How masturbating can help save the whales
By Brittney MacDonald, Life & Style Editor
The Internet is a wondrous invention capable of putting just about any form of entertainment at our fingertips. Of course, this includes porn. Now I know you probably giggled there for a second, but letâs be honest, even if youâre not super into movies of the more âadultâ persuasion, youâre probably at least aware that thereâs porn all over the Internet.
Internet pornography made the paper trade of dirty magazines all but extinct. The only survivors were those that adapted to have an online presence as well, such as Playboy. Nowadays, anything from amateur to high production value pornography is available online for free, so if I were attempting to convince you of a low-cost, environmentally-friendly porn option I would probably have very little luck.
Thankfully, that is not what I am trying to do. I, my little muffins, am simply here to better guide you on your journey to self-fulfillmentâand maybe convince you to save a couple whales in the process.
Recently, Pornhub announced their newest Pornhub Cares campaign, which seeks to benefit everyoneâs favourite giant, aquatic mammals. The site has promised to donate 1 cent for every 2,000 videos viewed to the Moclips Cetological Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and conservation of whales. No, thatâs not every 2,000 videos viewed per person or account, thatâs over the entire siteâpretty substantial when you consider that Pornhub gets about 6.6-billion views per month on average (according to their 2014 insight report). The best part? Pornhub is completely free to access. Think of it like YouTube, except with more sex and fewer beauty gurus.
So you might be wondering what the catch is. There is a small oneâPornhubâs pledge to donate is for a limited time only. Since February 13 is World Whale Day, the campaign will run until the end of the month. So far, the site has accumulated over 3.4-billion views, which roughly translates into $17,000.
