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It's not hard to come up with $200 if you are a single guy with a good job, no house no wife no kids and no ambitions

bufferoverflow 6y ago
I was that guy. And at no point I thought of wasting $200 on some nude pictures or videos. The internet is full of them for free.
- sushshshsh 6y ago
  If you have a specific attachment to some celebrity in particular, there is a high chance that the internet is in fact not full of them, even for an infinite price. And, if the pictures/vids have been leaked, there are still people who will pay for personalized content, in which the celebrity personally mentions the payer's name or has a conversation with them or etc.
- bluntfang 6y ago
  But the internet isn't full of pictures that were taking specifically for you and accompanied by personal correspondence to you. the product isn't the pictures. The product is an experience, likely to do with power and not sex. The feeling of control. The feeling that you're able to tell someone what to do. The feeling that you're participating in taboo.
  - hpkuarg 6y ago
    > like to do with power and not sex "Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power."
- valuearb 6y ago
  What if your favorite girl to fap to would talk to you over video? There is a big difference in making personal connections and lonely masturbation.
timwaagh 6y ago
Ambitions? Like what ambitions should single guys harbour that are so expensive? Scaling Everest is a good one but it's still kind of a dangerous way to get rid of excess income. And cold too.
- sushshshsh 6y ago
  Most single guys that have hobbies that arent OnlyFans (or strip clubs, the meatspace equivalent), would usually be doing something like cars, drinking, clubbing, traveling, computers/gaming, or sports
- Marsymars 6y ago
  My interpretation wouldn't be that ambitions are expensive monetarily, but rather in terms of time. I've got various hobbies where spending more money doesn't really get me anywhere - if I was more ambitious, I'd need to scale down my work to somewhere between 0-50% FTE to devote more time to a particular hobby.

I was that guy. And at no point I thought of wasting $200 on some nude pictures or videos. The internet is full of them for free.

sushshshsh 6y ago
If you have a specific attachment to some celebrity in particular, there is a high chance that the internet is in fact not full of them, even for an infinite price. And, if the pictures/vids have been leaked, there are still people who will pay for personalized content, in which the celebrity personally mentions the payer's name or has a conversation with them or etc.
bluntfang 6y ago
But the internet isn't full of pictures that were taking specifically for you and accompanied by personal correspondence to you. the product isn't the pictures. The product is an experience, likely to do with power and not sex. The feeling of control. The feeling that you're able to tell someone what to do. The feeling that you're participating in taboo.
- hpkuarg 6y ago
  > like to do with power and not sex "Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power."
valuearb 6y ago
What if your favorite girl to fap to would talk to you over video? There is a big difference in making personal connections and lonely masturbation.

timwaagh 6y ago

Ambitions? Like what ambitions should single guys harbour that are so expensive? Scaling Everest is a good one but it's still kind of a dangerous way to get rid of excess income. And cold too.

sushshshsh 6y ago
Most single guys that have hobbies that arent OnlyFans (or strip clubs, the meatspace equivalent), would usually be doing something like cars, drinking, clubbing, traveling, computers/gaming, or sports
Marsymars 6y ago
My interpretation wouldn't be that ambitions are expensive monetarily, but rather in terms of time. I've got various hobbies where spending more money doesn't really get me anywhere - if I was more ambitious, I'd need to scale down my work to somewhere between 0-50% FTE to devote more time to a particular hobby.