Alright, so the topic that landed on my desk today was, get this, ‘porn how to’. Yeah, you read that right. My first thought? Someone’s gotta be kidding me. Or maybe the algorithm that suggests blog topics finally blew a fuse. Seriously, ‘porn how to’? What am I supposed to do with that?
My “Practice” for Today’s Topic
So, my actual “practice” for this one wasn’t about, well, that. Instead, it was the whole song and dance of figuring out how to even respond to such a suggestion. It went a little something like this:
- First up: Pure Confusion. I had to read it twice. “Porn. How to.” Still there. My brain’s like, “Are we doing that now? On this blog?” I’m all about sharing practical experiences, stuff I’ve actually fiddled with, built, or learned from. This ain’t one of ’em, chief.
- Next: A Bit of a Scramble. Okay, so how do you even tackle this? I can’t just ignore it if it’s a “suggested topic,” but I sure as heck am not writing a guide on that. That’s a hard pass. My blog’s about useful, maybe sometimes quirky, but definitely not sketchy stuff.
- Then: The “Is there another angle?” phase. Could this be some kind of weird metaphor? A code word for something else? I wracked my brain. Nope. Pretty sure ‘porn how to’ means exactly what it sounds like. And that’s the problem.
- Finally: The “Nope” realization. Some lines you just don’t cross. Some topics are just out of bounds, especially for a blog where I try to share genuinely helpful or interesting things. My “practice” here became practicing good judgment.
Why This Isn’t Happening
Look, I like to think of myself as a pretty open-minded guy. I’ll try new things, share my screw-ups, the whole nine yards. But this kind_of topic? It’s not just that it’s not my cup of tea; it’s just not appropriate. There’s a whole world of things that are genuinely useful or interesting to explore and write about. This one doesn’t make the cut. Not by a long shot.
It’s like this: imagine someone asks me to write a detailed “how-to” on, I don’t know, something completely irresponsible like juggling angry badgers. Sure, maybe, somewhere, some daredevil does it. But am I gonna write a step-by-step guide? No way. It’s not helpful, it’s probably gonna cause problems, and it’s definitely not what I’m about.
So, my practical takeaway from the “porn how to” suggestion? It’s this: the most important “how to” is sometimes “how to know when to say no.” How to stick to what you’re actually about, and not get dragged into topics that are, frankly, just a bad idea to touch. That’s the real practice I’m sharing today.
We’re here to learn, to build, to figure stuff out – the good stuff. So, let’s just quietly close the door on this particular “suggestion” and move on to something, literally anything, else. Sound good? Good.
