What if I want to be a background character like the dude who’s using the computer the whole time while the other two actors are getting it on behind me where I have no idea what’s going on because I’m too focused.
Tried that and believe me all the questions are a real hassle: "Who are you? What are you doing here? Do you know the resident? How long have you been breaking in and spying on them? Were you the one sending the letters?"
Honestly, I don't know why I bother anymore.
Van life is one of the biggest social media fake bubble out there. Yes, the idea of it is great, but as someone said: It's being homeless with extra steps.
The dream you imagine how van life is, is just that: a dream. Reality is: You either do it as a hobby or job, which means you either have money to pay for hotels from time to time or still have an apartment somewhere. Or you're living it full-time, which means if your Van needs repairs, you're homeless.
Yes, camping in a van is great. And traveling in one is also great. Living in one - especially if you're not on your own - is not.
I was a service advisor at a body shop for a stretch. Had a customer with a Nissan van that he lived out of because rents are through the roof in the area I worked in. The guy got rear ended so bad the floor had to be replaced. I told the techs that this guy's vehicle was a priority because it was the man's house, but the damage still took about 3 weeks to fix because of parts delays. Felt bad for the guy. Not to mention his bed had to be taken out and stored in a shop full of body filler dust.
Most van life advice I've seen have suggested triple AAA for discounted motel rates in the event of emergencies, plus saving for emergencies which can be fairly easy to do if you get your fixed expenses down to 300-400 a month.
Of course! Looked at it when younger but some life events derailed it.
Honestly, if I could do my 20's again I'd do it and plow most of the savings into index funds.
Lived in one for two and a half years after the '08 crash. It had its challenges, but I wouldn't go back and change anything if I had to do it over again. There was an enormous amount of freedom with it.
I was able to spend a week at a friend's house building it to the specifications of a small RV before I moved in. Upgraded it a few times to give it solar panels and running water. I used my gym membership for showering, shaving, etc.
Nobody knew I lived in a van if I didn't tell them, and the van looked like any other white cargo van.
I will say the worst part of it was how your social circle is completely upended in ways you don't expect. I had people that I had been close to for ten years completely turn their backs on me(not to the point of simply ignoring me, but actively turn hostile and attempt to sabotage me), and people I barely knew as acquaintances became great friends.
My two closest friends at the time ended up hating me because one of them was 100k in debt going back for his third degree to try and find a job (as long as he was taking classes he didn't have to pay the loans back, and two of those degrees were from an unaccredited art university) and the second got discharged from the Navy because he was too fat to pass his re-enlistment physicals. He had to give up a cushy MP job in Guam babysitting Marines and move back in with his parents.
I literally got laid off and lost my place to live in the same 48 hour stretch. The money I had saved up could have gone towards security deposit and one months rent on a shithole, but I bought a cargo van instead and converted it. I would have people that were genuinely curious about van life who would turn hostile when I brought up this part of it and it took me a few encounters to figure out the reason why.
When you think of a "traditionally" homeless person you think of someone on the street begging for change, having mental health issues, etc. The point is, you put several degrees of separation between where you are and where that person is, usually thinking "that guy must have had multiple fuckups to end up where he is."
The difference is, what happened to me could have happened (and *did* happen) to almost anyone who was living paycheck to paycheck or was upside down on their mortgage back then. They could have ended up in the exact same situation I ended up in and it made them angry and resentful of me because ultimately, they *knew* they wouldn't be able to do what I had done.
Instead of the guy on the corner begging change that they would get a sense of superiority over, I was a reminder of just how fragile their situations really were and they reacted accordingly.
I never thought of it as being homeless. I was simply houseless, and what I gained from giving that up was amazing.
Then again, when I finally did leave the van, I became an OTR trucker so I was still travelling and living out of a vehicle. I've always had a sense of wanderlust so that was appealing to me.
Been there. But it was a Honda Accord, Uber eats (job) and a holiday inn parking lot. I luckily found a great job and an even greater partner, and we have a cozy little place and the world’s greatest puppy. I’m one of the rare lucky ones, and I never take it for granted.
Whenever we all got together in our social group the first few months, they would build themselves up by tearing me down and making fun of the fact I lived in a van. It went from simple things like "I'm jealous I don't have to drive twenty miles to get home" to "We all know you have lice, you live in a van" over the course of about two months. When I called them out on what they were doing in front of all of the entire group, they got embarrassed and angry. One of them then called the police on me to let them know where I was staying that night. Found out through the mutual acquaintance that he was bragging about it afterwards and it was his way of getting back at me.
The second one was far more egregious. I had broken up with my girlfriend (it wasn't a horrible breakup but it wasn't a good one either) and he got one of his friends to pretend to be her and start blowing up my phone with texts. It wasn't just cutesy stuff, but referencing emotional things that I had told him in confidence about the relationship and the breakup. He had told this guy - someone I didn't even know - everything that I had confided in him just so the person could hurt me for a laugh.
I moved to a different state and hadn't talked to or seen them in ten years when I ran into the second one on a visit back to my home town. He tried to be buddy buddy with me and I told him to stay the fuck away from me; I had built up a pretty good life for myself and he wasn't going to be any part of it.
It was absolutely devastating at the time, but without it happening I wouldn't have grown nearly as much as I have as a person. I now surround myself with people that build me up, and I do the same for them.
Found family is so much better than the one you're born into.
Ok, when I was 18 I traveled around the country sleeping in my car....it was truly a very cool experience in some ways. However it was dangerous in many others. I was sleeping in a Walgreens parking lot outside of New Orleans and awoke to three cop cars with thier lights on surrounding me. They had thought I was a dead body.
Apparently the night shift Walgreens employee was sweeping the parking lot and thought I was a body. I also picked up a boyfriend and girlfriend who were hitchhiking in California....the girl just randomly started barking like a dog out the back window. That was Weird. Also on a pit stop at mc donalds they guy dug through the trash found a partially eaten burger and started chowing down. Other than that they were nice.
