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The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans

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A lot can change over a decades time. I hope and believe that porn will eventually be a lot more restricted than it is today, as the societal downsides become more and more apparent.

Define ‘porn’. Are we banning romance novels and YouTube ASMR streams here?

Let's start with making hardcore SM-style porn inaccessible to kids and teens.

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Define ‘porn’. Are we banning romance novels and YouTube ASMR streams here?

Let's start with making hardcore SM-style porn inaccessible to kids and teens.

The thing with laws is that it doesn't matter where they "start"; it matters where they end. Open-ended laws are ripe for abuse, scope creep and selective enforcement.

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I meant to say that the phrase “medical/physical alternatives” in the context you used it, means genocide.

as i tried to explain: it does not

At the slightest hint of coercion toward those measures, it’s genocide. Even peer pressure. Be sure not to do that.

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wouldn't call it genocide because it is not a selective measure. but yea, "preventing births" does qualify

I meant to say that the phrase “medical/physical alternatives” in the context you used it, means genocide.

To be clear, the word you're looking for is "eugenics".

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Price discrimination is only good as long as rich people are paying more. But rich people are on average better at knowing how to pay less.

> But rich people are on average better at knowing how to pay less. Ah, so it's the rich people driving all those sensible cars with the exact practical functionality as the higher end models

People engaging in conspicuous consumption are not trying to save money.

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> The comparisons some have made to infidelity or cheating seem misplaced: There's no real relationship here Oh, but there is plenty of platonic relationships with camgirls, streamers and such. It can reach levels of delusion that you wouldn't believe.

For the models it is still only a business relationship, except in very rare cases. By the same token, prostitution can also be a meaningful personal relationship, as shown in the movie Pretty Woman.

> movie Pretty Woman.

You mean Pygmalion?

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Weird coincidence, I met someone this past weekend who does exactly this. The one exception being that he targets models in developing countries - which makes it feel a lot closer to sex trafficking than an agency. I believe the idea to set-up an OnlyFans agency like this is relatively popular among 'hustle porn' style "entrepreneurs" whose goal is to extract as much money from anyone as fast as possible. Which proba…

> The one exception being that he targets models in developing countries - which makes it feel a lot closer to sex trafficking than an agency. Why? He provides a service to people who may not speak English or know how to optimize their presence.

He takes most of the money, but the models are the one "bringing home the bacon", so to speak.
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