• TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Why do kink people have so much disposable income for smut?

    Sorry honey I can’t afford dinner tonight, but look at the fucking honkers on sonichu.

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      1 day ago

      I think you’re putting the cart before the horse here. People with disposable income seek out increasingly niche forms of entertainment as they get used to their things that were previously novel

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        Nah it’s more like non related groups. Broke kinky people and wealthy vanilla people aren’t doing commissions. But if you don’t know broke kinky people you don’t see them (especially as they’re likely not announcing it), whereas you likely know plenty of poor vanilla people and rich vanilla people blend into the background as a non group here.

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          I think its both. people with more money can afford more commissions, and people who’ve gotten more commissions are likely to be more specific about what they want.

          The confusing thing here is, why don’t we see more billionares with lavishly-produced fetish porn? Where are all the million-dollar R-rated movies about people turning into balloon animals? Where are the full-length music videos about women who eat people whole?

          The logical conclusion is: billionares have lavishly produced porn, but its all secret. And the epstein files are a… very unfortunate clue as to why billionare porn is secret :/

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            Comparatively it’s not that expensive to get someone to write up an enforceable NDA. Once you cross a threshold it’s worth it to you to make it illegal to share that with anyone else so you know it’s exclusive. For what it’s worth NDAs can’t protect illegal activity, so hopefully it’s being surpressed by other illegal means, not our government (not that I’m that naive)

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      24 hours ago

      I doubt most people paying for commissions are sacrificing necessities for porn. They have more than enough for both, and so spend their money on both.

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        19 hours ago

        I did nsfw commission work for a bit, and so many people ask for payment plans or go “oh I’ll get paid in a week and pay you then”. They’re definitely sacrificing necessities. Main reason why I quit, it was just too sad.