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Prav
Oct 29, 2011

DONT THREAD ON ME posted:

i dont know anything about cambgirls, are the cam sites super exploitative? building an ethical cam site that gives models democratic control of how the site operates would not be difficult from a technical perspective.

also seems like there are tons of semi-pro porn people doing stuff on pornhub, i bet they're not seeing nearly as much money as they could. would also not be that difficult to build a system that gives them control .

very exploitative. of the johns.

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Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

GokuGoesSSJ3 posted:

Just from a quick search porn sites are the 6th, 7th and 8th most popular sites in the US so it's not really surprising anyone would advertise on them.

im surprised theyre not 1st 2nd and 3rd

megalodong
Mar 11, 2008

pornhub is owned by mindgeek, who are terrible.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/02/porns-secret-monopoly/

https://slate.com/technology/2014/10/mindgeek-porn-monopoly-its-dominance-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-other-industries.html

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

“adult independent content creators and curators”

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
name an industry any industry

it is monopolized

Eat This Glob
Jan 14, 2008

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Who will wipe this blood off us? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we need to invent?

people buy site scrip when tipping/paying the workers, right? anyone have any idea how many cents of each dollar goes to the worker?

MizPiz
May 29, 2013

by Athanatos
MET gala in a nut shell

https://twitter.com/Reductress/status/1125853101007699970?s=19

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

is there an article attached to that blurb or is reductress like the ultimate evolution of the onion where they only writes headlines and dont even bother with articles


i got linked to a blog post once where the author argued that since mindgeek controls all porn its not fair to say that all porn is bad and harmful since there is theoretically good porn out there mindgeek just conspires to keep anyone from finding it its here if you want to read it i just wanted to share the comedy of that premise with this quote

Girl on the Net posted:

It would be weird of me to argue that MindGeek – a company – should be driven by the same ethical questions that drive individuals like you or I.

so close to full communism now girl on the net so close yet so far away

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

Some Guy TT posted:

is there an article attached to that blurb or is reductress like the ultimate evolution of the onion where they only writes headlines and dont even bother with articles

the onion does the same thing lol

quite stretched out
Feb 17, 2011

the chillest
its good that the onion does it because the majority of the time when people try and do full satire articles they end up just repeating the headline a bunch and it sucks rear end

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991

it's a shame though because before the clickbait era the onion had quite a few jokes that really worked as full articles

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

they always had a bunch of slugs that stood on their own, even back when you had to get the paper version delivered from Madison or wherever

Dr. Killjoy
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk::mason::brainworms::tinfoil::thunkher:
onion went downhill when they caved in and started deleting primo content like calling a child actress the c-word and “Local boys find a stash of perfectly good ladies in the woods”

Dr. Killjoy has issued a correction as of 07:44 on May 8, 2019

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991

i can remember taking the big compendia books to middle school to read during breaks. only got half the jokes at the time but still very formative

Business Gorillas
Mar 11, 2009

:harambe:



R. Guyovich posted:

i can remember taking the big compendia books to middle school to read during breaks. only got half the jokes at the time but still very formative

nerd

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991


yes. i also read snes and n64 strategy guides during naptime in elementary school. should have been reading real books!!!

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde
their best book bit was in Our Dumb Century where every time there was a notable trial it was The Trial Of The Century

General Dog
Apr 26, 2008

Everybody's working for the weekend
The greatest strength and weakness of The Onion is that 98% of the time the headline is all you need to read. It’s like “here’s a great joke, and here below is the same joke expanded to 300 words.”

Doktor Avalanche
Dec 30, 2008

R. Guyovich posted:

it's a shame though because before the clickbait era the onion had quite a few jokes that really worked as full articles

the article about the iraq war where one guy is earnestly talking about what a disaster it'll be while the other guy just says something like "hahaha no it won't" is a masterpiece

Captain Billy Pissboy
Oct 25, 2005

by Nyc_Tattoo
College Slice

dirty lousy tramp posted:

the article about the iraq war where one guy is earnestly talking about what a disaster it'll be while the other guy just says something like "hahaha no it won't" is a masterpiece

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

It really is an eternally relevant article

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

R. Guyovich posted:

it's a shame though because before the clickbait era the onion had quite a few jokes that really worked as full articles

