What's your Job?

**downtime** · Posted On: 4/20/2012 12:50pm

Originally Posted by Southpaw

I work in the adult industry. Yes. My job rules.

As a fluffer? sorry dude no disrespect meant I just couldnt refuse. I on the other hand am currently between occupations...yes that means unemployed I got downsized at the end of January, boy its tough out there, the benefit I went from working 60 hours a week and never seeing my family as I worked all kinds of crazy shifts to a stay at home dad, and now get to train like 5-6 times a week.

**JohnKenner** · Posted On: 4/20/2012 12:54pm

Originally Posted by ZenMMA

The thread was worth it for this response alone!

What does a hacker do? Who pays you?

Originally, no one paid me. I donated code to open source projects I used. After school (or more appropriately, after I got bored of school), I went to work for a bunch of dot coms. Now I'm corporate. Things like good insurance and retirement accounts start to become attractive when you start thinking about kids.

**Permalost** · Posted On: 4/20/2012 12:54pm

Originally Posted by Southpaw

I work in the adult industry.

Oh, I just thought you were doing jiu jitsu in your avatar.

**ZenMMA** · Posted On: 4/20/2012 1:42pm

Originally Posted by downtime

As a fluffer? sorry dude no disrespect meant I just couldnt refuse. I on the other hand am currently between occupations...yes that means unemployed I got downsized at the end of January, boy its tough out there, the benefit I went from working 60 hours a week and never seeing my family as I worked all kinds of crazy shifts to a stay at home dad, and now get to train like 5-6 times a week.

Given that I am not a big spender and like the simple life I often am tempted to live a life on benefits and just train all day everyday, the govt would give me enough to eat, sleep and live on, wouldnt have to pay any tax, Free health care etc... In England being unemployed is often far more attractive than taking low paid work.

I think I have always worked because all of my family do, saying that, I live in a real shitty area and I am pretty much the only person who does work.

One of my best mates is 26 and never worked....he cares for his 2 autistic younger brothers, but one day he is gonna have to get an income.

**ZenMMA** · Posted On: 4/20/2012 1:45pm

Originally Posted by nils

^Glad I could be of help.
By the way, why should you be panicked out by your friend? You are in Thailand, doing what you want to do, living your dream. That´s much greater than some random job, no matter the salary.

Just always remember Douglas Adams: "Don´t Panic".

I think I tend to measure my own "progress" by that of my peers, so if I think people are gettin the jump on me then I start worrying I am being left behind or I am missing a trick.

Maybe I need to listen to "Sunscreen"

**Southpaw** · Posted On: 4/20/2012 1:48pm

Originally Posted by downtime

As a fluffer?

LOL no. I'm not gay for pay.

**Res Judicata** · Posted On: 4/20/2012 1:56pm

Originally Posted by Southpaw

LOL no. I'm not gay for pay.

Oh, so you're just gay-gay then?

(Talk about a hanging curve...) I knew a guy who ran some websites in that industry. He said it was actually pretty depressing after a while.

**ZenMMA** · Posted On: 4/20/2012 2:15pm

Originally Posted by Res Judicata

Oh, so you're just gay-gay then?

(Talk about a hanging curve...) I knew a guy who ran some websites in that industry. He said it was actually pretty depressing after a while.

How could it ever be depressing?!?

**nils** · Posted On: 4/20/2012 2:16pm

Originally Posted by ZenMMA

I think I tend to measure my own "progress" by that of my peers.

Yeah, stop that. Or, if you can´t, then at least measure by your own values.

**Res Judicata** · Posted On: 4/20/2012 2:21pm

Originally Posted by ZenMMA

How could it ever be depressing?!?

The progressive soul-death, degradation and destruction of the girls over time. Lots of drug addiction. Fresh-faced young thing comes in, a few years later, well, not so much. Not all of them, of course, but enough that he wanted out.