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BigSexy: Apr 21, 2020

Grimdude posted:

He's blatantly insecure and using "I'm helping you! Algorithm!" as an excuse. What he's really doing is making sure people know she's taken. Which is you know, the opposite of helping and he probably knows it. She also probably knows that he knows this and that's why she's mad.

I mean outside of everything else it�s still weird for your spouse to be encouraging stuff like that? Like I get that�s part of Instagram influencer bullshit but it�s still weird

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kalel posted:

please stop posting Sonic music, the psychic damage is overwhelming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=895wU4jtEdY

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:18

The_Franz: Aug 8, 2003

haveblue posted:

Once you hit a high enough tier of influencer brands will pay you to do testimonials for their stuff (sponcon, or sponsored content). You can also run ads on your youtube channel or any other platform that allows that

yeah, they'll also send you lots of free stuff to plug on your various feeds, which often ends up being sold afterwards.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:20

camoseven: Dec 30, 2005; RODOLPHONE RINGIN'

BigSexy posted:

I mean outside of everything else it�s still weird for your spouse to be encouraging stuff like that? Like I get that�s part of Instagram influencer bullshit but it�s still weird

Please don't kinkshame

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:23

Absurd Alhazred: Mar 27, 2010; by Athanatos

Not everyone is ready or willing to be in a relationship with a sex worker. It's pretty clear he isn't. :sever:

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:30

Variable 5: Apr 17, 2007; We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy.; Grimey Drawer

BigSexy posted:

I mean outside of everything else it�s still weird for your spouse to be encouraging stuff like that? Like I get that�s part of Instagram influencer bullshit but it�s still weird

I can't think of a single method of him interacting with her feed that they both would find appropriate. It's like "Instagram influencer" is this weird gray area for people basically selling their bodies, which is what she's doing.

Models (clothed and nude) bring spouses and chaperones to shoots. Porn stars are pretty clearly-defined, as in if you're in a relationship with one, you're either in the industry yourself or you know exactly what the work entails. People that employ sex workers pay for that privilege of describing what they'd do to various body parts.

But on Instagram, you can be as crass and lewd as you want to a model for free and she's basically compelled to go "aw, how sweet" if she interacts at all. Dude needs to clearly state his issues with her activities. He's allowed to ask for any boundaries he likes, and she's free to adhere to or disregard them as she likes, and he's free to sever or not as he likes depending on that response. And this goes both ways.

It does remind me of the joke about the guy married to a woman that picked up hooking to make money that had a line of guys outside their bedroom door waiting for their turn, and his friend asked him why he didn't divorce her. His response was "what, and go to the back of the line?"

Edit: \/\/\/ I wonder if she "realized" after the fact that showing skin made her more money? That realization is a meme at this point.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:31

Zulily Zoetrope: Jun 1, 2011; Muldoon

As before, dating an influencer sounds like a personal hell, but it's a choice you make going into the relationship, not something you get to make demands about or try to sabotage years down the road.

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kntfkr: Feb 11, 2019; GOOSE FUCKER

kalel posted:

please stop posting Sonic music, the psychic damage is overwhelming

sorry, let me turn it down a little

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGytDsqkQY8

is that better?

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:31

Squashing Machine: Jul 5, 2005; I mean boning, the wild mambo, the hunka chunka

Grimdude posted:

He's blatantly insecure and using "I'm helping you! Algorithm!" as an excuse. What he's really doing is making sure people know she's taken. Which is you know, the opposite of helping and he probably knows it. She also probably knows that he knows this and that's why she's mad.

I think I'd be at least a little leery if my partner was ignoring my concerns about pursuing a social media business model that revolves around completely hiding my existence from a drove of lonely hornsters in the hope of getting a Huel sponsorship

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:34

Xakura: Jan 10, 2019; A safety-conscious little mouse!

