I was having focus issues, because coding is fascinating but not inherently sexy to me. After working on a problem for a while, the enjoyment of the problem would become overshadowed by my sex drive, and I would start to find anything else more interesting. Ended up being my body's way of reminding me that I should make some babies before I died, so I was subconsciously distracting myself away from anything fascinating that wasn't the opposite sex.
Do you mean mental disease, or physical disease? It is a well researched understanding that sex is very important for both mental and physical health, and with the massive amount of money spent on sex education, I'd hope it's clear how to avoid physical disease. And I never mentioned promiscuous behavior. It's quite possible to have sex, with have sex with many different people.
The OP was crude and perhaps hinging on taboo, but there are well established schools of psychology on the topic, namely Freud's psychoanalytic theories come to mind.
I'm actually really curious why you think I was being crude/taboo here. Maybe just a cultural difference? I spent most of my adult formative years in the military, and there's been some cultural friction ever since I ended my service. An explanation of your opinion would be quite welcome!
What? I was defending your comment, seeing the downvotes!
Crude, well... to be honest, because of the slang words, eg. 'getting laid' and your argument could have been framed better to be more intellectually stimulating. Taboo, well.. because I don't see anyone else talk about this, yet it's such an important topic of human psychology / sociology.
I understood that you were defending it! The downvotes were a bit confusing to me also, as I felt pretty well founded in my original comment. As I said, I'm more just interested in your reasoning that I was being crude and taboo, because I have a background that seems less common among HN posters. It would help me better understand the downvotes!
I definitely could've swapped out "getting laid" with something more elegant sounding, such as "engaging in intercourse" or "stimulating a release of oxytocin", but I assumed that "getting laid" is both socially acceptable and has a well understood definition. Apparently HN disagrees!
I don't consider sex as a subject to be taboo, especially from a health standpoint. People get degrees from major universities that are entirely sex-related. So I guess I'm just a little confused by all responses, especially the one from hi41. Thanks for explaining your reasoning, it's good to hear the process behind these differences in opinion.
I was having focus issues, because coding is fascinating but not inherently sexy to me. After working on a problem for a while, the enjoyment of the problem would become overshadowed by my sex drive, and I would start to find anything else more interesting. Ended up being my body's way of reminding me that I should make some babies before I died, so I was subconsciously distracting myself away from anything fascinating that wasn't the opposite sex.