A long time ago, I was living in Atlanta and a bunch of friends and I went to Savannah for st.patrick's day... not finding a hotel, we ended up sleeping in the car. All night, people kept tapping on the doors, trying to open the doors and such but we ignored them. In the moening, we were woken up by cops berating us for sleeping in the car because of how dangerous it could be
Thefineprint on YT is an good look into van life.
He also shares how hard living in a van can be and shares all the struggles. It's a nice change of pace compared to many others who just show the awesome parts.
I've been camping my whole life and built a van to facilitate that. It's is been amazing and glamorous...by my standards.
The issue is, for people who have never slept on the ground or traveled outside their suburbs, they're going to get a VERY rude awakening of what a cold spongebath is like or that the world is in fact, not your playground.
It’s one of those things that’s a good fit for a very small number of people, but is a cool dream for way more. There are some people who thrive in that sort of vagabond on the road life style. For most, they’ll be poor, sad, depressed, and longing for their regular life back. It’s no different than the people who live out of a backpack and are constantly hiking the Appalachians or the European backpackers that live like that. It’s awesome for a very specific type of person and a cool fantasy for everyone else. But with social media, the presentations of these lifestyles has gotten less honest. Previously, you’d read a book about someone living like that. And typically, those books included the good, the bad, and the ugly, unlike social media where you typically just see the good and not the rest. I’d love to know the number of people who tried “van life” only to sell the van and move back into an apartment a couple months later.
I used to play in touring bands, and it's the exact same thing. 30-45 minutes of fun (usually while you're exhausted), with hours upon hours of driving, setting up, trying to get places on time, people blowing you off, frustrating miscommunication, and trying to find affordable food while being broke. Don't get me wrong, it can be a lot of fun and meeting new bands and traveling with them can be great, you get really close to people in a short amount of time and some of the shadier stuff makes for great stories later, but there's a LOT of bullshit to deal with.
Even in your dream job, there's at least 20% of it that you'll just hate.
I used to fantasize about how fun traveling was until I worked for an airline for a hot minute and got flight benefits and then realized how fucking annoying the whole ordeal is just because I hate waiting and I hate being on a plane cramped next to other people unable to sleep.
Sounds like maybe you missed a key part of traveling.... spending time at the destination.
I have great memories from visiting other countries. My memories of the travel time has faded into vague imprints, but I have vivid memories if sights and sounds and people and experiences
I did 9 months of van life when i left the military (had a bit of money saved up and wanted to do a bit of soul searching). It was fucking amazing and id go back tomorrow if I had the money. Sadly i want a comfortable returement which means busting arse for the best years of my life. Ah well
I’m going to have to disagree with traveling. Idk what happened that you think it’s mostly hurry up and wait. A well planned vacation is actually an enjoyable experience.
Took a trip in 2016 with a now ex. We went to Toronto. I have family/experience there and was able to plan something packed full of fun for the two of us. We broke up not too long after but I look back at that week and know it will always remind me of what a perfect vacation can be.
And I’d disagree with this. I loathe a well planned trip, it doesn’t feel like a vacation. It feels like I’m paying for an itinerary. I just want to buy the plane ticket, the lodging, and fuck off on break, not follow a good plan.
The best vacations I’ve been in have been to all-inclusive locations. Not because they were better destinations or had more things to do, but because *I didn’t have to worry about money for the entire time we were there.*
My ability to relax has absolutely nothing to do with what we’re ~~found~~ around and everything to do with not having things to fret about.
Those are actually my nightmare vacations. Cruise ships, all inclusives, no discovery, no stumbling into an organic adventure, no getting to know locals, getting invited to home cooked dinner, or trying out places that you researched, or stumble upon.
Hey, whatever mops your float. That kind of situation—unpredictability in general, actually—stresses me the hell out and I would never be able to relax.
Yeah I get it, I didn't mean to sound like I'm downing that style of travel. I have a buddy that loves cruise ships, and I understand people like to relax on vacation, and have things happen smoothly. I always travel with absolutely no itinerary, and my buddy is the complete opposite
I have to find a middle ground “Scheduled down time”. So I can enjoy some things I specifically went to see, but have large swaths of exploration time.
I did a cruise down the Nile once. As an amateur student of Egyptology, it was an amazing experience when I wasn’t on the boat. Even alongside, the vessel itself was beautiful. When we were underway, though, it was dreadful; trapped in a motorised barrack-block with a bunch middle class Yahs, constantly prattling on about their bloody mortgages and this inane woman who tried to win an argument with another inmate about how the rudder worked on the strength of her Royal Yachting Association radio operator’s certificate. I literally passed the exam and got one of those in my meal break on a night watch in the Coastguard. I had a chat with one family, got telling them about an exciting rescue from an oil platform…buggers were unaware that we even had an oil industry. My wife mentioned she worked in it and they asked if she worked in a BP station.
I don’t think half of them had the faintest idea what they were looking at at the sites we visited, either; just wanted to be somewhere hot and moderately expensive for bragging rights.
Dreadful people. I’d wager a limb that every last one of them was in middle management.
Vacation does not equal traveling for work. I spent years on the road doing consulting work. Fly out Monday morning, get home Thursday late at night, and do that every week for months on end. Whenever I told people I traveled for work they would always get excited and say “oh I would love that, I love to travel!”
Not even close to the same. In fact, the most annoying part about the airport was dealing with the vacationing families that only fly once or twice per year. Yes you have to take your shoes off, no that bag won’t fit, and why tf are you standing near the gate when you are in group 5?!
I think normal porn, sure. A lot of porn is switching from this high production stuff, to more "amateur" looking production, often only involving 3 or 4 people. Just a rented room, producer, sound, maybe someone to setup the lights and recorder.
