Sure, porn is fine. But did you know Pornhub can also teach you to cook?
If you're visiting Pornhub for the sex, you're doing it all wrong.
Sure it's chock full of super explicit videos of people doing all kinds of very adult things. But did you know you can also use the site to learn how to roast a chicken (NOT a euphemism) and fix your car?
Yep. Lately the comments section of the Pornhub community have become an active place to pick up useful lifehacks and ask for advice.
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The comments on their videos have long been a place to find amusing tidbits -- there's even an entire subreddit dedicated to cataloguing them. But the folks at Pornhub told Mashable they've recently noticed an uptick in people using the community to discuss topics that have nothing to do with sex.
For instance, there are loads of great cooking tips.
Though we can't guarantee you're always going to get a super helpful answer...
One especially avid user, Chef_Excellence, has peppered the site with numerous recipes for kitchen success:
But not all these lifehacks are about food. There are gaming tips:
You can get help with math problems.
Perhaps you need a little financial advice?
You can even get non-porn TV and music recommendations.
So why, exactly, is all of this moderately useful life advice being tossed around in a place that is mainly designed to get you off?
Pornhub VP Corey Price told Mashable that the company doesn't really know what led to this explosion of clever content, but they're into it:
"I’m not sure if people are just funnier these days or more creative. Either way, we encourage people to continue to share their life hacks/advice/insight in our comment section. I never imagined myself getting some wonderful advice on how to best make some lasagna, but here we are. Watch out Yahoo Answers.”
The real bright side here, though, is that next time someone busts you looking at Pornhub when you shouldn't be, you can just say, "I'm trying to figure out which laptop to buy."
Cassie Murdoch is Mashable's Culture Editor.. Before coming here, Cassie was Senior Culture Writer at Vocativ. She previously wrote for Jezebel and The Hairpin. Cassie spends most of her time thinking about and consuming cheese in all its glorious forms.
