• Kairos@lemmy.today
    7710·
    10 months ago

    Hi. Not a pornstar here. Being a pornstar [professionally] isn’t really fun.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
      9·
      10 months ago

      Its a classic “if you’re in the top 1% of the industry its pretty great, but shit for everyone else”.

      You could say the same thing about NFL linemen or professional musicians. Spending half your life to develop a talent into something people will pay to witness, getting maybe two to five good years out of it if you’re lucky, and then retreating back to the low-skill service sector once you’ve destroyed your body.

      Also, lots and lots of drug use and managers/owners who will exploit the fuck out of your few good years. And a disturbingly high rate of physical and sexual assault to keep the gears of industry turning profitably.

      • Kairos@lemmy.today
        32·
        10 months ago

        That’s why I said I wasn’t a pornstar.

        the president should not commit crimes

        is it fun to make sweeping statements on jr internet anojt things you have no firsthand experience with? Yes, yes it is.

        • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee
          2·
          10 months ago

          that analogy doesn’t work. your first statement was “is” your second was “should”. this is an interesting example of an is/ought confusion.

          if one had said “the president does not commit crimes! never met him btw” the response would be a lot more reasonable, wouldn’t it?

          of course anyone xan make ought statements about anything. you didnt. you said it wasnt fun as if it were a fact. disclaiming your ignorance is fine but not really an excuse. but hey, I dont know anything about you, yet I think you’re a turd swallowing ninny monger!!

    • Enzy@lemm.eeSvenska
      72·
      10 months ago

      Being a legal prostitute isn’t fun?

      Who knew!

      • NateNate60@lemmy.world
        73·
        10 months ago

        I am not the parent commenter.

        Apparently, the process of filming pornography is really messy, arduous, starts to smell bad quickly, and many of the positions are uncomfortable. Not to mention the fact that many scenes need re-takes. That’s just the reality of filmmaking.

        It’s also quite awkward to have a director and camera crew staring at you the whole time and giving you instructions.

        I read this on an AskReddit thread.

        • rustyfish@lemmy.world
          723·
          10 months ago

          On top of that there is a loooooot of shady shit going on.

          Drugs. Lots of drugs. All of them. All at once.

          Jerks getting on blacklists just to circumvent them and end up on stage again just to beat the shit out of another actor/actress. There is a good chance that you unknowingly watched rape at some point.

          You get persuaded a lot as a porn star. To fuck people you don’t wanna fuck with, to do things you don’t wanna do.

          And then there are the fans, oh boy. Imagine being the target of a troll campaign and the trolls have literally terabytes of ammunition against you. They get really disgusting and you get harassed online and in RL all the time.

          If you somehow have a family life going on, they will also be targeted by that shit. Retired porn actresses want to have children but they can’t, because they don’t want their kids to live through that hell.

          Luckily not a porn star myself. Just read a ton of AMAs and articles on the subject. The more you inform yourself about what’s going on behind the scenes, the less you actually want to watch porn. It’s a mood killer to say the least.

      • doctorcrimson@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 months ago

        There are some minidocumentaries and interviews on the subject. On top of surgery and drug use being basically required, it’s not a career you can work in for more than a few years for most and comes with various health complications. Plus, once it’s out there on the internet it’s harder to pursue any other career with a public image.

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
    61·
    10 months ago

    Being a professional pornstar fucking sucks and it’s hard work. Don’t shit on sex workers, it ain’t easy

      • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        1. Less pixelated, so either they got it from another place to shop it or its legit.

        2. The main picture has both eyes on the same position, as if the eye was copied, while this one has one slightly opened. This can be done in photoshop so idk but noticed it so I wanted to mention it.

        Having these two pics, the second one has more chances of being the real one mainly because of 1.

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
      25·
      10 months ago

      I think I’d rather the shopped version beating me with a stick, at least he’s being pleasant about it.