I am just going to agree to disagree with you here.

The question is where do you draw the line? I’m sure that in Victorian times, something like sex with the lights on or anything not heterosexual is

the honestly disgusting and insane things that get published

and

literary depravity

I think a better question is how do we prevent people from getting hurt in real life, not what do you personally find disgusting. I personally cannot watch horror, pimple-popping, even had to look away during some action movies because I think the injury shown in these is disgusting, I actually have a pretty visceral reaction to it, but I don’t argue for these things that will live rent-free in my head in a negative way to stop existing for everyone. I just don’t consume it, and ask people to tag content appropriately if I see it untagged. But of course, if you injure a person in real life and not just on film or a book, then by all means throw the book at them.

I do get your discomfort with seeing things in public. I wouldn’t want the shot of the slasher in the middle of violently killing someone on the public ad. I think if it’s got a visual component do not show it in public, but if it’s text you are probably too close to the other person’s book/phone—I don’t try to snoop on strangers in public and still sometimes see what is on their phones, but I don’t look long enough to read.

I probably should have mentioned with this post that if it was the American Red Cross, you can call up and ask to be put on the do not call list. Haven’t gotten a call from them ever since, as a regular donor.

We do at least have the advantage of editing titles.