I love living in a place where the people and the government are a laughing stock in any other state in the union.

Don’t worry, we are getting all the republican party morality bills, but this one is not, and it certainly takes the cake.

This bit from the trib a few days ago…

The prewritten label that Rep. Brady Brammer, R-Highland, has in mind would state that pornography can impair a minor’s “brain development, emotional development, and the ability to maintain intimate relationships.”

Exposing minors to pornography is known to the state of Utah to cause negative impacts to brain development, emotional development, and the ability to maintain intimate relationships. Such exposure may lead to harmful and addictive sexual behavior, low self-esteem, and the improper objectification of and sexual violence towards others, among numerous other harms.

Brammer’s inspiration comes from California’s Proposition 65, a law that requires businesses to label products containing chemicals that can cause cancer or congenital disabilities. I think Brammer has been avoiding those labels and sniffing those chemicals anyway. I found Prop 65 to be overkill, but Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch actually serves no purpose. Now, this simpleton is suggesting that the warning label about cancer is somehow the same as his label for porn? This was his legal justification. I think it would be even more hilarious if I weren’t living in it.

Print media? Does anyone buy a nudie mag at the corner store anymore? Do you remember those mags that were right next to the counter that had a piece of cardboard blocking everything but the title?

Yeah, this isn’t a thing and never was in most of Utah as they were quick to ensure porn was like condoms and kept from view of the patron and had to ask for them. Wonder why we have trouble using condoms? You have to work up the bravery to ask for them; after that, the desire is shot faster than premature ejaculation. (get it, shot?…damn kids)

These days I could be looking at the best sleaze the internet has to provide while I am typing this blog. I am not, actually, but I could be. Often here at the castle, my second monitor has news articles I’m reading for the blog I am working on (Today the SL Trib and Fox 13 Utah). My third monitor often has a Twitch or Discord stream going. Porn involves too much concentration.

I can see more things in one minute than the eight pages of the porno mag I found when I was 14. the same mag I had for nearly a year tucked away. One can see this volume of porn by merely going to the internet and not perusing trash discarded on the side of North 27th Street in Billings.

He also wants to apply this to online media. I say, good luck. The porn industry has said, we’ll sue. What is Mr. Brammer going to do? Utah State Government says right up front that there is no real way to enforce this outside of Utah. So, in other words, the bill is just as impotent as you are, Mr. Brammer.

So we laugh at this stupidity. People around the country and the world sigh, laugh, and say, “Oh, Utah.” We are more shocked to see this pass the house to go on to the senate—the Utah Senate home of the likes of Karianne Lisonbee, our favorite Karen. She has already announced this bill as a priority for passage.

What makes me start to cry are the multitude of issues that this state could be dealing with, but refuses to because they hurt business. Air quality? Oh, we wouldn’t want to put environmental restrictions on companies. Wait, what? Wouldn’t this place an undue burden on business? Ah, yes, only matters when that industry doesn’t line your pockets (or put their hands in them).

On a side note, Mr. Brammer would not want anyone to see his internet history. Pretty sure that if he stopped fapping Kleenex and the Jergens lotion brand would go out of business.

This story is ripe with jokes. Utah is a joke. Here is what is not. In the Salt Lake Valley, where the bulk of the Utah population lives, the poor air quality has even beaten out Bejing. Maybe we should be putting a big warning tag on autos, or on refineries. It would be best if you didn’t work too hard. Maybe for the guy that is freezing to death, we could put a label on him that says, “sleeping in the cold is hazardous to your health.” Not trying to do too much still. Put a stamp on Karen’s forehead that says, not vaccinating your children will cause disease outbreaks.

Just stop, seriously. This bill is as feel good to the church, as the porn is. Trust me, the statistics on porn consumption always show Utah as a top 5 consumer (per capita).

What we need here is an approach to clean air. A requirement on car emissions and workarounds in public transit that helps keep those emissions down. While it is going to take some work, it is a lot better than just putting a label on it. It is needed to help the over 500k cases of asthma, COPD, pneumonia, and other lung issues that occur here annually. A reduction in those cases would see a decrease in healthcare costs as well. Something I think we can all get behind (besides porn).

We need to address disease outbreaks and preparedness as well. No, I am not going back on my coronavirus advice, I want to look at more compulsory vaccinations. I would like to see these strictly enforced. It is time to stop with all the phony science on this (just like Mr. Brammer’s porn statistics) and listen to those folks who fight the diseases every day.

The state legislature could spend their time working on real issues that impact the health of the state. Look, porn does not negatively affect health…well ok, I guess if you rub it too much, it chafes. No impact.

Yeah, porn does not display a realistic look at sex. I know, we could spend that time and energy with more comprehensive and practical to sex education.

Well, at least we remain the fodder of late-night comedians (and everyone else)>

Be the kind of person your dog and your mom hope you are.