Squashing Machine posted:

I think I'd be at least a little leery if my partner was ignoring my concerns about pursuing a social media business model that revolves around completely hiding my existence from a drove of lonely hornsters in the hope of getting a Huel sponsorship

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Not everyone is ready or willing to be in a relationship with a sex worker. It's pretty clear he isn't.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:36

Variable 5: Apr 17, 2007; We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy.; Grimey Drawer

Girl streamers hiding their boyfriends

quote:

I am writing this anonymously to shine light on a funny/horrible/sad issue that exists on Twitch. I am the boyfriend of a streamer, I am not allowed to show myself on her stream or make any noise when she streams. Because then she thinks her viewers would realize that she has a boyfriend and leave the stream. Her subscribers would unsubscribe and people would stop donating. We even put up two huge matresses to try and prevent any noise from penetrating the walls from when I play video games in the room nearby. She doesn't mention me at parties because she thinks that guys won't talk to her if they know that she has a boyfriend. We split up at parties and go by ourselves because of this reason.

I am pretty sure a lot of streamers do the same, only that we don't know about this because we're not supposed to know about it. It's kind of horrible when you think of it, that you have to hide your boyfriend in order to maintain the income from your stream.

If anyone has any stories to share feel free to do so, please do not point fingers though. Keep it anonymous. I want to hear your opinions.

**UPDATE: Oh my god, I did not expect this to blow up like this. Thank you everyone for the replies! The people who are saying this is fake, I don't really care if you believe this or not. I am not going to provide evidence that could start a witch hunt. **

I appreciate all your answers, we had a serious talk where we kind of broke up but then she realized what she was doing wasn't really okay so she said sorry 100x times and said I can be on her stream and she mentions me sometimes when people talk about me. People know I live with her and they seem to like me actually! I think this will turn out for the better. Thank you to all the answers, it was great sparking a discussion like this. 353 comments and 16 000 views on this thread is insane. I was expecting maybe 10 comments maximum.

It's great that we can talk about these issues without generalizing girl streamers or w/e on Twitch. That was really not my intention with what I wrote.

Thank you for the replies again and I hope the conversations in this thread was helpful for other people going through the same issue as I was.

Kind Regards

Anonymous

At least sex workers get to have relationships outside of work. The Internet was a mistake.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:42

Uncle Enzo: Apr 28, 2008; I always wanted to be a Wizard

Also can I just say how gross I find his behavior? There's no one not icked out. Influencer gf is skeeved by his public possessive behavior, the horny dudes interacting with a model on insta are grossed out and turned off. I'm a random bystander and I'm like dude shut up that's gross to be publicly bragging about licking your wife's breasts. If people know you're in a relationship they know you do that, you don't have to tell people.

GF is probably dealing with 50x more horniness than he knows about, her life is hard enough already. I can't imagine living in a fishbowl with people talking about your body all the time, it seems like a nightmare.

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WoodrowSkillson: Feb 24, 2005; *Gestures at 60 years of Lions history*

Walking down the aisle to stone cold's music

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Batterypowered7: Aug 8, 2009; The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

kntfkr posted:

sorry, let me turn it down a little

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGytDsqkQY8

is that better?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KT-r2vHeMM

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:49

The Moon Monster: Dec 30, 2005

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Not everyone is ready or willing to be in a relationship with a sex worker. It's pretty clear he isn't.

TBF most instagram influencers are less sex workers and more sex volunteers.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:52

Grape: Nov 16, 2017; Happily shilling for China!

Uncle Enzo posted:

Also can I just say how gross I find his behavior? There's no one not icked out. Influencer gf is skeeved by his public possessive behavior, the horny dudes interacting with a model on insta are grossed out and turned off. I'm a random bystander and I'm like dude shut up that's gross to be publicly bragging about licking your wife's breasts. If people know you're in a relationship they know you do that, you don't have to tell people.

GF is probably dealing with 50x more horniness than he knows about, her life is hard enough already. I can't imagine living in a fishbowl with people talking about your body all the time, it seems like a nightmare.

Whatever she's doing is very clearly predicated on that horniness, not on it being some unfortunate environmental hazard.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:53

Quackles: Aug 11, 2018; Pixels of Light.

Variable 5 posted:

Girl streamers hiding their boyfriends

At least sex workers get to have relationships outside of work. The Internet was a mistake.

