I believe it's less that it's "not that great", and more that it's not the life-changing, confidence-boosting, ecstacy-inducing, soul-healing experience that some people who have never done it (but really want to) imagine it to be

But of course I'm saying this as someone who has never done it

The keyword in your paragraph is "imagine"

When you imagine something, you have access to Creation itself.
We're talking Genesis 2:1 level.
Your imagination has access to every possible state—it is the very limit of your conception of reality.

When you combine the above power with an emotionally charged event, like sex, you can amplify it, accentuate, dim and brighten every single portion of it.
You can abstract away all of the inconveniences, the same way one abstracts away the inconveniences of preparing a hamburger before eating it.
You can jump at any point before, during, and after, and before once more, while you're in your imagination, editing each frame.

Take all the above, and then place yourself into the visceral experience—when one is robbed of the above, you then experience something that is detached so far from how you imagined it, so far from your ideals, which only results in a vague disappointment.

As for why it's hyped up and paradoxically not that great, is because it is beneficial to saddle the ignorant with a sex addiction, as it keeps them occupied and does not rock the boat.

Those that forego sex for more interesting or impactful avenues are the ones that transform people and therefore nations

This, but unironically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AariEduyb7s

（ ´,_ゝ`）

ヽ(´ー｀)ノ It was "all that" for me your friends just hooked up with lame women

>>5537
So basically the ideal vs the reality. Though if we're going to take >>5539 as a counterclaim I used to have this friend who was into sex. She was even planning to go into porn eventually! (Though I talked her out of it. Even if it was smth I joked about later) As someone who doesn't have much else going on in his life right now I have to wonder what it's like, though.

I have never had sex, but I can't imagine why it would feel much better than masturbation. It just sounds like masturbation but with better (if you do it with a pretty girl) masturbation material.

Casual sex is a psyop and you've fallen for it

sex actually feels amazing if you are doing it with someone you have a strong emotional connection with (casual sex is degenerate behavior desu). the combination of strong love for the other person, physical connection, plus sexual stimulation is probably the best feeling ever. it is completely different than masturbation imo

like >>5536 said, its not actually this life-changing experience in where the first time you finally have sex you become a completely different person and are no longer "incel" or whatever, sex is more like activity you do when you both get horny and then you feel satisfied and happier afterwards.

anyone in this thread want to have sex with me and see whos right?

>>5553
not unless you're a 20 yo Latina girl who can put up with an autistic weeb
otherwise no

>>5555
im a 30 something year old man with std's (´･ω･`)

>>5553
meet me at the gas station around the corner, cutie

I'll bring the camera!
and no need to let me in, I already have a spare key (´ー`)

The weirdest thing about consuming ungodly amounts of hentai is the realization that what you enjoy doesn't exist in real life. (´･ω･`)
You THINK there's a real life equivalent and that, if it did happen, you would enjoy it, but if you really think about, you'll realize that there's a ton of disgusting facts and side effects you have to deal with for less than an hour of pleasure, and that it'll never live up to the hentai artist's polished vision （ ´,_ゝ`）. Plus any sort of casual sex is a psyop anyway, as >>5548 says — comes with much ado shame and lack of dignity

Is normal sex with a committed partner still worth it?
Probably, when you begin to feel the degenerate effects of not feeling the other effects of sex.
At least with a real person you may experience nuanced emotions you wouldn't have before.
Probably unlocks a lot of DLC content, the whole relationship stuff and whatever.
Though it would suck to lose your character venturing into the DLC realms... some rarely return sound-of-mind （・Ａ・）

>>5571
>but if you really think about, you'll realize that there's a ton of disgusting facts and side effects you have to deal with for less than an hour of pleasure
This is my ignorance asking here but what might that sort of stuff be?

>>5574
Not him but I can provide an example

Look at fat fetish for a start.

On paper; in hentai-- it's just sexy obese girls with meaty thighs and bellies and such.

IRL though, what does fat get you? Poor health, Shortness of breath, Cellulite, Sleep Apnea, Weird smells, Social Ostracization, etc...

Sex is for normalfags who like squishy meatspace bodies that are sweaty and stinky. Sex is literally what animals do, why should we be proud of that or think it's amazing and everyone should do it? Sexual desire is a flaw, a bug in the system.

>>5576
found the sperg... ヽ(´∇`)ノ

>>5576
Here is a non-exhaustive list of people who had sex:
-Confucius
-Alexander the Great
-Gaius Julius Caesar
-Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
-Augustine of Hippo
-Charlemagne
-Murasaki Shikibu
-Genghis Khan
-Suleiman the Magnificent
-Louis XIV
-Victor Hugo
-Yuri Temucin Kuznetsov


... So yeah, maybe having sex is a thing that succesfull people do. Unless you believe in coincidences.

I LOL whenever virgin/non-virgin males brag about their achievements of having sex/staying virgin on internet. Don't you have better things to waste your time with? （　´∀｀）

>Yuri Temucin Kuznetsov
it was too much sex for him...

>>5581
Doesn't change the fact most people are filthy and full of disgusting germs. Maybe it was different back then? I dunno. But today, everybody is ramming the "have sex" and "sex positive" garbage down your throat and they are all dirty people with high body counts lacking in basic cleanliness. They smell, they don't clean their bodies every day, they only started washing their hands and using sanitizer when kung flu covid happened and they are too lazy to disinfect surfaces after use or even put the meat at the bottom of the freezer. I wouldn't trust them with sex. It's no wonder society is infested with people with STDs.

>>5585
Even if they had less sex, it doesn't mean they were cleaner. I think I read somewhere that syphilis was the main cause of death overall for some time?

>>5581
Here is a non-exhaustive list of people who never had sex:
-Nikola Tesla
-Isaac Newton
-Immanuel Kant
-Thomas Aquinas
-Henry James
-Lewis Carroll
-Joan of Arc
-Jesus Christ
-Me

... So yeah, maybe not having sex is a thing that succesfull people do. Unless you believe in coincidences.

>>5581
>>5587
so it looks like the best way to become successful is to simultaneously have sex and not have sex at the same time(?)

Schrödinger's sex

>>5589
may i be the test subject for this experiment?

>>5599
Dude, having a semi-existent pen0rz isn't worth it.

>>5587
I remember in Russia there was a group of religious fanatics who would castrate themselves so they would be free of lust and be able to do whatever they wanted without worrying about that

Have you tried getting fucked in the ass by a man?

>>5626
Part of me really wants to try that. Being free of the urge to fap.

>>5633
once when I was in highschool (as opening post eluded to)
he skipped out on lube in favor of just using saliva and it hurt.

ZOMG BUTTSECKS

>>5646
you got fucked in the ass by a fag and are wondering why sex doesn't seem all that great
...have u tried having ACTUAL sex?

>>5648
I'm an aspie and even when I did seem to find interested girls by chance I'd usually flub it somewhere down the line. I feel I'm doomed to never fugg a QT girl unless I find one who's willing to put up with an autistic dork and stick the landing.

Texcuses mexcuses. Just stick it in her pooper

>>5646

Was he black?

>>5653
White skinny nerd I shared some classes with. Edgy at times but also into shit like My Little Pony. Early 2010s were a different time.