Even then they had fake headlines that never had an article

im on the net me boys
Feb 19, 2017

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjjhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjhhhhhhjhhhhhhhhhjjjhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh cannabis
I bought an issue of the onion once in high school

Troy Queef
Jan 12, 2013




im on the net me boys posted:

I bought an issue of the onion once in high school

i still wish I had the copy of the issue when they were taken over by Yu Wan Mei Amalgamated Salvage Fisheries and Polymer Injection Group

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH5rzvt-fcY

Chieves
Sep 20, 2010

The Onion's video series (Sex House in particular) were too pure for this world.

im on the net me boys
Feb 19, 2017

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjjhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjhhhhhhjhhhhhhhhhjjjhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh cannabis
I still regularly watch old Onion videos on Youtube and they mostly still hold up pretty well

Trumps Baby Hands
Mar 27, 2016

Silent white light filled the world. And the righteous and unrighteous alike were consumed in that holy fire.
That brief Onion News Network era during the ‘08 election season was the high point of the Onion. After that came all the humanizing of Joe Biden, the purchase by Univision, the transition to “infinite scrolling” and focus on headlines over articles.

American Voices and Kelly still remain on point though

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

Chieves posted:

The Onion's video series (Sex House in particular) were too pure for this world.

Sex House is the peak of internet videos. Porkin' Across USA and Lake Dredge Appraisal are also amazing.

But my favorite Onion vid is the country song daring Osama to launch more attacks on New York.

larper
Apr 9, 2019

an actual dog posted:

the onion does the same thing lol

News in Photos has always been the best onion feature imo (Kitten thinks of nothing but murder all day, You Can Tell area bank used to be pizza hut, etc)

Spring Heeled Jack
Feb 25, 2007

If you can read this you can read

The Xkdc Larper posted:

News in Photos has always been the best onion feature imo (Kitten thinks of nothing but murder all day, You Can Tell area bank used to be pizza hut, etc)

I always think of that one when I drive by the nearby Five Guys thats in an old Pizza Hut building.

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

the onion these days is too focused on the kind of "here's an agreeable point phrased in a funny-ish way" format that late night specializes in. i don't like it

clickhole is excellent though

Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012



Dr. Killjoy posted:

onion went downhill when they caved in and started deleting primo content like calling a child actress the c-word and “Local boys find a stash of perfectly good ladies in the woods”

also “Zookeeper Attacked, Raped By Bear” which is all puns about “putrid ursine semen”. it may not have been satirical but it still makes me laugh every time I see it in my 90s onion compendium

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



it was good enough of a story that it won several oscars

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991

Girlfriend Stops Reading David Foster Wallace Breakup Letter At Page 20

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Frog Act posted:

also “Zookeeper Attacked, Raped By Bear” which is all puns about “putrid ursine semen”. it may not have been satirical but it still makes me laugh every time I see it in my 90s onion compendium

Simpsons... did it?

Troy Queef
Jan 12, 2013




R. Guyovich posted:

Girlfriend Stops Reading David Foster Wallace Breakup Letter At Page 20

Merle Haggard Haggard

Top Cute

Hulk Smash

and of course Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually (see SANDWICH, pg. 48)

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

get that OUT of my face posted:

the onion these days is too focused on the kind of "here's an agreeable point phrased in a funny-ish way" format that late night specializes in. i don't like it

clickhole is excellent though

hell yes it is

https://twitter.com/ClickHole/status/785873918812794882

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

Troy Queef posted:

Merle Haggard Haggard

Top Cute

Hulk Smash

and of course Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually (see SANDWICH, pg. 48)

The best part of Passerby was always the inset quote

The ones I always remember are "birds: the fish of the sky" and "those monks were assholes"

BULBASAUR
Apr 6, 2009




Soiled Meat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkMmlBmVncg

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!
Calling all Wizards: Harry Potter is in great danger, and he needs your help to wipe all the squads in the Hogsmeade. But to do this, he needs a powerful wand, and a couple of healing potions. To help him, all he needs is your credit card number, the three digits on the back, and the expiration month and year. But, you gotta be quick so that Harry Potter can secure the school and achieve the EXPELLIRIAMUS.

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Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

can't wait to achieve the rank of Grand Wizard in my secret society that ensures a secure future for wizard children

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