an overabundance can cause an addiction, although personally it has never been an issue for me as I've also always had access to a sexually adventurous partner. If anything, my viewing habits nowadays are rare and almost to the point I find it boring.

 

[justahornyguy174]

I ordered a few PD floppy disks from the Amiga magazines with 7 or 8 pictures on them, those disks got a lot of use... Then progressed to a CD when I got a CD-Rom drive for it. CD was a big thing back then, sooo much data on them.
Other than that it was catalogues and the occasional late night channel 5 show, Eurotrash was also a winner!
I did start buying porn magazines (when the internet was around!) as it was a bit of a thrill, but the once the internet really took hold there was unlimited porn.

 

[palakaorion]

I came of age in the very late 1970s and early 1980s. Magazines from the convenience store and VHS from the back area of a couple video rental shops were my sole outlet.

Then an adult shop opened in my 2-horse town, with "novelties," a more exotic selection of magazines, and movie loop booths. The booths were gross, but I saw my very first moving image of a woman in bondage there; I legit creamed my pants. And the magazine selection kept my interests piqued.

 

[Malikj]

I discovered porn in the early to mid 80's prior to the existence of the Internet and my only opportunities to see such images was like @paget54 said, limited to magazines & videotapes. Since in the beginning, any porn I obtained belonged to my father, that was the media choice of his generation as well, though I know he also had stereoscopic slides and 35 mm films, which didn't interest me as much as the books and tapes. I think for postcards you'd likely have to go back to my grandfathers' day, who both having served in WW II, I know French postcards were popular among servicemen, though I never personally saw them as both my grandfathers were very conservative and didn't discuss or admit such things.

Unlike today where there are tons of porn of all types just a mouse click away, because of my limited and sporadic access to the methods I had available there was many times all I had was my imagination and the memories of the images of was able to sometimes look at. Even after getting married and having access to actual sex, magazines and tapes, were still the only porn media available for much of the 90's. In fact, after we got our first PC with web access at the end of that decade, it was like a new world to me in being to see nekkid pictures without having to either find, "borrow" or buy it even if with 56k dial-up it seemed to take forever for the image to load enough to get to the good parts .

So yeah, having knowledge of the pre-PC, pre-digital and pre-web days, I do sometimes think about the difference in porn access and do in a way appreciate more how easy it is now compared to the challenges of my generation, even if like you said it too much access might not be as healthy. I do think an overabundance can cause an addiction, although personally it has never been an issue for me as I've also always had access to a sexually adventurous partner. If anything, my viewing habits nowadays are rare and almost to the point I find it boring.

This is such a great response, thank you man. So much good stuff to unpack.

First, do you think the fact that you were married and actively getting laid mitigated your need for porn use? I'm always interested to hear how married dudes get by lol, is it when she's on her period u use it? I had a computer in my bedroom, and was watching porn long before I had sex as a man, and as I said, I think that has become my sexuality, rather than a supplement ect. Which isn't ideal.

I never heard of slides used in porn before, what kind of stuff were on there, just nudes? How well did you have to search to find his stash? haha.

Thanks again man

 

[Malikj]

I ordered a few PD floppy disks from the Amiga magazines with 7 or 8 pictures on them, those disks got a lot of use... Then progressed to a CD when I got a CD-Rom drive for it. CD was a big thing back then, sooo much data on them.
Other than that it was catalogues and the occasional late night channel 5 show, Eurotrash was also a winner!
I did start buying porn magazines (when the internet was around!) as it was a bit of a thrill, but the once the internet really took hold there was unlimited porn.

Thats so interesting, i never heard of porn being sold on floppy hahaha. Were you on your own at this point or still living with ur family? Also, I bet if you still have those CDs or disks you could sell them to a collector and make some $$ lol

 

[Malikj]

I came of age in the very late 1970s and early 1980s. Magazines from the convenience store and VHS from the back area of a couple video rental shops were my sole outlet.

Then an adult shop opened in my 2-horse town, with "novelties," a more exotic selection of magazines, and movie loop booths. The booths were gross, but I saw my very first moving image of a woman in bondage there; I legit creamed my pants. And the magazine selection kept my interests piqued.

LOL the worst part is then u had to run out of the store with a giant wet spot hahaha so sorry to hear that my dude. Were you afraid of running into other guys u knew there? Ive never been to an adult store becuase as I said Ive always had the internet, but I think that might be a giant fear of mine.

Also, was there any anxiety buying magazine from a convince store and how did u know which to buy? Just whatever you could get ur hands on?

Like, what if a women cashed you out or somthing, i dono, im too much of a pussy I would have chickened out haha

thanks man

 

[deleted814719]

nice what era is this? and how did you acquire them?

