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Assuming she's using the site to make money how most people use Onlyfans, She probably has at most 10 years to make money that way. Most adult industry workers

Assuming she's using the site to make money how most people use Onlyfans, She probably has at most 10 years to make money that way. Most adult industry workers burn out quickly and move on to other things. But if your cousin manages to stay in the industry for even 10 years and still keep making more money that way (or if she uses the money she made through onlyfans and moves on to make more money through other means), then she probably deserves it since it's not easy to pull off. Assuming you make money with your brain, you probably have decades ahead of you. Plus, you can expand your horizon (for making money) in various ways, while your cousin probably has only one way to make money which depends heavily on looks, which is a depreciating asset.

Memosyne 6y ago
> Most adult industry workers burn out quickly and move on to other things Do you have any data on what they end up doing? I'm curious because I haven't met anyone unsuccessful who admitted to working in the adult industry when they were younger. I don't think a woman who is attractive enough to make 10k a month is going to end up struggling to pay rent when they're 30.
- cocktailpeanuts 6y ago
  I personally know some ex-pornstars. They don't end up homeless, but they do live lives that are less than glamorous when they're past their prime. And this is becoming more and more severe because the competition is becoming exponentially fierce thanks to online porn websites. But you seem to be asking whether attractive females can do well in their life, and yeah of course attractive females do have competitive advantage in life, but that has nothing to do porn. That's reality.
  - Memosyne 6y ago
    Well, yeah of course and I wasn't suggesting otherwise. I was replying to how you mentioned attractiveness being a depreciating asset and pointing out how that asset can carry them well into their 40s -- by which point I'm sure they would have another reliable source of income. Will they be living glamorously in their 40s? No, but then again neither will most programmers or even humans for that matter. The point is that they get to spend their 20s in luxury and then spend the rest of their lives in relative comfort.
    - cocktailpeanuts 6y ago
      Remember that these pornstars rarely can have a normal life and can not really easily get a "normal job" when they decide to move on. Also, your video being out there online forever means even if you try to start a new life it will be increasingly difficult to do so. That's a huge price to pay IMO. Most people never experience this type of situation in their lives so don't understand how much sacrifice this is, but it is.

Memosyne 6y ago

> Most adult industry workers burn out quickly and move on to other things Do you have any data on what they end up doing? I'm curious because I haven't met anyone unsuccessful who admitted to working in the adult industry when they were younger. I don't think a woman who is attractive enough to make 10k a month is going to end up struggling to pay rent when they're 30.

cocktailpeanuts 6y ago
I personally know some ex-pornstars. They don't end up homeless, but they do live lives that are less than glamorous when they're past their prime. And this is becoming more and more severe because the competition is becoming exponentially fierce thanks to online porn websites. But you seem to be asking whether attractive females can do well in their life, and yeah of course attractive females do have competitive advantage in life, but that has nothing to do porn. That's reality.
- Memosyne 6y ago
  Well, yeah of course and I wasn't suggesting otherwise. I was replying to how you mentioned attractiveness being a depreciating asset and pointing out how that asset can carry them well into their 40s -- by which point I'm sure they would have another reliable source of income. Will they be living glamorously in their 40s? No, but then again neither will most programmers or even humans for that matter. The point is that they get to spend their 20s in luxury and then spend the rest of their lives in relative comfort.
  - cocktailpeanuts 6y ago
    Remember that these pornstars rarely can have a normal life and can not really easily get a "normal job" when they decide to move on. Also, your video being out there online forever means even if you try to start a new life it will be increasingly difficult to do so. That's a huge price to pay IMO. Most people never experience this type of situation in their lives so don't understand how much sacrifice this is, but it is.