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Strippers say a recession is guaranteed b/C the strip clubs are suddenly empty
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- Bubble_Pop_22 4y agoStrip clubs are in a secular decline anyway so there are many confounding factors to take into consideration. It's mainly that societal standards have risen . So men too want to feel unique and special and don't see the appeal of going to a place and pay for a woman they don't even know to grind on their crotch seconds after having done the same with an other patron, and seconds before doing the same moves with yet an other patron. As societal standards rise men essentially become almost female themselves in their thinking and psychology around encounters with the opposite sex. I include myself in this characterization, it's kinda of an uncharted territory and kinda sad, but that's the way it is. Going to the strip club is very easy, but it's not fullfilling unfortunately, it used to be, but not anymore, wish there was a way to go back
- geranim0 4y agoAbsolute nonsense.
- whatchangedlol 4y agoLol go back to men having lower standards? The strip clubs are as good as ever
- Bubble_Pop_22 4y agoIf you can't enjoy it anymore, the fact that it's still there isn't some consolation, isn't it? And there is a secular decline: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48667681 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48667681
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- bdcravens 4y agoI would think it's a product of free porn and hookup apps, along with increased caution due to COVID.
- hattmall 4y agoI'm going with inflation. Definitely not some major societal shift. So much of the stimulus and pandemic unemployment money and probably PPP went to strip clubs. Prices are through the roof but people have less disposable income right now due to everything else also being through the roof. It will even out somewhat. I don't think hookup apps are a factor really, but Onlyfans and premium snap chats probably are, at least on the supply side.
- op00to 4y ago> So much of the stimulus and pandemic unemployment money and probably PPP went to strip clubs Can you show that any significant portion of the money you mentioned went to “strip clubs”? That just seems like an attack on people who received unemployment.
- lupire 4y agoEspecially because PPP funds were issued when to support payroll at a time when non -essential businesses, like strip clubs, closed and removed direct customer contact.
- blacksmith_tb 4y agoNot clear if by "went to strip clubs" you mean "was paid to operators" or "made its way to patrons who paid it to the clubs"? My memory was that dancers tend to be paid like waitstaff and rely on tip income, quite possible they wouldn't have gotten much out of PPP if they weren't full time employees?
- x86_64Ubuntu 4y agoPorn has been free for a decade plus now, and hookup apps are just as old. As far as COVID, we are coming out of the dark ages concerning COVID protocols as many are vaccinated willingly, or unwillingly by contracting Omicron.
- FooBarBizBazz 4y agoPretty sure there was always a significant cohort of men, probably a majority in fact, who, through some combination of moral belief and personal pride, would not have frequented strip clubs. Sexual morality has been a big, big theme in lots of the major religions, especially the Abrahamic ones, for well on two thousand years. I wouldn't doubt there's been a secular decline on a timescale of 3-4 generations, though.
- klipt 4y agoNot to mention that "not frequenting strip clubs" increases your evolutionary fitness. Strip clubs take away your resources but don't increase your chances of reproduction in any way (possibly the opposite).
- lupire 4y ago"Moral belief" in puritanicalism is correlated with higher consumption of sex industry products and services.
- x86_64Ubuntu 4y agoI don't think "fulfilling" has ever been something men have associated with strip clubs.
- danbolt 4y ago“You know, strip clubs weren’t really like how they show them in the movies” remarks the geriatric millennial as they turn away from ReBoot reruns for a brief moment, “not the most romantic of places back then.”
- x86_64Ubuntu 4y agoLol, I don't even know how to respond to this comment, especially the Reboot mention which I remember fondly as a geriatric millenial.
- kazinator 4y ago"Wow, people still eat MacDonald's burgers and fries and watch TV? I haven't done either in 25 years. Go figure!"
- hi5eyes 4y agoIt's literally just a fun place to go to when you're on multiple drugs, partying with friends and want some girls around. Not very deep, but I would get why some people dont understand the point of going out. Plenty of high status, less degen men go to strip clubs Same with casinos, sometimes.. you just want to spend some time with friends? I get why people would think "why go to casinos/strip clubs when online poker/OF exist" but it's obvious these people don't understand what it's like to cut loose
- MrMan 4y agoI think women also have more outlets to harness mens urges for money on apps instead of in person
- Ajef 4y agoI've heard of this indicator from back in 2008. I guess it applies to cities with major stock exchanges where lots of traders/bankers go. It's probably too early to take this indicator too seriously considering the slump in stocks and the events in crypto. But that doesn't mean it should be disregarded either.
- dredmorbius 4y agoOther classic indicators come from (other?) service-sector employment. This may be more difficult to gauge given secular decline in brick-and-morter sectors, but especially qualified waitstaff, bookstore and electronics store clerks, etc., have been noted in past. The indicator below relies strictly on appearance, though one might care to look deeper: https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/hot-waitresses-the-new-economic-indicator/ https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/hot-waitresses-th...
- oceanplexian 4y agoA recession just means two quarters of negative GDP, which we are probably already in, so this isn’t exactly shocking. Anyone with a basic grasp of current events could have told you we are probably in a recession, there’s nothing special about strippers.
- guenthert 4y ago> there’s nothing special about strippers. That's just like your opinion, man.
- Giorgi 4y agoSo... all that money printing was not a good idea eh?! Or maybe hiding virus leak was not a good idea either?!
- MrMan 4y agoasshole he says, curiously, assuming good faith
- ohiovr 4y agoMany people I talk with on a daily basis including myself have had to liquidate small possessions just to keep shelter.
- waterlaw 4y agoI'm going to be honest and likely argued with, but my standard of living has been falling for a long time. Even while my income has been steadily increasing. I've been in a recession for the past 10 years. If you don't hold assets you've been in a recession/depression whatever. It's been miserable. Meanwhile most of the physical services are getting worse. Healthcare, road conditions, housing, etc. This isn't progress. People have become obsessed with manipulating digits and symbols, rather than building a physical reality.
- MrMan 4y agoits why I went back to school to study physical sciences join me
- nso95 4y agouh, that's not going to help you financially any more than being a dev
- netizen-936824 4y agouh, there are more important things in life than money
- nso95 4y agoSure, but the comment this was a reply to was about money
- netizen-936824 4y agoOnly partially. From my perspective, this was the point: >People have become obsessed with manipulating digits and symbols, rather than building a physical reality.
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- saturnaga 4y agoNot exactly a leading indicator when the NASDAQ is -25% on the year in May. The wealth effect of that is obviously going to take a hit when it comes to balling out with coke and strippers.
- tonfreed 4y agoI can see and touch boobs for free at home, dunno why I'd go to the strip club in the first place
- hjkl0 4y agoIt’s an echo chamber. Maybe people stopped going because they’ve been reading about all these recession indicators for weeks…