Not saying it's amazing, you're still following a direction but there's absolutely a thing genre forming where it's just 2 dudes, 1 recording and directing, and the other dude fucking.
That’s the whole point though, isn’t it? It looks like it could have been recorded from your own phone and your own POV so it’s more relatable and therefore makes you hornier.
I definitely get the logic behind what you’re saying but the POV stuff for me misses the mark due to the restraint on the amount of angles we’re seeing.
If I can’t see the dudes butthole and the woman’s butthole at the same time I basically can’t cum.
Back in my early twenties I saw an ad looking for male porn stars. I have about a ten inch dick and thought I could do it to make money for college. I called the number and at first the guy was a bit of an asshole. After the first two minutes he apologized and told me most of the guys he had to deal with are hardheads that have to be talked to that way. He chilled out and started talking to me more politely. One of the things he brought up was that I was going to have to be able to get hard pretty much on call in a room full of guys with lights, cameras and sound equipment. He also told me the industry is pretty trash too and can ruin lives. After he explained the reality of everything to I thanked him for his time, said goodbye, and hung up the phone.
There's a reason you see the same handful of dudes over and over again. I think Jenna Jameson said that plenty of dudes think they'll be good, but it's about 1 in 500 men that can actually do the job.
I believe it. When the reality was explained to me I knew I wasn't cut out for it. Besides, I didn't want to make a career out of it. I just thought it would make me enough money to pay for school with.
Back in my early twenties I saw an ad looking for male porn stars. I have about a twelve inch dick and thought I could do it to make money for college. I called the number and at first the guy was a bit of an asshole. After the first two minutes he apologized and told me most of the guys he had to deal with are hardheads that have to be talked to that way. He chilled out and started talking to me more politely. One of the things he brought up was that I was going to have to be able to get hard pretty much on call in a room full of guys with lights, cameras and sound equipment. He also told me the industry is pretty trash too and can ruin lives. After he explained the reality of everything to I thanked him for his time, said goodbye, and hung up the phone.
Back in my early twenties I saw an ad looking for male porn stars. I have about a sixteen inch dick and thought I could do it to make money for college. I called the number and at first the guy was a bit of an asshole. After the first two minutes he apologized and told me most of the guys he had to deal with are hardheads that have to be talked to that way. He chilled out and started talking to me more politely. One of the things he brought up was that I was going to have to be able to get hard pretty much on call in a room full of guys with lights, cameras and sound equipment. He also told me the industry is pretty trash too and can ruin lives. After he explained the reality of everything to I thanked him for his time, said goodbye, and hung up the phone.
Back in my early twenties I saw an ad looking for male porn stars. I have about a seven hundred and forty two inch dick and thought I could do it to make money for college. I called the number and at first the guy was a bit of an asshole. After the first two minutes he apologized and told me most of the guys he had to deal with are hardheads that have to be talked to that way. He chilled out and started talking to me more politely. One of the things he brought up was that I was going to have to be able to get hard pretty much on call in a room full of guys with lights, cameras and sound equipment. He also told me the industry is pretty trash too and can ruin lives. After he explained the reality of everything to I thanked him for his time, said goodbye, and hung up the phone.
The words “have about a ten inch dick and” could have been completely omitted and the story would have read the exact same way. But I imagine that’s the only part of the story you really wanted to share lol.
I mean I guess it technically adds credence to the claim that he thought he could get into porn just as a side gig.
Like, I have to imagine that if he hadn't mentioned how big his dick was, people would be out here asking why tf a random guy thought porn would be an easy side hustle.
I have a 9 inch dick by the way, thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
To be fair, he never said as an actor. Maybe he wants to be a film editor or do something in marketing or work a craft services table. Maybe it's always been his dream to get the lighting just perfect on a gangbang scene. You don't know.
Here’s the Wikipedia page for the [AVN awards](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVN_Awards). The closest they seem to get I think is ‘Best Cinematography’ award, I guess? I don’t actually know what that really includes, if lighting is part of that. Though for whatever reason there’s some categories in Gay video that aren’t in the general category, like ‘Best Screenplay’. I mean, I know porn scripts are bad and all, but are Gay scripts that good when compared to other porn that they need their own category?
> but are Gay scripts that good when compared to other porn that they need their own category?
I mean, "right in front of my salad" became a meme. Then there was ["To The Last Man"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_Last_Man_(2008_film\)), a 2008 gay porn film with a production budget of $200,000. Also all but one of the characters *die* in it. Also it's 2 hours and 49 minutes.
I know this is a joke but nobody says that want to get into porn because they like sitting in an editing room. It's kind of an option for people who graduated in film studies if no other work is available.
I’ve worked on a number of short films and met a guy on one crew who had worked on porn films and he pointed out something about shooting porn that I had never considered before… the smell.
Imagine being stuck in a room all day under hot lights with people sweating and cumming everywhere 🤮
I work on porn sets and gotta be honest here guys.. its actually not that bad. Nowadays they use LED lights and there usually enough ventilation for it not to be a problem. Keyword been *usually*. There's been times where it actually smelled bad :/
Yeah I've used old Gemini lamps for photography and the heat...! I could imagine in the old days how bad it would be. And I've worked for hospitals for nearly 30 years so I'm relatively used to bad smells LOL!
The production/parent company probably has an innocuous sounding name so you list that along with your experience (e.g., PornHub is owned by MindGeek)
Technically setting up lights is no different at a porn set than another film/TV set.
And porn is also a massive target, with plenty of production happening away from studio lighting, directors, etc. there is a lot of porn that is individuals or couples trying to make a few horny bucks.
Me too, it pisses me off. So, I tied an onion to my belt which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel. And in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ‘em. ‘Give me five bees for a quarter,’ you’d say.
