Nick has also changed his stance on Cuties--going from an 'as a parent this is disgusting and made by paedos that should be lined, but not strictly bankable by the TX AG' to 'LMAO! It is bot illegal. *I* wouldn't watch it, but you need to calm down and stop talking about banning stuff. Incel prude Scandanavian Republicans! Fun Police!'
Nothing exists in a vacuum, and the causes for Nick's degeneracy are multifold, but this evolving perversion and defense of the indefensible are one of the dangers of pornography. I am not saying that Nick is watching Cuties and jerking it to little girls. What I am trying to say starts with Nick admitting he's been addicted to pornography for over 20 years.
It seems like such a change from the time of his mocking Jack Murphy and Keffals' wall comments until now defending pedo content like drawn CSA and movies like Cuties. I think these changes were internal long before he's become comfortable stating them publicly. I believe there's a direct connection between his changing attitudes and his long-term porn habit. When we're exposed to extreme and perverse content on a regular basis, it can start to seem more normal or acceptable, even if we don't engage in those behaviors ourselves. He's basically been grooming himself for 20 years.
Here's an excerpt from a
meta-analysis of multiple sources that explains how excessive porn consumption can lead to neuroplastic changes in the brain, causing individuals to seek out more extreme content to achieve the same level of arousal:
In his highly regarded book on neuroplasticity,
The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge summarized the research on addiction and the reward system, and stated that the continued release of dopamine into the reward system when an individual compulsively and chronically watches Internet pornography stimulates neuroplastic changes that reinforce the experience. Doidge went on to explain how these neuroplastic changes build brain maps for sexual excitement. He introduced an additional component of tolerance, in that previously established brain maps for "natural" sexuality cannot compare to the newly developed and continuously reinforced maps generated by continued compulsive watching of Internet pornography, and thus the addicted individual progresses to more explicit and graphic Internet pornography in order to maintain the higher level of excitement.
But it's not just Doidge who's raised concerns about the effects of porn on the brain. A
study by Kuhn and Gallinat (2014) found that the more porn someone consumes, the less gray matter they have in their brain's reward system. In other words, too much porn can literally change the structure of your brain.
And it's not just about the quantity of porn consumed, but also the content. Dr. Mary Anne Layden, a psychotherapist who specializes in sexual trauma, described porn as a "gateway drug" that can lead people down a path towards
more extreme and deviant sexual behaviors.
This idea of escalation is echoed by Gary Wilson, author of Your Brain on Porn and
public speaker. He argues that as porn addicts become desensitized to "vanilla" content, they often seek out more taboo or even illegal material to get the same rush.
Nicki's changes seem to align with these findings, as his own attitudes and boundaries have shifted over time caused by his long-term porn consumption. Nick has observed his own boundaries and attitudes shift. In particular he has become a gay swinging cuck, which is far from his original, more conservative views. These changes within himself are why he defends his pedo friends now. He's trying to reconcile these changes within himself and avoid the judgment he once feared. If he were forced to acknowledge there are limits on what's allowable in fantasy and sexual behaviors, he would have to confront his own hypocrisy.
Again, I'm not stating Nick is a pedophile or engaging in viewing of any illegal content. I am saying that he has rationalized his defense of such things because his brain is beyond fucked up after 20 years of evolving into a gay swinging coomer.