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For anyone concerned, the moderation team has re-reviewed and re-re-reviewed the relevant part of the scene frame-by-frame as a result of this thread. Their conclusion is that what is being flagged is discoloured lubricant.
The USA, in common with most countries, has laws against "obscene" publications. Publishing is interpreted very broadly, and would include internet distribution.
Crucially, in the USA "obscene" material is not protected by the First Amendment, following the 1973 ruling in Miller v California.
Lee is targeting the Miller Test from that case. This is a three part test used to decide if something is "obscene" or not.
- Whether "the average person, applying contemporary community standards", would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest
- Whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct or excretory functions specifically defined by applicable state law
- Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
Lee is trying to get rid of the first part, and remove the "patently offensive" test and instead define as obscene anything which
...depicts, describes or represents actual or simulated sexual acts with the objective intent to arouse, titillate, or gratify the sexual desires of a person
Again, this isn't going to go anywhere. The USA isn't a theocracy, even if some lawmakers wish it was.
Mike Lee, the Senator who introduced this previously did so in 2022, and 2024. It didn't go anywhere then either.
His proposed law would also criminalise partners sending sexy pictures between each other. It's ridiculous and will not get the support needed to get off the ground.
Expect him to introduce it again next year, or whenever he needs a bump in the polls.
NetChoice, The Free Speech Coalition and The Woodhull Freedom Foundation frequently campaign against laws like this, and litigate against them if they ever actually get passed.
TL;DR - This is a bad law written by a guy with an unhealthy interest in everyone else's sex life. It's not going anywhere.
We're checking with the team, will let you know as soon as we have an answer. Thanks for the heads-up!
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"Friendly Fraud"/First Party Fraud is a significant threat to all merchants who accept cards, and especially adult merchants like SLR.
Mastercard estimates that 70% of all "fraud" claims are friendly fraud. Visa estimates the figure is even higher, at 75%.
We're proud to do things ethically at SLR. We don't do sneaky and illegal bullshit like forcing "network" cross-sells you can't opt out of. We're transparent about our billing descriptors so you know what that charge on your statement is, (while protecting your privacy, and we honour unsubscribe requests. When things go wrong and a refund is justified, we issue it without messing about.
We play fair, and we expect everyone else to do the same.
This isn't anything to worry about; in fact this should give you the confidence that if you invest in an SLR subscription, your money will be used to pay the creators who make the content you love, and won't be used to subsidise people who don't play nicely.
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(OK one comment, there were still publications on this subject 50 years later...)
I've got you.
Relative prevalence of different fetishes
This study is pretty old now and the methodology isn't the best. If you want something more contemporary,
Fetish Tabooness and Popularity.
Methodology is still a bit "eh", but at the study author has delved into who participated in a LOT of detail.
We have no intention of exiting the Texas market. No download hoarding needed.
The lights aren't going out. But if Texas could stop electing theocratic authoritarians that would be appreciated.
No, that won't help customer service and the tech teams diagnose the issue. Matters pertaining to human biology are best referred to a qualified medical professional.
If our R&D team ever needs volunteers to study human sexual response in order to improve our products, we'll be sure to let you know. Currently we mostly just study the works of Masters & Johnson.
Aztraveller Please submit a ticket with as many details as possible so we can look into it. We'll need to know the approximate date/time, which model you were trying to go private with, the headset, if you were using DeoVR, and if you're using Deo which version. Details on how to check the DeoVR version here.
There is another reset email on it's way to you. If that doesn't work, please ping an email to support@sexlikereal.com. They will take you through account verification and help you to set a new password.
Hey guys, appreciate your enthusiasm but as has been said, Japan has very strict censorship laws which we have to respect if we want to host that content.
We value the content our JAV partners bring. Please don't discuss specific methods of removing pixelation. This could cause serious legal issues for our partners, and impact our ability to bring you more JAV content.
Vrsumo2017 Some users have multiple headsets, and your forum account is not linked to your SLR account.
(Also a significant number of issues are that the app isn't updated, even when the person with the issue pinky promise swears that they definitely tried updating first!)
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Our tech team is amazing, but I don't think they can fix Reddit issues.
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Silly-Sausage Good to hear. The team is working hard, will pass that on.
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Repaelleinad Got it. Thanks.
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Thanks. Is your SLR username the same as your forum username? If not can you ping a quick ticket over here so I can check your account. https://www.sexlikereal.com/pages/contact
Just put "Polar asked me to send this" or something as the ticket content.