Wage Slavery

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The very fact that sex can be industrialized gives me the jimjams.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

One word I think is really significant when we're talking about the sex industry is the word "industry".

It's also the horrible part.

Yep. Exactly.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I love this.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

One word I think is really significant when we're talking about the sex industry is the word "industry".

It's also the horrible part.

Yep. Exactly.

I just had this nightmare thought of being a maintenance supervisor in that industry.

Work order 1325538
Johnny Bigschlong's gonads have deteriorated again.  Please remove and replace.  Use zirconium parts to avoid future corrosion.

[hooplala]

Work order 1325538
Johnny Bigschlong's gonads have deteriorated again.  Please remove and replace.  Use zirconium parts to avoid future corrosion.

In reality, sadly it would probably be cheaper to simply replace Johnny Bigschlong... therefor that is what would happen.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Work order 1325538
Johnny Bigschlong's gonads have deteriorated again.  Please remove and replace.  Use zirconium parts to avoid future corrosion.

In reality, sadly it would probably be cheaper to simply replace Johnny Bigschlong... therefor that is what would happen.

Quit stomping on my dreams. 

[Ayotollah of Ass]

No real understanding of the reality of sex work?

There are a metric boatload of blogs and testimonies from ex-prostitutes and porn stars, they aren't that hard to find.

I just think you don't WANT to see the reality of the situation.

How easy is it to see the parts of porn that are alright when you are viewing it through a "metric boatload of blogs and testimonies from ex-prostitutes and porn stars"? Ever read a "I dabbled in porn and it didn't leave me irrevocably damaged" blog? How about the "I worked in a strip club to pay for college" blog? Because the now successful lawyers and moms want to highlight this information in a world that would stigmatize them if they were to find out about this part of their lives?

As I mentioned before, in apparently yet another portion of the thread you couldn't be bothered to read, I don't need to read such a blog, particularly, because I did that myself. And dated a stripper. And know people in sex work. Furthermore I am extremely sex-positive, as are most of my friends who have worked/still work in the sex industry. I'm not exactly a "Virtuous Woman™", although I am a woman of many virtues.

So wait, what was your point?

So, your experience and circle of friends is all the anecdotal evidence anyone could ever need and maybe you could just issue proclamations on the topic? Why didn't you just say so?

One word I think is really significant when we're talking about the sex industry is the word "industry".

If people make a video for their own exhibitionist pleasure and post it online, if it's not about profit, there's no industry. Just exhibitionism. When I get bored taking the train downtown I send upskirt shots to my boy du jour. Not industry. Just sex. Not relevant to this conversation, any more than a woman making love to her husband in the privacy of their bedroom is relevant to this conversation.

I'm just hoping that nobody else will bring up that particular red herring AGAIN.

Speaking of red herrings, I thought the topic was porn, not the sex industry. But, hey, since I don't have my Discordian topic secret decoder ring yet, I'll take your word for it.

[hooplala]

Work order 1325538
Johnny Bigschlong's gonads have deteriorated again.  Please remove and replace.  Use zirconium parts to avoid future corrosion.

In reality, sadly it would probably be cheaper to simply replace Johnny Bigschlong... therefor that is what would happen.

Quit stomping on my dreams. 

It hurts me more than it hurts you, sonny-jim.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Speaking of red herrings, I thought the topic was porn, not the sex industry.

Porn is part of the sex industry.

[hooplala]

I thought the topic was porn, not the sex industry.

Wait wait wait... you think the two are mutually exclusive?  *giggle*

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Work order 1325538
Johnny Bigschlong's gonads have deteriorated again.  Please remove and replace.  Use zirconium parts to avoid future corrosion.

In reality, sadly it would probably be cheaper to simply replace Johnny Bigschlong... therefor that is what would happen.

Quit stomping on my dreams. 

It hurts me more than it hurts you, sonny-jim.

I bet. 

Doo dee doo dee doo, firing up photoshop.

Doo dee doo dee OH FUCK OH GAWD WHAT IS THAT?

[hooplala]

Work order 1325538
Johnny Bigschlong's gonads have deteriorated again.  Please remove and replace.  Use zirconium parts to avoid future corrosion.

In reality, sadly it would probably be cheaper to simply replace Johnny Bigschlong... therefor that is what would happen.

Quit stomping on my dreams. 

It hurts me more than it hurts you, sonny-jim.

I bet. 

Doo dee doo dee doo, firing up photoshop.

Doo dee doo dee OH FUCK OH GAWD WHAT IS THAT?

I never knew hemorrhoids were so common five years ago... that's something I can't unlearn.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I never knew hemorrhoids were so common five years ago... that's something I can't unlearn.

Also, what the fuck is up with the guys in porn?  Is it really necessary to have 10 face piercings and obnoxious tattoos?

I mean, I was lining up for another run at the 700 Club a while back, and I had to go to Germany to get ammunition, because the domestic stuff was EMBARRASSING.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

But, hey, since I don't have my Discordian topic secret decoder ring yet, I'll take your word for it.

Two things:

1.  Watch your butthurt levels, sir.  It's hard to say, but it looks like you're getting into Chris Brown territory, there.

2.  The codes are all for stupid Ovaltine commercials anyway.

[Ayotollah of Ass]

Speaking of red herrings, I thought the topic was porn, not the sex industry.

Porn is part of the sex industry.

Let me quote:

One word I think is really significant when we're talking about the sex industry is the word "industry".

If people make a video for their own exhibitionist pleasure and post it online, if it's not about profit, there's no industry. Just exhibitionism...

So apparently, we'll just pretend that making a video for your own exhibitionist pleasure and posting it online isn't porn. Hope the people watching it know that and can feel good about it. So, now that we have that all cleared up...