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$500 a day to pretend to be a model: The big business behind OnlyFans 'chatters'

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Re: $500 a day to pretend to be a model: The big business behind OnlyFans 'chatters'

#21

Not a bad side gig. I forwarded this to some of my less-than-employed friends. Beats driving uber-eats and other shitty gig jobs IMO.

For the completely unethical, perhaps.

Delivering food is a legitimate, respectable and productive job. Fraudulently deceiving lonely men to coerce them into paying for more fraudulent interactions, less so.

I wonder how long before an article is published about someone committing suicide when they find out they were talking to a man in the Philippines rather than the woman they thought they were talking to.

Re: $500 a day to pretend to be a model: The big business behind OnlyFans 'chatters'

#23
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Pretty wild. I have fairly strong opinions on this subject. Neither of the parties (the girl selling and the guy buying) could ever justify it for me. I don’t think it’s possible to go anywhere lower than this, both mentally and spiritually. You have one party sacrificing their morals while the other sacrifices their dignity. And there is no in between. Wow. I feel like this should be a far more talked about issue th…

> because this is not normal.

Have you thought that this actually could be normal, and that we the "wholesome" people are the outlier? That's what worries me :-)

Re: $500 a day to pretend to be a model: The big business behind OnlyFans 'chatters'

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post #4

Pretty wild. I have fairly strong opinions on this subject. Neither of the parties (the girl selling and the guy buying) could ever justify it for me. I don’t think it’s possible to go anywhere lower than this, both mentally and spiritually. You have one party sacrificing their morals while the other sacrifices their dignity. And there is no in between. Wow. I feel like this should be a far more talked about issue th…

The problem is that politics very rapidly drives its way into the conversation, and discussions about mental health, what is healthy for society, etc get pushed aside. This model fundamentally changes the structure of human society, and the trend will likely accelerate, not decelerate, over the coming years. And yet the conversation usually immediately gets divided into the feminist camps and the conservative Christi…

I'm dating a younger male right now, and "general unsuitability to healthy relationships" really rings true to an extent. His friends are more or less constantly bragging about how they "link up" with their friend's partners (without the friend knowing/consenting), lead people on, and so on. It's obviously not all younger people. I think that the rise of social media has affected this area of human interaction more than other areas, perhaps. The concepts of boundaries and respect are shifting. I think what is considered a "healthy relationship" is likely undergoing a significant shift. Maybe in a generation or two the "healthy relationships" will all be polyamorous ones, and monogamy will be considered the strange/unhealthy kind.

Re: $500 a day to pretend to be a model: The big business behind OnlyFans 'chatters'

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post #14
post #4

Pretty wild. I have fairly strong opinions on this subject. Neither of the parties (the girl selling and the guy buying) could ever justify it for me. I don’t think it’s possible to go anywhere lower than this, both mentally and spiritually. You have one party sacrificing their morals while the other sacrifices their dignity. And there is no in between. Wow. I feel like this should be a far more talked about issue th…

The problem is that politics very rapidly drives its way into the conversation, and discussions about mental health, what is healthy for society, etc get pushed aside. This model fundamentally changes the structure of human society, and the trend will likely accelerate, not decelerate, over the coming years. And yet the conversation usually immediately gets divided into the feminist camps and the conservative Christi…

Isn’t the substance of politics exactly those discussions though? The reason there are camps is that there is a set of shared views on some issues. Whether along religious lines or otherwise.

Re: $500 a day to pretend to be a model: The big business behind OnlyFans 'chatters'

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those are strong opinions! We all await your definition of “normal” to reinforce your principled stance.

They are in fact strong opinions. Normal people don’t take their clothe off to sell images of their vagina to people who are mentally unstable. Not sure how much more principled you want to go about it.

Isn't this the same as what we all do, just more anonymous? Like, you can't pay for housing unless you show up to a place owned by someone with 3 yachts for 40 hours every week. While you're there, you can't listen to music or visit certain websites. If someone coughs on you and you get sick, too bad. You also can't use your brain for things work-related outside of work hours; all of your ideas are owned by the crazy yacht guy! If you want to work for some other yacht owner, then you have to take a day off of work and write code on a whiteboard in just the right way.

All of this seems significantly more degrading than selling a naked picture of yourself. The OnlyFans models are selling their body, but you are selling your mind. That's what really makes you you!

I don't really feel this bad about work, but at the end of the day, I don't consider myself engaged in a pursuit any more noble than selling my time to the highest bidder. I can see how parasocial relationships seem weird, and personally I have zero interest in them, but it's quite a stretch to brand anyone involved with one as "mentally unstable". What if they're stable and they want to spend their money on that instead of a $1500 phone, or a $60,000 truck, or a $200 dinner with their friends? I'm not sure any of us are all that mentally stable. Rather, we get by.

Re: $500 a day to pretend to be a model: The big business behind OnlyFans 'chatters'

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post #11
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those are strong opinions! We all await your definition of “normal” to reinforce your principled stance.

They are in fact strong opinions. Normal people don’t take their clothe off to sell images of their vagina to people who are mentally unstable. Not sure how much more principled you want to go about it.

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Re: $500 a day to pretend to be a model: The big business behind OnlyFans 'chatters'

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post #11
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those are strong opinions! We all await your definition of “normal” to reinforce your principled stance.

They are in fact strong opinions. Normal people don’t take their clothe off to sell images of their vagina to people who are mentally unstable. Not sure how much more principled you want to go about it.

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Re: $500 a day to pretend to be a model: The big business behind OnlyFans 'chatters'

#30

Not a bad side gig. I forwarded this to some of my less-than-employed friends. Beats driving uber-eats and other shitty gig jobs IMO.

For the completely unethical, perhaps. Delivering food is a legitimate, respectable and productive job. Fraudulently deceiving lonely men to coerce them into paying for more fraudulent interactions, less so. I wonder how long before an article is published about someone committing suicide when they find out they were talking to a man in the Philippines rather than the woman they thought they were talking to.

They could be doing the society a service in a roundabout Darwinian fashion.
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