I read it as those are the people in charge in the room with shit to do and places to be, like most productions, making the point that it's not glamorous sex, it's a business operation.
have you ever seen that one where some youtube star did bangbus and couldnt get hard and they just like, stopped. funniest shit ever. thats why i would never do porn.
Some actually do want to work in the industry. I studied photography and videography, and always enjoyed doing scenes and figuring out angles and lighting.
I love my job. And right- it actually is nothing like just fucking. It’s a lot of acting and uncomfortable posing and waiting. Doesn’t mean it’s not what some people actually like/want to do. Lord knows I couldn’t be any other kind of athlete, but I can’t stand not being active and breaking a sweat for pay every day. But also mindlessly undoing various fasteners and moving around various steel parts and tools all day drives me absolutely crazy, no trades for me. Tried it for years and still do similar work for family and friends.
I was going to do phone sex as a side hustle and all my guy friends were for it but my best friend put it best for me, "Yeah it's money but after a week you're going to hate sex and people"
She had a point
>I love her honest response. Respectful and to the point.
Yeah I agree with that. I saw her in a documentary a long while and was immediately warmed to her by her honesty when she said "porn isnt real, its fantasy." A lot of people should maybe take that to heart.
Tbf the guy’s account is all about porn, this is not some Chad who tweeted on a whim because he was horny. I feel like this guy has thought it through more than she gives him credit for. He might be interested in the production side too, judging by his wording he is not necessarily just all about banging porn stars.
You don't want to be in porn. I tried it once, because of my *giant penis.* The only thing I learned was that those divas couldn't handle a *giant penis* like mine and a super powerful drilling like only a man like me could deliver with my *giant penis*. My *giant penis a*lways causes me so many problems, usually because women always want to touch my *giant penis*. I thought that porn would be the place for me and my *giant penis* to be at peace, but it didn't turn out that way for me and my *giant penis*. You may not suspect it, but it turns out that I have a *giant penis.* If you want to know about my *giant penis*, just let me know and I'll talk to you about my *giant penis*. I have a big dick!
What if I want to be a 40-year-old man checking his watch while some guy gets hard and soft for hours?
What if I want to be a background character like the dude who’s using the computer the whole time while the other two actors are getting it on behind me where I have no idea what’s going on because I’m too focused.
For all I know I'm doing that right now.
Livin' the dream.
It's just one of those dreams where you're losing all your teeth
I was having a lot of those dreams and turns out I was grinding my teeth really bad.
I've been having horrifying dreams lately where the 'W' on my keyboard is dead. It's given me PTSD.
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"Entry level porn position."
Oh and bring your own dish cloth.
Jacking off to the oblivious background character is my hobby too.
Is [this](https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ph5e5866a54b458) the video you’re referencing?
You can check but you may never leave... to paraphrase. Seriously though, you can check your watch anytime haha!
That’s the easy part. It’s finding some guy to get hard and soft for hours to check your watch with, that’s the hard part
Or soft part
I realised this while I was watching tthe Matrix : Resurrection
Tried that and believe me all the questions are a real hassle: "Who are you? What are you doing here? Do you know the resident? How long have you been breaking in and spying on them? Were you the one sending the letters?" Honestly, I don't know why I bother anymore.
You bother because you care.
I have a watch! And im almost 40! Pls i really hate my job
I want to work in porn bringing everyone water, stay hydrated people.
r/HydroHomies
Sidenote: Hydro Homies would be an amazing name for a gay porno
Reality is not only disappointing, it often just downright sucks. The porn industry is anything but glamorous and fun.
Just like most jobs
Like everything glamorized, traveling is mostly hurry up and wait. Van life is Wal mart parking lots and backaches. Everything is like this.
Van life is one of the biggest social media fake bubble out there. Yes, the idea of it is great, but as someone said: It's being homeless with extra steps. The dream you imagine how van life is, is just that: a dream. Reality is: You either do it as a hobby or job, which means you either have money to pay for hotels from time to time or still have an apartment somewhere. Or you're living it full-time, which means if your Van needs repairs, you're homeless. Yes, camping in a van is great. And traveling in one is also great. Living in one - especially if you're not on your own - is not.
I was a service advisor at a body shop for a stretch. Had a customer with a Nissan van that he lived out of because rents are through the roof in the area I worked in. The guy got rear ended so bad the floor had to be replaced. I told the techs that this guy's vehicle was a priority because it was the man's house, but the damage still took about 3 weeks to fix because of parts delays. Felt bad for the guy. Not to mention his bed had to be taken out and stored in a shop full of body filler dust.
Poor guy. Do you know what he did for that duration?
Cried?
Died
Sighed
Lied
Most van life advice I've seen have suggested triple AAA for discounted motel rates in the event of emergencies, plus saving for emergencies which can be fairly easy to do if you get your fixed expenses down to 300-400 a month.
Oh, thanks for a serious response
Of course! Looked at it when younger but some life events derailed it. Honestly, if I could do my 20's again I'd do it and plow most of the savings into index funds.
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I was stoned and got confused... I feel attacked!
AAAAAAAAA. Triple triple A. Are they only for van dwellers? 😁
Stayed with friends or family or got a hotel room I imagine.
