So last night I’m rereading Susan Sontag’s essay “In Plato’s Cave” from the ’70s when this stuck out at me:
Recently, photography has become almost as widely practiced an amusement as sex and dancing.
I’m thinking that thirty years later, sex and dancing barely hold a candle to picture-taking.
Amirite? (And what is the meaning of this?? Should we form a counterrevolution of sex and dancing?)
Data must be collected.
What do you do more?
How is this measured? By minutes per day, ratio of orgasms to hip swivels to images saved,some other metric?
I never dance and I’ve been married for 20 years, so I guess photography wins by default
That’s a tough one.
Sex is first, but photography is a very close second. (I’m also taking into account the amount of time I spend thinking about/planning each of these activities).
You forgot “drinking.”
what is the proper allocation of time spent taking pictures of naughty dancing?
Was Sontag seeing Annie Leibovitz at the time?
does sex with yourself count?
that may sway me from photography and total depression by this poll
I dance all day long. I’m dancing right here at my desk as I type this.
Take pictures of people having sex. Sometimes even with their permission.
At first I thought it said “Sex, Dancing, or Pornography”. Photography? Yeah, it’s cool and everybody does it, but the prospect of free photography ain’t what made the internet famous.
Seriously, more time taking pictures than sex or dancing? That is so sad.
Just because you see photography happening more than you see sex happening doesn’t mean it’s more popular.
I think photography might be more popular amongst teens, though….as long as you’re including phone/web cams.
“I’d Rather Dance with You“, “Bop“, “Let’s Tango“, and “Dance with Me” all sort of merge those ideas as one sloppy, choreographed mess, sooooo.
@11: Sure it is. Everyone’s brain is wired differently. It’s such a shame.
I take a LOT of photos and I go dancing a couple times a month, but I’d say I spend more time having sex if you include all the fooling around and foreplay as well as the actual act of screwing. The advantage of being over 50 is having sex take longer.
if I had sex as many times as I’ve taken photographs over the past few years I’d be dead. If I could only get someone to sleep with me (without having to pay for it)… I think I’ll go cry now…
I love sex and I love dancing, but they’ve both got a time and a place. On the other hand, I’ve always got one camera or another with me, and I need very little excuse to whip it out.