1970s and 1980s. Back then, I'd buy mags at a store, most often a convenience store. The VHS tapes were available at a few select rental places in a special section. And, of course, guys would buy some outright and pass them around once they'd grown tired of them.

 

[Malikj]

nice, i need dudes like that now- in person friends who are open enough to swap with. sounds like a better time man. A good way to learn about your preferences too

 

[Motion-of-the-Ocean]

This is such a great response, thank you man. So much good stuff to unpack.

First, do you think the fact that you were married and actively getting laid mitigated your need for porn use? I'm always interested to hear how married dudes get by lol, is it when she's on her period u use it? I had a computer in my bedroom, and was watching porn long before I had sex as a man, and as I said, I think that has become my sexuality, rather than a supplement ect. Which isn't ideal.

I never heard of slides used in porn before, what kind of stuff were on there, just nudes? How well did you have to search to find his stash? haha.

Thanks again man

I definitely think after I got married there was a much lesser need for porn considering in the beginning, I could get all the sex I wanted and that left little time for masturbation. Even now, she is still always up for it so for me, looking at porn and jacking has always been more of a supplement than a replacement, excluding the few times we were apart like when I was in training or deployed or she was out of state visiting family. Though I would sometimes resort to porn and jerking when it was that time of the month, but most of the time she was always willing to use her mouth, something she is very good at.

The slides were similar to the View Master that kids of my generation had which was two identical pictures side-by-side that you placed in a binocular device to see them close-up. The few I found were similar to the old "nudist colony" porn that was basically softcore images of naked women engaged in various outdoor activities. I still remember the one of the brunette with big tits and a big bush standing on a sailboat that I got good use out of .

Though I didn't purposefully look for it, but it wasn't all that difficult to stumble across his stuff as while it may have been hidden, but just not very well. The bigger challenge was in no one finding out I found it and returning it before its absence was detected, something I sometimes was not very good at LOL.

 

[lapdog2001]

hey guys, I'm reposting as my wording got the question taken down. I was wondering if any older guys on here could tell me about how they interacted with porn before the internet, how did you refine your sexual choices without it? Do you know of how your fathers interacted with it? I know erotic postcards were big it one point etc. I have always had porn at my disposal and don't know what life is without it, even if its not the healthiest of habits to have.

As many before me replied, magazines were the only real option until I worked up the courage to go to an X-Rated theater in the big city. Playboy, Penthouse, and many other magazines were the go-to options. Penthouse had the Forum section with (supposedly) true stories submitted by readers. Of course, every guy in each letter had an 8-10 inch cock, and was bedding down all the best looking women around!

I never found anything risque' at all at our house, so if my dad had anything, it was extremely well hidden!

At the time of the theaters, there were also shops that sold magazines that featured actual hardcore content. Then Penthouse and a few of the other 'normal' adult magazines started to get into hardcore content as well.

Then came VHS tapes, and maybe one or two rental places had "the room in the back" where the adult content was kept. Of course VHS gave way to DVDs and then eventually the internet happened.

But .... the beginnings of the internet were not point and click like today, as there were NO websites yet ... none! You had to get files from file servers, gopher sites, and UseNet groups. Then the files had to be assembled (concatenated) and processed so you could see one nekkid lady!

Things have certainly changed!

 

[Malikj]

I definitely think after I got married there was a much lesser need for porn considering in the beginning, I could get all the sex I wanted and that left little time for masturbation. Even now, she is still always up for it so for me, looking at porn and jacking has always been more of a supplement than a replacement, excluding the few times we were apart like when I was in training or deployed or she was out of state visiting family. Though I would sometimes resort to porn and jerking when it was that time of the month, but most of the time she was always willing to use her mouth, something she is very good at.

The slides were similar to the View Master that kids of my generation had which was two identical pictures side-by-side that you placed in a binocular device to see them close-up. The few I found were similar to the old "nudist colony" porn that was basically softcore images of naked women engaged in various outdoor activities. I still remember the one of the brunette with big tits and a big bush standing on a sailboat that I got good use out of .

Though I didn't purposefully look for it, but it wasn't all that difficult to stumble across his stuff as while it may have been hidden, but just not very well. The bigger challenge was in no one finding out I found it and returning it before its absence was detected, something I sometimes was not very good at LOL.

you have a good woman man. Where'd you find her?

Dam I wish you till have ur dads old view master, thats a piece of masculine history lost to time haha. Where did he stash it? Do you remember?

 

[Malikj]

As many before me replied, magazines were the only real option until I worked up the courage to go to an X-Rated theater in the big city. Playboy, Penthouse, and many other magazines were the go-to options. Penthouse had the Forum section with (supposedly) true stories submitted by readers. Of course, every guy in each letter had an 8-10 inch cock, and was bedding down all the best looking women around!

