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Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

23:05 / 10.08.06

My job is a pretty much a no-brainer. The hours are good, the staff is convivial, and the money is acceptable. But the money isn't acceptable enough where I don't struggle a little bit every month. I thought about perhaps taking another job, but considering I already work 40+ hours every week, I don't think I'd have the energy to do it.

So I'm considering another method of income. (Here's where I'm going to ask your viewpoint.)

I'm setting up an account on a website to do fetish clips. You pick the fetish, you upload the clips, they are viewed for a nominal fee, and you get paid. It probably won't be more than an extra couple hundred bucks a month, but that's fine. A couple of things I wish to make clear:

1. I am very comfortable with my sexuality. Considering I will be the one creating these clips, I should not think I'm being exploited.

2. I am going to take insane precautions protecting my identity.

Has anyone here ever done anything like this before?

23:27 / 10.08.06

I once convinced a woman to pay for dinner and the motel in exchange for a male lap-dance and full monty strip session*. It was totally amateurish, but it kinda counts, since it saved me over a hundred Brazilian bucks...

I also, at one time, back in the 90s, when I shared an apartment with a mate who was on Computer engineering school and CD-burners were still a rare commodity restricted to the usual geeky circles, run a videogame piracy/coiunterfeit business (also very amateurish, y'know, just enough to pay for the beer and the pot). I was also quite addicted to MDK and Carmageddom at the time, so it was kinda of a low point in my ethical life.

And, Kali, when it's all set and ready, don't forget to PM me a link...

*although I'd much more easily see people paying me not to take my clothes off [self-deprecating humour rocks]

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

23:30 / 10.08.06

Oh, you'd have to pay just like everyone else.

Quantum - killed by hadrons
(prev. Quantum)

23:41 / 10.08.06

My friend was thinking about setting up a site for women who wanted to pretty much exactly that Kali, specifically pictures taken by themselves rather than by other people. I'll talk to her this weekend if you like.

On work, fuck, if only I could quell the rage enough to describe how ridiculous the whole system is. We should all be working three day weeks and wearing eco-friendly jetpacks by now.

23:43 / 10.08.06

Oh, you'd have to pay just like everyone else

Not even for beta-testing???

Oh, well, I hope you'll accept credit cards.

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

23:43 / 10.08.06

Thanks, Quantum, that would be lovely. I like the idea of having complete control of the output, which is one of main reasons why I am considering doing this for a little extra cash.

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

23:49 / 10.08.06

Not even for beta-testing???

Oh, well, I hope you'll accept credit cards.

Operators are standing by waiting to take your card number.

Oh, I need to a pick a fetish still, don't I?

23:53 / 10.08.06

A three day working-week and eco-friendly jetpacks are fetishes of mine...

23:55 / 10.08.06

Oh, I need to a pick a fetish still, don't I?

Pick anything you want, Kali. Chances are, I'll like it...

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

23:58 / 10.08.06

I'll probably just stick to the classics, naughty cheesecake clips ala Bettie Page. Lord knows there's enough hipsters in the world who'd like it.

00:08 / 11.08.06

If only the U.S. could find a way to bomb them.

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

00:13 / 11.08.06

Can we bomb them after they've paid me my money?

00:27 / 11.08.06

From the looks of it, you won't need any customers other than DM.

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

00:31 / 11.08.06

Yes, it does seem that way, doesn't it?

Still, I'll take hipster money. Think of it this way: it's one less trucker hat in the world.

00:34 / 11.08.06

If I had enough money, she really wouldn't.

Betty Page is a great idea. Do Princess Leia in Jabba's outfit too. And Supergirl! Supergirl is hot (and less of a cliché than Cat-Woman or Wonder-Woman)

But I'm highjacking this thread. Other people, tell more stories of what you did, or would do, for that extra cash...

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

00:37 / 11.08.06

I can already see the title of my clip store now: Naughty Girl in Fanboy Outfits.

Jesus, I bet I'd clean up if I did do things like that, though.

00:48 / 11.08.06

why don't you just sell weed like a normal person?

sounds like your id's convinced your superego that you're "just in it for the money" while in actuality you like the idea of filming your feet in chocolate pudding for sickos to stroke to

Stoat-ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH

01:20 / 11.08.06

Can we all club together and buy Dead Megatron some porn? Or maybe a cold shower?

02:13 / 11.08.06

I may have to steal your idea, Kali. Anybody know if there's a market for fat middle-aged man fetish pr0n?

cube needs to get out more

09:05 / 11.08.06

One thing to bear in mind, Kali, is that if you're in the US you have to keep records of everybody involved and make them available to the government on request or you could be in big trouble (5 years in prison, big fine, yada yada). I recall BoingBoing discussing this recently [quick hunt around]. Here we are: Section 2257.

Fly Beezy (War Minister)
(prev. Y SO ALT?)

14:46 / 11.08.06

2. I am going to take insane precautions protecting my identity.

Is it just me, or is this particular guiding principle of this endeavour not off to the best of starts?

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

16:06 / 11.08.06

Well, Flyboy, I'm not going to undergo plastic surgery or anything like that, but I do have a few distinguishing tattooes that could easily be identified. (Of course, it won't matter if you've never seen them.)

I have to admit I do like the perversity of this idea.

16:20 / 11.08.06

Can we all club together and buy Dead Megatron some porn? Or maybe a cold shower?

I will donate to that cause. Yer creepin' me out, DM.

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

16:22 / 11.08.06

Which is funny because I was thinking that in Sao Paulo, there are lots of really really hot people.

A Haus of Minions

16:25 / 11.08.06

Yes, but none of them will talk to DM about the naughting. Which brings us pretty much up to date, I think.

Stoat-ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH

16:28 / 11.08.06

If you met him, though, I'm sure you'd really like him.

Probably best not taking the risk, though.

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

16:37 / 11.08.06

In any case, the fetish clip thingy will be up and open for business the first week of September.

Finally, because it was just silly to have all that latex and vinyl clothing just lying around.

(God, I wish I were kidding about that last comment.)

A Haus of Minions

16:42 / 11.08.06

I can say with absolute confidence that if I met him, I would as a matter of near-certainty want to date him, and he me.

Fly Beezy (War Minister)
(prev. Y SO ALT?)

16:45 / 11.08.06

Kali, I meant that if you're going to try to keep your identity secret, you might not want to advertise your project on a public website where you regularly discuss other personal info. And if there’s a specific type of person you’d want to keep your identity secret from, it’s probably icky drooling crotch-rubbers, so I definitely wouldn’t PM any links to Dead Megatron.

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

16:57 / 11.08.06

Haus, I love that your taste in men appears to be circumspect.

Flyboy, the only personal information regarding my endeavor is accessible only to the owners of the said website for tax purposes. In a world filled with dozens (if not hundred) sites like this, the odds of coming across my output seems very small.

Stoat-ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH

17:00 / 11.08.06

You may want to think about rephrasing that last sentence...

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

17:15 / 11.08.06

Any particular reason I should, Stoatie?

Stoat-ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH

17:27 / 11.08.06

It is both a provoker of mirth and, well, not a very good advert...

Always Pro Neil Gaiman Kali
(prev. Kali)

17:33 / 11.08.06

Hmm. You've a point.

Here:

"When one thinks about the smut one can come across, please give my smut first consideration. You'll be not be disappointed."

or:

"Girls! Giggles! Garters!"

or:

"Sprechen Sie Sexy"

That'll be my tack. Barbelith, chose my fetish tagline!!

17:39 / 11.08.06

How much to see you in a Dead Megatron outfit?

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