Wasn't this an issue with the members of the idol group AKB48? They weren't contractually allowed to have boyfriends so their fans would see them as 'available'.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:54

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

Modern culture in general has that issue, social media has created the expectation that celebrities make their personal lives an open book and conform to unrealistic expectations 24/7

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:56

Variable 5: Apr 17, 2007; We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy.; Grimey Drawer

Quackles posted:

Wasn't this an issue with the members of the idol group AKB48? They weren't contractually allowed to have boyfriends so their fans would see them as 'available'.

I remember it coming up when Tatu (sp., who the gently caress cares) and "All the Things She Said" were a thing. From what I recall, they were both in committed relationships with men at the time.

I am unreasonably proud that I have never heard of AKB48.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:58

Tarkus: Aug 27, 2000

haveblue posted:

Modern culture in general has that issue, social media has created the expectation that celebrities make their personal lives an open book and conform to unrealistic expectations 24/7

That's something that has been part and parcel of being in the public eye since forever except that now you can put yourself in the public eye and get all of the bad effects (stalkers, endless scrutiny) of fame without the usual wealth that comes with it.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:58

CharlestheHammer: Jun 26, 2011; YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

Uncle Enzo posted:

Also can I just say how gross I find his behavior? There's no one not icked out. Influencer gf is skeeved by his public possessive behavior, the horny dudes interacting with a model on insta are grossed out and turned off. I'm a random bystander and I'm like dude shut up that's gross to be publicly bragging about licking your wife's breasts. If people know you're in a relationship they know you do that, you don't have to tell people.

GF is probably dealing with 50x more horniness than he knows about, her life is hard enough already. I can't imagine living in a fishbowl with people talking about your body all the time, it seems like a nightmare.

My dude provoking horniness is the job, there is nothing else really there

# ? Jan 7, 2022 23:09

PancakeTransmission: May 27, 2007; You gotta improvise, Lisa: cloves, Tom Collins mix, frozen pie crust...; Plaster Town Cop

Uncle Enzo posted:

I'm a random bystander and I'm like dude shut up that's gross to be publicly bragging about licking your wife's breasts.

I'd bet

that "Like when I see some guy say �you�re so hawt I wanna suck those things so bad,�" is relating to her toes/feet because feet people are weirdos.

Most other people know to leave the sexually explicit comments on the OF page.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 23:14

Squashing Machine: Jul 5, 2005; I mean boning, the wild mambo, the hunka chunka

CharlestheHammer posted:

My dude provoking horniness is the job, there is nothing else really there

Yeah, it's pretty rich to act like influencer girlfriend is some sort of towering victim in all this when sexually provoking people on the internet to sell NordVPN is the intended business model

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teen witch: Oct 9, 2012

be wise

beware

post here with care

# ? Jan 7, 2022 23:19

Zulily Zoetrope: Jun 1, 2011; Muldoon

The image in question is deliberate satire. It is not meant to be accurate.

E: Wrong thread

# ? Jan 7, 2022 23:21

kdrudy: Sep 19, 2009

WoodrowSkillson posted:

Walking down the aisle to stone cold's music

As long as you walk down it the same way he would. And give the priest maybe a Stunner, have your boys throw you some beers, and walk out.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 23:27

Hughlander: May 11, 2005

There's a lot of quality posts today, sorry the thread is moving so fast....

AITA for wearing lingerie to win an argument with SIL?

quote:

My girlfriend (26F) and I (27M) have been living together for the past couple of years. Recently, my GF�s sister moved in with us due to financial issues. I didn�t mind it, as she was going through some rough times.

However, there has been one problem. When she is in our house, she is almost always half-naked. This means that she is only wearing a bra and panties, nothing else. I have told her (both alone and with my GF) that this makes me uncomfortable. After the talks, she stops for a little while, but is back at it soon enough. During our most recent confrontation a couple of days ago, she snapped and said that I was making an issue out of nothing, and that this is normal to do.

Now, here is where I might be the AH. My GF gave me a set of lingerie (for me to wear) as a gag gift on my birthday a while back. It�s barely been used, except for a couple times when experimenting in the bedroom, ha ha. So, after talking to my GF about it, I grabbed the set out of the closet and put it on. Then, I just went around the house doing chores and whatnot until GF�s sister noticed. The conversation went as follows:

SIL: �What the hell are you doing?�

Me: �What? I�m just wearing what makes me feel comfortable.�

SIL: �Gross! You need to take that off!�

Me: �Well, it�s a normal thing to do, so I think I�ll keep doing it.�

SIL: �Screw you! You�re an AH for taking it this far!�

Then, she stormed off. My GF thought it was pretty funny, as she supported me doing this. However, she is a little sensitive right now, and I don�t know if I really did take this too far. So, AITA?