I never found anything risque' at all at our house, so if my dad had anything, it was extremely well hidden!

At the time of the theaters, there were also shops that sold magazines that featured actual hardcore content. Then Penthouse and a few of the other 'normal' adult magazines started to get into hardcore content as well.

Then came VHS tapes, and maybe one or two rental places had "the room in the back" where the adult content was kept. Of course VHS gave way to DVDs and then eventually the internet happened.

But .... the beginnings of the internet were not point and click like today, as there were NO websites yet ... none! You had to get files from file servers, gopher sites, and UseNet groups. Then the files had to be assembled (concatenated) and processed so you could see one nekkid lady!

Things have certainly changed!

haha this is great man. I actually didnt know much about early internet porn. I remember reading eriotica and seeing pictures and my habits kind of growing more hardcore from there but it was accessible by the time i gained access. Part of me wishes i had been from a time where magazines were as much as you could get and it was risky/hassle to obtain, it probably would have not gotten me quite so hooked.

My dad never had anything in the house either and was always sure to wipe his history clean, to be honest i never saw the man without his t-shirt. Would secretly love to know more of his preferences and be brought into his world a little but but that wasn't the way he was raised. Is that how yours was as well?

thanks man!

 

[Motion-of-the-Ocean]

you have a good woman man. Where'd you find her?

Dam I wish you till have ur dads old view master, thats a piece of masculine history lost to time haha. Where did he stash it? Do you remember?

I knew her and her family years before we got together, but due to our age difference back then, I was too young and I had no interest and she was just the older sister of my male friends and I barely saw or spoke to her. It was only after I became an adult and I started seeing more of her hanging around her parents' house, my interest piqued and we began flirting and one thing led to another.

Since the slides and viewer weren't mine, I have no idea whatever became of them, but once I discovered the magazines and hard-core videos, pics of naked women playing volleyball were rather tame in comparison. The mags and movies were always stashed under his bed; don't remember where I found the slides. I'm sure you could still find one online as almost anything vintage is never truly lost to time.

 

[Malikj]

I knew her and her family years before we got together, but due to our age difference back then, I was too young and I had no interest and she was just the older sister of my male friends and I barely saw or spoke to her. It was only after I became an adult and I started seeing more of her hanging around her parents' house, my interest piqued and we began flirting and one thing led to another.

Since the slides and viewer weren't mine, I have no idea whatever became of them, but once I discovered the magazines and hard-core videos, pics of naked women playing volleyball were rather tame in comparison. The mags and movies were always stashed under his bed; don't remember where I found the slides. I'm sure you could still find one online as almost anything vintage is never truly lost to time.

Love that man, thank you!

 

[Malikj]

I started buying porn in 1984. I was 19 and was living in Northern California, working for my uncle and living in a house on the same property. Down the street a mile or so was a porn shop. I'm pretty sure they had video booths but I don't recall visiting them. I did however, buy a couple of magazines, one of which featured Al Parker. Got a lot of 'use' out of that one.

In 1985 I was living in Salt Lake City and there was a newsstand downtown that had an 'adult' section. Titles such as Honcho, Inches, Mandate, etc..... The sale of anything other than that was illegal in Utah at the time. I had heard of some black market vendors, but never could confirm them. When I traveled, which was frequently, I'd stock up on VHS tapes from shops in Vegas, Los Angeles, or San Francisco. I wore out a few of those tapes.

In the late '80's I was traveling to and from Anchorage for work and visited the adult book stores on occasion, jacking off in the booths. It was winter in Alaska.....

Around 1990 Bear Magazine featured a Utah guy that I eventually came to know. That was kind of a rush - the first time befriending someone I'd seen in a magazine.

I don't recall the exact year I bought my first laptop - probably around 1995 and the first thing I downloaded after connecting the dial-up modem was porn. It was a static picture and ironically, one I had had in a favorite magazine. I still have a copy of that photo. My photo collecting (from the Internet) also began at this time.

Prior to my first digital camera - a Sony Mavica, I had snapped a few nudes in the Utah desert and knew of a guy in town who had no problem developing the photos - which would have been illegal in Utah at the time. Digital photography changed everything.

DVD's arrived. Then downloading. Finally streaming.

As for my dad's porn stash .... he had a couple of magazines at the bottom of his t-shirt drawer. Hustler and OUI if I recall. He had a girlie / pinup beer calendar in his basement workshop which was a few years out of date.

Fuck this is good stuff man. May I also ask, alot of guys I know found their sexuality through porn. What were your early indications you were gay?

 

[ronin001]

We shared cave paintings to get off, before the internet

 

[Malikj]

okay

....that I liked looking at naked men.

well that is an answer lol. I was hoping for a greater arc to the story but you answered my question. Thanks mate