The macroeconomics of douchebags.

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AJ, only if it's talked about in sweet and sexy ways. No sarcasm or horseplay is allowed there.

i love bacon..rub it on me..i like bacon..such a sweet treat...

hows that sound..

Sounds like a reason to visit Rochester

[QUOTE=greenpeace2014;105530687 5]If you gave that answer on an exam, how would you grade yourself? Be fair now! Good one!

Gratuitous vulgarity [fire ants etc.] serves no purpose whatsoever, except to emphasize that your intellect has failed you, and now you must take a petty pot shot. What petty pot shot? I thought it was funny!

Malediction serves no purpose and having me as a joker here least of all. Mockery merely indicates the failure to understand something, and therefore, you have to destroy and belittle so that it becomes, to you, as insignificant as your own faculties. Where do you think you're posting in the Mensa International Forum? In this milieu, I'd suggest getting used to the occasional teasing.

Diatribes against me have no effect. What "diatribes"? From me?

I really wish you'd get a sense of humor.

TD

Now, any who have gotten into it with me on economics or politics can tell you I'm what you'd call a liberal, a progressive or what-have-you. I'm persuaded by Defoe, by Smith (but not on monetary theory), Keynes, and Krugman; and I part ways utterly with any kind of "supply-side," "Chicago-school," or "Austrian" so-called economics (which I regard as wishful thinking dressed up with bad math, a transparent rationalization for government nonfeasance).

All that said, I have never heard of an economic model which holds that supply-and-demand doesn't exist! It DOES exist, a fact provable by simple experiment. On trading floors, in gas stations and supermarkets, in mate selection among wild animals, and in the migratory patterns of grazing animals and fish, it appears to be the one universally-agreed-upon fact in all of economics.

Fairies are ageless and immortal so long as children believe in them! (Gosh, what kind of childhoods did you guys have?) Therefore I don't believe age concerns pertain, with respect to fairies.

Now, any who have gotten into it with me on economics or politics can tell you I'm what you'd call a liberal, a progressive or what-have-you. I'm persuaded by Defoe, by Smith (but not on monetary theory), Keynes, and Krugman; and I part ways utterly with any kind of "supply-side," "Chicago-school," or "Austrian" so-called economics (which I regard as wishful thinking dressed up with bad math, a transparent rationalization for government nonfeasance).

All that said, I have never heard of an economic model which holds that supply-and-demand doesn't exist! It DOES exist, a fact provable by simple experiment. On trading floors, in gas stations and supermarkets, in mate selection among wild animals, and in the migratory patterns of grazing animals and fish, it appears to be the one universally-agreed-upon fact in all of economics. Originally Posted by HlavinKitheri

migratory patterns of grazing animals ...who the fuck cares? ...this is a hooker board for fucks sake ...now lets see good shit ...like more jimmies making wagers on their w2s

The funny thing about this threAD is that the hobby does not adhere to normal economic theory. So the pseudo intellectuals should carry on ... I will enjoy a lady's taint while mensa members talk amongst themselves. Did ya'll enjoy the review I posted a couple of days ago ... I have to admit it was well written.

All the prior blathering being inane enough, I'm not sure the hobby isn't the normal economic activity and all the other bullshit the professors proselytize of is the abnormal.

Fairies are ageless and immortal so long as children believe in them! (Gosh, what kind of childhoods did you guys have?) Therefore I don't believe age concerns pertain, with respect to fairies.

Originally Posted by HlavinKitheri

How long a fairy lives is irrelevant. Its how long she has been alive so far that is the issue. Maybe. Thats why I have asked if fairy taint followed the same rules as human taint. Unfortunately I do not feel I am respected enough in Upset to get a clarified answer.

The funny thing about this threAD is that the hobby does not adhere to normal economic theory. So the pseudo intellectuals should carry on ... I will enjoy a lady's taint while mensa members talk amongst themselves. Did ya'll enjoy the review I posted a couple of days ago ... I have to admit it was well written. Originally Posted by pyramider

Now, any who have gotten into it with me on economics or politics can tell you I'm what you'd call a liberal, a progressive or what-have-you. I'm persuaded by Defoe, by Smith (but not on monetary theory), Keynes, and Krugman; and I part ways utterly with any kind of "supply-side," "Chicago-school," or "Austrian" so-called economics (which I regard as wishful thinking dressed up with bad math, a transparent rationalization for government nonfeasance). Originally Posted by HlavinKitheri

That's funny, the bolded part is exactly how I'd describe Keynes. ^_^ (Although you'd have to substitute "malfeasance" for "nonfeasance" in order to get the rest of the sentence to work.)

:-)



I'm kind of curious how so many are indicating that standard economics don't apply to this--black and gray markets are very much measured and considered in economic thought, and in a lot of ways more honest portrayals (you've got the one big government market distortion--prices are pumped up due to risk--but you don't have the countless minor ones pushing things in weird directions.)

The main assumption is that we're making too much for any of us to consider doing anything else (particularly vis a vis dickheads.) But prices don't come out of thin air--there is going to be a floor where the girl believes that the costs (both tangible AND intangible) are not worth the income, just as each of you is going to have a ceiling, where the price isn't going to be worth services received. (And it is the individual's perceptions of these costs that's going to matter, rather than an outside perspective.)

Feelings of self-worth is going to be a large expense--possibly larger than legal risk, as (not to put the finest point on it) enforcement of vice laws seems to not be a huge priority in most jurisdictions. And there's a minimum hit that you're going to have to put up with--the fact that most people view your profession with disdain, the fact that you can't discuss it with friends, the fact that if anything happens it's going to be considered your fault for doing something so stupid in general.

But in general, that's countered by the fact that gentlemen are... well, nice to you. Most of the folks I've ever seen have obviously valued me and thought I had worth, and that's a good feeling. All the stereotypes of drug-addicted hookers being used by an uncaring populace who views them as trash... aren't, in my experience, true. And that makes the calculation a lot easier. (I even give a discount for a couple of my regulars who consistently make me feel good and worthy.)


That's when I meet folks, anyway. Let's be honest, most of the folks who are great to meet are absolutely silent on the forums. Annnd... at least in my case... I spend a lot more time on the forums than in sessions. (I think it's more pronounced in my case, where I keep a vigil to see if there's anything I need to know about and only have the occasional visit out... but I think it's going to be the same for a lot of people.)

And having folks trash you, the idea of you, people in your position, and the like in the arena where you have most of your interactions with the other half of this industry... yeah, that impacts things, and does add to the overall "hit to self-worth" cost.

Which will impact the calculation of what you're willing to do for how much.



What's the argument otherwise? That no other job will get us the money for drugs? I don't use drugs. A lot of girls don't use drugs. And even if one picks up a certain few luxury expenses (new foreign car, big apartment, whatever), in general it's not hard to trade those out if you decide enough is enough.

(Me, I'm in this because it affords me way more leisure. I can make as much money at a job as I do here--and plan to--but it'll occupy way more of my time when I do. Also, y'know, sex is fun, at least when people aren't being dickheads.)

Girls are only going to be here as long as they want to be here. And to imply that we're here because we have no other option in life is incorrect.



*phew* Got sidetracked on a rant there, sorry. But--to get more to the main point--the study of shadow economies is also a legitimate academic area of study, and a pretty interesting one to boot. To say that something being illegal means it doesn't have to do with economics shows a staggering lack of foresight or imagination.

luckily theres now wikipedia ...to make everyone feel smart ...even ol plastic man

aint the future awesome?

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AJ, only if it's talked about in sweet and sexy ways. No sarcasm or horseplay is allowed there. Originally Posted by amishgangster

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