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The Porn Industry-"Follow The Money!"


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2022 Jul 7, 3:48am   1,075 views  16 comments

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#pornindustrymoney You know that I am always on the lookout for obscure but brilliant things that most of the media misses. We all know that pornography exists in the world. It is something that most do not approve of. (I do not look at porn, by the way!) In a sense, it is like illegal drugs. This industry generates tens of billions of dollars in revenue worldwide.
There is always that saying: "Follow the money." Alex Barker and Patricia Nilsson are very accomplished investigative reporters employed by The Financial Times Of London. They have "ruffled a lot of feathers." They have made the rich and powerful mad. They have been the subject of numerous lawsuits worldwide. They have been subject to physical intimidation and threats of violence. They do not "back down."
They have produced a brilliant 6-part podcast on the money behind the porn industry. It is titled "Hot Money-Porn, Power and Profit." Here is a link:

https://www.ft.com/content/762e4648-06d7-4abd-8d1e-ccefb74b3244
I recommend that you invest the time to listen to this fascinating story.

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2   WookieMan   2022 Jul 7, 6:32am  

ohomen171 says

(I do not look at porn, by the way!)

This is a pure lie. I've yet to meet a man that admits to not watching porn. Even super religious people. Many to most women watch it too. My wife and I do when kid free on vacations. It's fun. Totally harmless unless that becomes your way to get aroused.

This is the Eastern European coming out in me. I'm game for speedos or nude beaches. My family came over in the late 1800's to early 1900's, so I'm fully Americanized. But I don't understand why everyone is so prude or worried about their body naked. When the kids are gone I frequently walk around naked. I do think nudity in front of kids is wrong, but adults, whatever as long as it's consenting. I wish there were more nude beaches, tan lines look like shit on everyone. I've got the classic farmer tan going now.
3   🎂 Tenpoundbass   2022 Jul 7, 7:08am  

If not for the porn industry, the classic protocols(HTML, POP3, NNTP, SMTP, Archie and Gopher) would still be the only thing the internet has to offer.
The fact that we can get so much mixed media on our computers, real live video, streaming video, hidef streaming video, the myriad of ways to set up a paywall and get paid, internet telephony, all of it would have never happened. The Porn industry made the internet more than just stored electronic documents.
4   GNL   2022 Jul 7, 7:32am  

With all the free porn online, I'm amazed there is a profit to be made. I'll have to watch this video.
5   clambo   2022 Jul 7, 7:35am  

I saw somewhere that the porn biz is as big as Hollywood.

It seems to have unlimited new talent.
6   GNL   2022 Jul 7, 7:44am  

clambo says

I saw somewhere that the porn biz is as big as Hollywood.

It seems to have unlimited new talent.

I'd bet the easiest way to get laid nowadays is to start a porn studio. Yep, seems like endless girls want to do this.
7   HeadSet   2022 Jul 7, 7:59am  

Tenpoundbass says

If not for the porn industry, the classic protocols(HTML, POP3, NNTP, SMTP, Archie and Gopher) would still be the only thing the internet has to offer.

Yep, and also no VHS. People did not spend $1,800 for the tape deck and $100 per cassette just to record the Match Game.
8   BayArea   2022 Jul 7, 8:02am  

How people pay for porn has always puzzled me

There is an endless supply of Hi-def material out there, more than anyone can watch in a lifetime pretty much for any major category one might be into.
9   HeadSet   2022 Jul 7, 10:37am  

Need "Thrift Porn."

Babe walks onto a dealer's lot where stud whips out long term monthly payment, and talks about all the expensive cars she can afford. But she turns down being porked in the ass and pays cash for an economy car she can actually afford.

Sensuous music plays while beautiful young female hand with scissors slowly cuts up credit cards. For S&M folks, she uses a gloved hand and a shredder.
10   Ceffer   2022 Jul 7, 11:04am  

At any given time, the porn industry is a few thousands of exhibitionist people influencing billions.
"Easy" money for girls, fun and zipless promiscuity for boys. Putting your face out in porn, however, is going to pretty much destroy your opportunity for alternative means of making a living. They also say never depend on the fact that you won't be recognized, you will always be recognized as a porn actor. Some just get 'stuck' in porn, and move on to become recruiters and producers to continue to make money.

One female porn star was on you tube lamenting that she could not get a job as a teacher, nurse, or any licensed professional any more due to the morals stipulations. If you are a man, and you want a profession, forget about the usual licensed professions as well without a struggle. Who really wants to be the 'porno guy' in any conventional workplace?

The girls always wind up doing dismal prostitution, drug addiction is endemic, and the boys can't make money unless they also do gay/bisexual prostitution.

Forget the moral arguments, porn bypasses the ancient proscriptions built into biology intended to steer people into socially meaningful pair bonding and reproduction. Jealousy, possession, deadly sexually based emotional conflicts, etc. etc. There do seem to be jolly groups of swingers and freebee fuckers, but I doubt they are that common.

Even if you consider porn a harmless relief valve, there do seem to be family destroying propaganda agendas and unhealthful fantasies. The emphasis on anal sex is startling, like it is always a part of a heterosexual encounter. There is rampant emphasis on incest fantasies. Also, there is the implied expectation that girls are devouring nymphoids just waiting for cock. Anybody male who takes that seriously is going down rapidly in flames with the actual female sex in the real world.

There are also the usual yada yadas about disease, etc.
11   HeadSet   2022 Jul 7, 12:46pm  

Ceffer says

One female porn star was on you tube lamenting that she could not get a job as a teacher, nurse, or any licensed professional any more due to the morals stipulations.

I do remember how a beautiful Russian blonde immigrant in the 70s starred in "Alice in Wonderland," then went on to med school to become a surgeon.
12   Patrick   2022 Jul 7, 1:01pm  

WookieMan says

This is the Eastern European coming out in me.


@WookieMan Which countries were your ancestors from?

My mother's parents were from Poland and Belarus (and the ones from Belarus seem to have moved there from Lithuania).
13   Patrick   2022 Jul 7, 10:06pm  

Al_Sharpton_for_President says




She's pretty hot, especially with that smile.
14   WookieMan   2022 Jul 7, 10:22pm  

Patrick says

My mother's parents were from Poland and Belarus (and the ones from Belarus seem to have moved there from Lithuania).

Lithuania and Poland myself. 4-5 generations removed there's supposedly some Irish in there. I'm a mutt. But yeah, I identify as Lithuanian and/or Polish if a person were to ask. My sister did the 23 and me shit and it checks out. Count me out on that testing though. I like history, but heritage doesn't much matter to me. If you like Europe, I'm sorry, but it's a shit hole that has caused waaaaaay too many issues in the world. Russia is a saint in comparison.
15   BayArea   2022 Jul 7, 10:37pm  

Poland here also

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