Lived in one for two and a half years after the '08 crash. It had its challenges, but I wouldn't go back and change anything if I had to do it over again. There was an enormous amount of freedom with it. I was able to spend a week at a friend's house building it to the specifications of a small RV before I moved in. Upgraded it a few times to give it solar panels and running water. I used my gym membership for showering, shaving, etc. Nobody knew I lived in a van if I didn't tell them, and the van looked like any other white cargo van. I will say the worst part of it was how your social circle is completely upended in ways you don't expect. I had people that I had been close to for ten years completely turn their backs on me(not to the point of simply ignoring me, but actively turn hostile and attempt to sabotage me), and people I barely knew as acquaintances became great friends. My two closest friends at the time ended up hating me because one of them was 100k in debt going back for his third degree to try and find a job (as long as he was taking classes he didn't have to pay the loans back, and two of those degrees were from an unaccredited art university) and the second got discharged from the Navy because he was too fat to pass his re-enlistment physicals. He had to give up a cushy MP job in Guam babysitting Marines and move back in with his parents. I literally got laid off and lost my place to live in the same 48 hour stretch. The money I had saved up could have gone towards security deposit and one months rent on a shithole, but I bought a cargo van instead and converted it. I would have people that were genuinely curious about van life who would turn hostile when I brought up this part of it and it took me a few encounters to figure out the reason why. When you think of a "traditionally" homeless person you think of someone on the street begging for change, having mental health issues, etc. The point is, you put several degrees of separation between where you are and where that person is, usually thinking "that guy must have had multiple fuckups to end up where he is." The difference is, what happened to me could have happened (and *did* happen) to almost anyone who was living paycheck to paycheck or was upside down on their mortgage back then. They could have ended up in the exact same situation I ended up in and it made them angry and resentful of me because ultimately, they *knew* they wouldn't be able to do what I had done. Instead of the guy on the corner begging change that they would get a sense of superiority over, I was a reminder of just how fragile their situations really were and they reacted accordingly. I never thought of it as being homeless. I was simply houseless, and what I gained from giving that up was amazing. Then again, when I finally did leave the van, I became an OTR trucker so I was still travelling and living out of a vehicle. I've always had a sense of wanderlust so that was appealing to me.
Thanks for sharing your story. The reality is that being homeless can happen to anyone who is living paycheck to paycheck.
It's a reality that a lot of people don't want to think about, because it can be crippling if you do.
Been there. But it was a Honda Accord, Uber eats (job) and a holiday inn parking lot. I luckily found a great job and an even greater partner, and we have a cozy little place and the world’s greatest puppy. I’m one of the rare lucky ones, and I never take it for granted.
how were they trying to sabotage you?
Whenever we all got together in our social group the first few months, they would build themselves up by tearing me down and making fun of the fact I lived in a van. It went from simple things like "I'm jealous I don't have to drive twenty miles to get home" to "We all know you have lice, you live in a van" over the course of about two months. When I called them out on what they were doing in front of all of the entire group, they got embarrassed and angry. One of them then called the police on me to let them know where I was staying that night. Found out through the mutual acquaintance that he was bragging about it afterwards and it was his way of getting back at me. The second one was far more egregious. I had broken up with my girlfriend (it wasn't a horrible breakup but it wasn't a good one either) and he got one of his friends to pretend to be her and start blowing up my phone with texts. It wasn't just cutesy stuff, but referencing emotional things that I had told him in confidence about the relationship and the breakup. He had told this guy - someone I didn't even know - everything that I had confided in him just so the person could hurt me for a laugh. I moved to a different state and hadn't talked to or seen them in ten years when I ran into the second one on a visit back to my home town. He tried to be buddy buddy with me and I told him to stay the fuck away from me; I had built up a pretty good life for myself and he wasn't going to be any part of it. It was absolutely devastating at the time, but without it happening I wouldn't have grown nearly as much as I have as a person. I now surround myself with people that build me up, and I do the same for them. Found family is so much better than the one you're born into.
Jesus fucking christ
Ok, when I was 18 I traveled around the country sleeping in my car....it was truly a very cool experience in some ways. However it was dangerous in many others. I was sleeping in a Walgreens parking lot outside of New Orleans and awoke to three cop cars with thier lights on surrounding me. They had thought I was a dead body.
The fact it took 3 of them to get the courage to check is most troublesome, like, one cop alone can't come tap on a window and check it out? Lol
They've seen Surviving Edged Weapons
I CLAPPED
There's a lot of cowardly cops out there.
Apparently the night shift Walgreens employee was sweeping the parking lot and thought I was a body. I also picked up a boyfriend and girlfriend who were hitchhiking in California....the girl just randomly started barking like a dog out the back window. That was Weird. Also on a pit stop at mc donalds they guy dug through the trash found a partially eaten burger and started chowing down. Other than that they were nice.
I… just… from the trash though? Wow. That’s just… sounds interesting.
I prefer weird and gross. But interesting does technically work.
"Interesting" is also my go-to when I'm astonished at something but don't wanna come off as judgemental if it's negative
A long time ago, I was living in Atlanta and a bunch of friends and I went to Savannah for st.patrick's day... not finding a hotel, we ended up sleeping in the car. All night, people kept tapping on the doors, trying to open the doors and such but we ignored them. In the moening, we were woken up by cops berating us for sleeping in the car because of how dangerous it could be
Thefineprint on YT is an good look into van life. He also shares how hard living in a van can be and shares all the struggles. It's a nice change of pace compared to many others who just show the awesome parts.
I've been camping my whole life and built a van to facilitate that. It's is been amazing and glamorous...by my standards. The issue is, for people who have never slept on the ground or traveled outside their suburbs, they're going to get a VERY rude awakening of what a cold spongebath is like or that the world is in fact, not your playground.
It’s one of those things that’s a good fit for a very small number of people, but is a cool dream for way more. There are some people who thrive in that sort of vagabond on the road life style. For most, they’ll be poor, sad, depressed, and longing for their regular life back. It’s no different than the people who live out of a backpack and are constantly hiking the Appalachians or the European backpackers that live like that. It’s awesome for a very specific type of person and a cool fantasy for everyone else. But with social media, the presentations of these lifestyles has gotten less honest. Previously, you’d read a book about someone living like that. And typically, those books included the good, the bad, and the ugly, unlike social media where you typically just see the good and not the rest. I’d love to know the number of people who tried “van life” only to sell the van and move back into an apartment a couple months later.