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Pope Corky the IX: Dec 18, 2006; What are you looking at?

rear end in a top hat is one word, not two. What is this AH nonsense?

# ? Jan 7, 2022 23:54

camoseven: Dec 30, 2005; RODOLPHONE RINGIN'

Pope Corky the IX posted:

rear end in a top hat is one word, not two. What is this AH nonsense?

352 pages in and we're only now asking this important question

# ? Jan 7, 2022 23:56

house of the dad: Jul 4, 2005

Uncle Enzo posted:

Also can I just say how gross I find his behavior? There's no one not icked out. Influencer gf is skeeved by his public possessive behavior, the horny dudes interacting with a model on insta are grossed out and turned off. I'm a random bystander and I'm like dude shut up that's gross to be publicly bragging about licking your wife's breasts. If people know you're in a relationship they know you do that, you don't have to tell people.

GF is probably dealing with 50x more horniness than he knows about, her life is hard enough already. I can't imagine living in a fishbowl with people talking about your body all the time, it seems like a nightmare.

I'm also trapped in a governmentally mandated horny instagram program and it's true. My life is pure hell.

# ? Jan 8, 2022 00:00

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

kalel posted:

please stop posting Sonic music, the psychic damage is overwhelming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yw5jkAHgME

# ? Jan 8, 2022 00:01

Motronic: Nov 6, 2009

The Moon Monster posted:

TBF most instagram influencers are less sex workers and more sex volunteers.

This is my issue with most of these stories. They aren't making any money at all, or nothing significant. Let's be serious, it's like any other "fame" thing whether it's actors, musicians, etc: .5% are making 99.5% of the money.

This isn't about the money, it's about the attention. But they won't come out and just say that because it makes them look just as bad as it is.

# ? Jan 8, 2022 00:02

muscles like this!: Jan 17, 2005

Quackles posted:

Wasn't this an issue with the members of the idol group AKB48? They weren't contractually allowed to have boyfriends so their fans would see them as 'available'.

That's pretty much any kpop star/idol where they have to constantly pretend to be available to sell the fantasy.

# ? Jan 8, 2022 00:07

kntfkr: Feb 11, 2019; GOOSE FUCKER

Batterypowered7 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KT-r2vHeMM

yeah, let's get a little vh1 up in here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp2P6JKc1QE

# ? Jan 8, 2022 00:10

Uncle Enzo: Apr 28, 2008; I always wanted to be a Wizard

CharlestheHammer posted:

My dude provoking horniness is the job, there is nothing else really there

Yes, I know that. There's underground gold miners that do brutal manual labor thousands of feet down in 125F deg heat. That's part of their job, but that doesn't mean it's not extremely hard work.

She's solo interacting with the fire hose of male horniness, it's got to be really difficult, demanding work. I have compassion for her, she's probably seen some awful poo poo.

# ? Jan 8, 2022 00:11

Mx.: Dec 16, 2006; I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!

AITA for teaching my 2 year old to call my MIL poopy?

quote:

MIL came over recently because someone in the family had died and asked her to give an item to my husband. Prior to that I don't remember the last time we saw her. She was invited to meet our son (now 2) a couple times when he was born but she had excuses, so we stopped asking, and contact fizzled. For the record she only lives about 30 minutes away.

I was kind of annoyed that my husband let her in the house, but whatever. she didn't look at our son and talked to my husband for maybe 2 minutes and then went to leave. My son's new thing is asking what everyone's name is, so he asked me what hers was, and I said poopy, which made him laugh.

MIL turned around and said and mommy's name is oval office. My husband told her to get out that minute, which she did. I feel like it was a pretty harmless joke when she gives zero shits about her family. My husband's cousins all thought it was funny when we told them but his aunt (MILs sister) called me stupid trash.

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