I’ve come into contact with a lot of people across all walks of life lately who have either lost their jobs or are on the verge. It’s obvious that numbers are down in many industries, but I consider a large portion of these layoffs to be reactionary to a manufactured fear of “what is to come” rather than what is actually happening right now. I’m not a communist, but I am willing to admit that free market capitalism does have its flaws. If a companies stock can lose a quarter of its value on Wednesday because cable news is reporting that the CEO couldn’t take a shit on Tuesday, you know the system needs some fine tuning.
The news cycle last evening was filled with all sorts of stories about white collar types clamoring for jobs at 7-11 or the fact that job listings on Craigslist and CareerBuilder are down by 65%. I personally don’t know any so-called “professionals” who would risk their lives to stand behind a 7-11 counter at 2am for $8.00 an hour, but I do know a 36 year old mother who just got a job as a webcam model after she was let go from her office manager job. I also know an elementary school teacher who has done two fetish shoots for Kink to earn some extra money while her husband is trying to find a new job. These jobs may not be the types of alternative jobs that the media wants to acknowledge, but I can guarantee you there are no other “secondary jobs” out there that you can just walk into that pay as much as the adult entertainment industry. I understand this type of work may not be for everyone. However, the adult entertainment industry is definitely putting some food on the table for families who would otherwise be up shit creek. I wish more people would talk about this.
Here comes the double standard. If you have a vagina or even a surgically constructed vagina, the adult industry can be a great place to make some extra money. If you are a guy who’s been laid off from your job and need to make fast money, you better be willing to take a cock up the ass because that’s the only way you’re ever going to see a dime. It is a cruel, cruel world for any guy who finds himself a bit short of the rent money at the first of the month. You’re going to get fucked one way or another. I personally could never take a cock up the ass under any circumstances, but I can see the benefit of having a gaping asshole when it comes to holding your car keys and cell phone while unloading groceries from the car.
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Good point.
I have long told people around here that I am a jobs program for the otherwise unemployable LOL
Could you possibly be any more superficial and opportunist?
Escaping reality is not possible. escapism is just that; an attempt to escape the unescapable. if you were really concerned with straigtening out this country’s financial problems, you would be attempting to understand them deeply; and not treating them as fodder for cheeky newstainment. Which, ironically, is exactly the type of short-term, pragmatic mentality that got us into this mess. Only just on a greater, more respectable scale; where they deal in raw materials and commodities instead of flesh.
Sure, it’s an indisputable fact that irrational people, when faced with the long-term consequences of their long-term irrationality, predictable, pathologically turn to even more irrational forms of escape for solace; but is this some sort of new discovery in human history? No, it’s not. It’s certainly not a justification for it.
You’re nuts. To quote a forgotten source: “A wise man speaks when he has something to say, a fool speaks because he thinks he has to say something.”
Hey turtleturtle, I feel like I am on a desert road trip with Jim Morrison after reading your comment. All I can say is thank you for reading. I wish I could give you a more proper reply, but I can’t understand what the hell you are saying. Thanks again…
Unfortunately, it’s a one-way street…
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/School-Aides-XXX-Past-Revealed.html
Thanks for the link lilgerry. I don’t understand how anyone can justify this kind of hypocritical thinking. These types of stories give me an instant migraine.