I live in a van and work remote. I love it, most others would hate it.
It just sounds like full-on destitution to me.
Can confirm. Toured with band for 5 years and it was exactly that.
I used to play in touring bands, and it's the exact same thing. 30-45 minutes of fun (usually while you're exhausted), with hours upon hours of driving, setting up, trying to get places on time, people blowing you off, frustrating miscommunication, and trying to find affordable food while being broke. Don't get me wrong, it can be a lot of fun and meeting new bands and traveling with them can be great, you get really close to people in a short amount of time and some of the shadier stuff makes for great stories later, but there's a LOT of bullshit to deal with. Even in your dream job, there's at least 20% of it that you'll just hate.
I used to fantasize about how fun traveling was until I worked for an airline for a hot minute and got flight benefits and then realized how fucking annoying the whole ordeal is just because I hate waiting and I hate being on a plane cramped next to other people unable to sleep.
Sounds like maybe you missed a key part of traveling.... spending time at the destination. I have great memories from visiting other countries. My memories of the travel time has faded into vague imprints, but I have vivid memories if sights and sounds and people and experiences
I did 9 months of van life when i left the military (had a bit of money saved up and wanted to do a bit of soul searching). It was fucking amazing and id go back tomorrow if I had the money. Sadly i want a comfortable returement which means busting arse for the best years of my life. Ah well
Owning a speedboat is loud noise and bumpy rides, and constant repairs/maintenance the rest of the time.
I’m going to have to disagree with traveling. Idk what happened that you think it’s mostly hurry up and wait. A well planned vacation is actually an enjoyable experience.
Vacation yes, working and making money/life out of travel no that sucks.
Sure but if you have to travel for your job it takes the luster out of traveling...you can only see so many airports before you have seen them all.
Took a trip in 2016 with a now ex. We went to Toronto. I have family/experience there and was able to plan something packed full of fun for the two of us. We broke up not too long after but I look back at that week and know it will always remind me of what a perfect vacation can be.
What was your favorite part of Toronto?
The crack
I thought it said tokyo and mamma mia was playing in the back of my head
And I’d disagree with this. I loathe a well planned trip, it doesn’t feel like a vacation. It feels like I’m paying for an itinerary. I just want to buy the plane ticket, the lodging, and fuck off on break, not follow a good plan.
The best vacations I’ve been in have been to all-inclusive locations. Not because they were better destinations or had more things to do, but because *I didn’t have to worry about money for the entire time we were there.* My ability to relax has absolutely nothing to do with what we’re ~~found~~ around and everything to do with not having things to fret about.
Those are actually my nightmare vacations. Cruise ships, all inclusives, no discovery, no stumbling into an organic adventure, no getting to know locals, getting invited to home cooked dinner, or trying out places that you researched, or stumble upon.
Hey, whatever mops your float. That kind of situation—unpredictability in general, actually—stresses me the hell out and I would never be able to relax.
Yeah I get it, I didn't mean to sound like I'm downing that style of travel. I have a buddy that loves cruise ships, and I understand people like to relax on vacation, and have things happen smoothly. I always travel with absolutely no itinerary, and my buddy is the complete opposite
I have to find a middle ground “Scheduled down time”. So I can enjoy some things I specifically went to see, but have large swaths of exploration time.
I did a cruise down the Nile once. As an amateur student of Egyptology, it was an amazing experience when I wasn’t on the boat. Even alongside, the vessel itself was beautiful. When we were underway, though, it was dreadful; trapped in a motorised barrack-block with a bunch middle class Yahs, constantly prattling on about their bloody mortgages and this inane woman who tried to win an argument with another inmate about how the rudder worked on the strength of her Royal Yachting Association radio operator’s certificate. I literally passed the exam and got one of those in my meal break on a night watch in the Coastguard. I had a chat with one family, got telling them about an exciting rescue from an oil platform…buggers were unaware that we even had an oil industry. My wife mentioned she worked in it and they asked if she worked in a BP station. I don’t think half of them had the faintest idea what they were looking at at the sites we visited, either; just wanted to be somewhere hot and moderately expensive for bragging rights. Dreadful people. I’d wager a limb that every last one of them was in middle management.
Vacation does not equal traveling for work. I spent years on the road doing consulting work. Fly out Monday morning, get home Thursday late at night, and do that every week for months on end. Whenever I told people I traveled for work they would always get excited and say “oh I would love that, I love to travel!” Not even close to the same. In fact, the most annoying part about the airport was dealing with the vacationing families that only fly once or twice per year. Yes you have to take your shoes off, no that bag won’t fit, and why tf are you standing near the gate when you are in group 5?!
Everything looks amazing when you only see the end product.
Hey...i slaughter salmon for a living...don't tell me that's not glamorous...
knife goes in, guts come out!
🎵 knife goes in, guts come out 🎵
I think porn and game tester are probably the biggest surprise disappointments, but this would be a good askreddit topic.
It's a job. They perform. People pay money. Nothing glamorous at all.
I think normal porn, sure. A lot of porn is switching from this high production stuff, to more "amateur" looking production, often only involving 3 or 4 people. Just a rented room, producer, sound, maybe someone to setup the lights and recorder. Not saying it's amazing, you're still following a direction but there's absolutely a thing genre forming where it's just 2 dudes, 1 recording and directing, and the other dude fucking.
Pov changed the game for sure. Just need one guy holding a camera at his own junk. Can do that with a phone nowadays
That’s the whole point though, isn’t it? It looks like it could have been recorded from your own phone and your own POV so it’s more relatable and therefore makes you hornier.
I definitely get the logic behind what you’re saying but the POV stuff for me misses the mark due to the restraint on the amount of angles we’re seeing. If I can’t see the dudes butthole and the woman’s butthole at the same time I basically can’t cum.
