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Although irritating, High On Sex’s abrupt departure from Blogger was long overdue. Ever since the site was slapped with a warning interstitial, I was thinking of moving on. But the effort required for such a move wasn’t something that inspired immediacy. It’s only now that I have been forced out that I find the energy to rebuild here at Tumblr [Update: now using self-hosted WordPress]. Still, I’m not sure when I’ll get around to fully restoring the posts that I have backed up…

The good things is that HoS lives on happily without a compulsory wall of warning.

But if you really want one, I made a custom and optional warning page just for you. Use it sparingly and for laughs, because, seriously, warning pages are a big lie.

Warnings bombard you so site owners can feel better about themselves or to appease those who pretend it’ll make a difference.

If you stumble upon this site thinking it was an inspirational journal of a struggling sex addict, simply click the back button on your browser. I, too, get disappointed with the Internet. Damn you, XXX Church!

The odds are that the site or person who links here provides context cluing you in on what High On Sex entails. Only a real asshole would trick you into clicking a porn link in front of your boss.

There’s the protect-the-children-defense to rebut, of course. I can assure you that Sesame Street won’t be linking to High On Sex. There’s a thing called ‘safe search,’ and overprotective parents can use filtering software. By the time minors circumvent security measures and start searching for ‘naughty things,’ they’re ready to know (whether we like it or not) that sex is a big part of human culture. If we don’t educate them, they’ll try to educate themselves. A weak warning, such as: Must be 18 to Enter, doesn’t stop the curious. It entices them.

Okay, so there’s a slim possibility that your sister’s toddler will start hitting your keyboard and slapping the mouse and, by chance, clicks on the bookmark to your favorite sexy blog. Your sister gets mad at you first and then blames High On Sex for not having the decency to use a warning page. She doesn’t realize that her kid might also accidentally stumble upon violent war footage on TV or walk in on Daddy eating Mommy’s pussy or see a deer get hit by a truck.

Young or old, there’s always a chance of encountering unwanted ‘obscenities.’ It’s a fact of life and in modern times this includes the rare surprise on the Internet.

People who want to avoid sexuality can do it much more easily on the Internet than in any other medium because of its selective and on-demand nature. It’s not as if porn is being thrown at you on computer startup. Having possibly “objectionable content” behind a redirect only serves to annoy willing visitors.

An evangelical website might be considered harmful to a secular family. FoxNews makes the Left sick and NPR infuriates the Right. Where are their disclaimers? Why doesn’t the XXX Church warn me that the site doesn’t include videos of priests getting rammed by nuns in strap-ons!

- Image source unknown. Looks like Felicia on the right and a young Jenna Jameson covering her ears.

If you can confirm or fill me in, please leave a note in the comments.