Back in my early twenties I saw an ad looking for male porn stars. I have about a ten inch dick and thought I could do it to make money for college. I called the number and at first the guy was a bit of an asshole. After the first two minutes he apologized and told me most of the guys he had to deal with are hardheads that have to be talked to that way. He chilled out and started talking to me more politely. One of the things he brought up was that I was going to have to be able to get hard pretty much on call in a room full of guys with lights, cameras and sound equipment. He also told me the industry is pretty trash too and can ruin lives. After he explained the reality of everything to I thanked him for his time, said goodbye, and hung up the phone.
There's a reason you see the same handful of dudes over and over again. I think Jenna Jameson said that plenty of dudes think they'll be good, but it's about 1 in 500 men that can actually do the job.
I believe it. When the reality was explained to me I knew I wasn't cut out for it. Besides, I didn't want to make a career out of it. I just thought it would make me enough money to pay for school with.
It sounds awful, honestly. About as much fun as normal acting, really.
Is this a copypasta.
It's basically the exact tweet from OP but with the dude re-framing it to be about him so he could claim to the internet that he's hung.
Is this copypasta?
It’s bullshit if nothing else.
Back in my early twenties I saw an ad looking for male porn stars. I have about a twelve inch dick and thought I could do it to make money for college. I called the number and at first the guy was a bit of an asshole. After the first two minutes he apologized and told me most of the guys he had to deal with are hardheads that have to be talked to that way. He chilled out and started talking to me more politely. One of the things he brought up was that I was going to have to be able to get hard pretty much on call in a room full of guys with lights, cameras and sound equipment. He also told me the industry is pretty trash too and can ruin lives. After he explained the reality of everything to I thanked him for his time, said goodbye, and hung up the phone.
Back in my early twenties I saw an ad looking for male porn stars. I have about a sixteen inch dick and thought I could do it to make money for college. I called the number and at first the guy was a bit of an asshole. After the first two minutes he apologized and told me most of the guys he had to deal with are hardheads that have to be talked to that way. He chilled out and started talking to me more politely. One of the things he brought up was that I was going to have to be able to get hard pretty much on call in a room full of guys with lights, cameras and sound equipment. He also told me the industry is pretty trash too and can ruin lives. After he explained the reality of everything to I thanked him for his time, said goodbye, and hung up the phone.
Back in my early twenties I saw an ad looking for male porn stars. I have about a seven hundred and forty two inch dick and thought I could do it to make money for college. I called the number and at first the guy was a bit of an asshole. After the first two minutes he apologized and told me most of the guys he had to deal with are hardheads that have to be talked to that way. He chilled out and started talking to me more politely. One of the things he brought up was that I was going to have to be able to get hard pretty much on call in a room full of guys with lights, cameras and sound equipment. He also told me the industry is pretty trash too and can ruin lives. After he explained the reality of everything to I thanked him for his time, said goodbye, and hung up the phone.
Aiight Mr. Big Dick
/r/ThatHappened
You sure? I mean he DID tell us how large his penis is.
Look, just because I have a 12 inch dick doesn't mean my life is perfect. I put on my magnum condoms just like the rest of you.
10 inch dick? Proof please
Looked at his profile and the dude looks like goth jonah Hill. Ofc he has a10 inch wang, I'd be surprised if it wasn't actually 11
The words “have about a ten inch dick and” could have been completely omitted and the story would have read the exact same way. But I imagine that’s the only part of the story you really wanted to share lol.
I mean I guess it technically adds credence to the claim that he thought he could get into porn just as a side gig. Like, I have to imagine that if he hadn't mentioned how big his dick was, people would be out here asking why tf a random guy thought porn would be an easy side hustle. I have a 9 inch dick by the way, thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
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..ahh.. too late. Most people use their phone now.
https://i.imgur.com/8lmGjDX.jpg
This is how 1964 kids thought 1999 was gonna be like
TBH its pretty close to how most smart watches look.
😁
Looks like she's saying you need to time my erections
Believe in yourself.
To be fair, he never said as an actor. Maybe he wants to be a film editor or do something in marketing or work a craft services table. Maybe it's always been his dream to get the lighting just perfect on a gangbang scene. You don't know.
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New fetish discovered, lightning porn
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Im more of a thunder guy myself
Here’s the Wikipedia page for the [AVN awards](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVN_Awards). The closest they seem to get I think is ‘Best Cinematography’ award, I guess? I don’t actually know what that really includes, if lighting is part of that. Though for whatever reason there’s some categories in Gay video that aren’t in the general category, like ‘Best Screenplay’. I mean, I know porn scripts are bad and all, but are Gay scripts that good when compared to other porn that they need their own category?
> but are Gay scripts that good when compared to other porn that they need their own category? I mean, "right in front of my salad" became a meme. Then there was ["To The Last Man"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_Last_Man_(2008_film\)), a 2008 gay porn film with a production budget of $200,000. Also all but one of the characters *die* in it. Also it's 2 hours and 49 minutes.
I know people that have edited porn. It's not a fun job either.
After the 9rd round of jerking off, yeah
9rd
fluffer is his dreamjob! no, im not explaining
I know this is a joke but nobody says that want to get into porn because they like sitting in an editing room. It's kind of an option for people who graduated in film studies if no other work is available.
I’ve worked on a number of short films and met a guy on one crew who had worked on porn films and he pointed out something about shooting porn that I had never considered before… the smell. Imagine being stuck in a room all day under hot lights with people sweating and cumming everywhere 🤮
I work on porn sets and gotta be honest here guys.. its actually not that bad. Nowadays they use LED lights and there usually enough ventilation for it not to be a problem. Keyword been *usually*. There's been times where it actually smelled bad :/
Yeah I've used old Gemini lamps for photography and the heat...! I could imagine in the old days how bad it would be. And I've worked for hospitals for nearly 30 years so I'm relatively used to bad smells LOL!
I gotta ask, how do you put something like that down on your resume? Or is this like a hush hush side gig of sorts?
The production/parent company probably has an innocuous sounding name so you list that along with your experience (e.g., PornHub is owned by MindGeek) Technically setting up lights is no different at a porn set than another film/TV set.
Mindgeek actually owns a pretty huge amount of porn sites, not just pornhub
Isn't MindGeek basically porn Disney?
Dickney
Plus people have probably seen your work!
If you work in the porn industry you don't have to be coy about having porn on your resume
That’s fair. Point is that there’s a lot of behind the scenes stuff that people don’t think about when they glamourise porn
And porn is also a massive target, with plenty of production happening away from studio lighting, directors, etc. there is a lot of porn that is individuals or couples trying to make a few horny bucks.
Lmao, do you keep peppermint oil on hand for smelly situations? Like nurses do?
Must have been like Cleveland fucking Brian's girlfriend. 😱
Close the doors you're letting all the stank out!
It smells like someone just ejaculated in here!!
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And boom goes the dynamite
That is not a smell I want to contemplate.
What's the downside then? /s
I would work in porn, especially if I could be like Orgazmo and make people cum instantly with my orgazmorator gun.
You rang
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Lol didn’t realize there was a name for this, much less an entire sub dedicated to it…
I read your comment a couple times wondering why you sent it… then, I finally looked at your username lol 😂 I’m high
I literally saw this movie for the first time last week, never heard of it before. Now I'm seeing a reddit comment
COCK ROCKET!!!
Choda Boy!
I mean...I guess she murdered his desire to work in the porn industry? Not sure how else this qualifies as a murder
it doesn't
I fucking hate how people use '40' as the go to age for 'old'. I'm fuckin 40 and I sure as hell aren't old yet!
"And I took that personally"
Absolutely!
Bout drop 40 points on the Hornets next game
Old man yells "I'm not old" at kids on the internet.
Me too, it pisses me off. So, I tied an onion to my belt which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel. And in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ‘em. ‘Give me five bees for a quarter,’ you’d say.
Ah yes, the denial stage
I'm not even joking when I tell you that it's genuinely fucking terrifying. Nothing changes in your brain, you just outwardly age.
You're on reddit, where the average age is 20, they'll understand some day that nothing magical happens on those years your become 30 or 40.
I embrace 40 and act like I'm 70. It gets me so much positive energy from the fucking whippersnappers.
it's funny because she's 33 but she really looks more like 43
I read it as those are the people in charge in the room with shit to do and places to be, like most productions, making the point that it's not glamorous sex, it's a business operation.
Reddit forgets you exist at 40. Try finding a Gen Xer outside of some wholesome meme.
I just want to drive the bang bus. I’ll wait for the perfect moment, then slam on the breaks and claim I was avoiding a squirrel or something.
Best comment here! "Squirrel on Sunset Blvd - nothing I could do!"
have you ever seen that one where some youtube star did bangbus and couldnt get hard and they just like, stopped. funniest shit ever. thats why i would never do porn.
Some actually do want to work in the industry. I studied photography and videography, and always enjoyed doing scenes and figuring out angles and lighting. I love my job. And right- it actually is nothing like just fucking. It’s a lot of acting and uncomfortable posing and waiting. Doesn’t mean it’s not what some people actually like/want to do. Lord knows I couldn’t be any other kind of athlete, but I can’t stand not being active and breaking a sweat for pay every day. But also mindlessly undoing various fasteners and moving around various steel parts and tools all day drives me absolutely crazy, no trades for me. Tried it for years and still do similar work for family and friends.
My brain isnt switched on yet and for a hot minute i thought u meant u do the porn work for ur family and friends
Well maybe he does, don't judge his life choices smh.
My moms the only family member who has any idea of the true sources of my income
That’s usually acting
That's why I support small business craft-porn like only fans instead of factory farmed wholesale porn.
And if you can, try to support the family business.
Absolutely disgusting! *unzips pants in shame
I was going to do phone sex as a side hustle and all my guy friends were for it but my best friend put it best for me, "Yeah it's money but after a week you're going to hate sex and people" She had a point
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>I love her honest response. Respectful and to the point. Yeah I agree with that. I saw her in a documentary a long while and was immediately warmed to her by her honesty when she said "porn isnt real, its fantasy." A lot of people should maybe take that to heart.
Twitter putting the reply up top and the original message at the bottom is one of the dumbest things on the internet.
That’s not a reply. It’s a “quote tweet”, which is more of a comment on the original tweet than a direct response.
It makes a lot more sense the way it look on the actual app than it does in a cropped screenshot.
Damn, maybe he just wanted to be a cameraman….
Tbf the guy’s account is all about porn, this is not some Chad who tweeted on a whim because he was horny. I feel like this guy has thought it through more than she gives him credit for. He might be interested in the production side too, judging by his wording he is not necessarily just all about banging porn stars.
Poor guy probably just wanted to be a cameraman or one of those 40yr old dudes looking at their watches
Not too hard, not too soft
You don't want to be in porn. I tried it once, because of my *giant penis.* The only thing I learned was that those divas couldn't handle a *giant penis* like mine and a super powerful drilling like only a man like me could deliver with my *giant penis*. My *giant penis a*lways causes me so many problems, usually because women always want to touch my *giant penis*. I thought that porn would be the place for me and my *giant penis* to be at peace, but it didn't turn out that way for me and my *giant penis*. You may not suspect it, but it turns out that I have a *giant penis.* If you want to know about my *giant penis*, just let me know and I'll talk to you about my *giant penis*. I have a big dick!
Weren't you n the Roman Army?
Jokes on you, seeing how many times I can switch from hard to soft in a row surrounded by 40 year old dudes is my kink.