[ExI] good news for libertarians

[William Flynn Wallace]

It looks to me like the men would be willing to sweeten the deal just a
bit.  spike



 Men have always paid for companionship - think history:  dowries.  Of
course there are many ways to pay;  regret has always been one:


“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry
or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s
foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too;
laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both.
Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret
it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will
regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it
either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will
regret both. *This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.*”  Soren
Kierkegaard

 bill w

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 11:05 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* Henry Rivera <hrivera at alumni.virginia.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] good news for libertarians
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> >…Spike, I take it you’ve never seen HBO’s Cat House series about the
> Bunny Ranch. The announcement that a customer is here and resulting display
> of available “talent” to choose from isn’t that awkward.
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> >…With regards to prosecuting prostitution, making prostitution illegal,
> like making use of some drugs illegal, has never come close to stopping
> consenting adults from engaging in either.
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> -Henry
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> Hi Henry, ja to all.  I have never seen HBO’s anything: I don’t have cable
> TV for the past 15 years and didn’t ever get HBO.
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> What I was really thinking about is the Uber-ization of harlotry.  The
> notion would do to that industry what Uber did to the taxi business.  The
> no-collar workers would only come to the “office” when they were feeling in
> the mood or had nothing better to do.
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> Harlotry certainly appears to be hard on the workers, a very difficult way
> to make a living.  No pension plan, no long term security, every upstart
> can soon outrank the seasoned veterans (and do.)
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> So… what if, instead of these suffering sorts, the workers were more well
> off, financially secure, well rested, they are there by choice, they aren’t
> necessarily exceedingly good at it but they demonstrate pleasant enthusiasm
> for their work and their clients.
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> Come to think of it… that whole notion is nearly halfway between a
> traditional cat house and an internet chat group for singles.  I don’t know
> this for I am not single and have never hung out there, so perhaps some
> single hipster can enlighten me.  I speculate that there are more men there
> than women on those sites.  Am I right?  Well, if so, then there would be
> an asymmetrical demand for women, so… it is easy to imagine a couple
> getting to know each other online, then making arrangements to meet.  It
> looks to me like the men would be willing to sweeten the deal just a bit.
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> It occurred to me more than once during this discussion that I perhaps
> should avoid posting at length on a topic of which I have no direct
> knowledge.  It is fun to think about, but I will struggle to speak less and
> listen more.  I have been happily married since I was only very slightly
> past childhood and have no reason to think I won’t stay that way until
> death do us part.  I really don’t know how the heck the singles world works
> these days.  I didn’t even understand it when I was single myself, but
> neither did my sweetheart, so we were a great match.  Single hipsters, do
> instruct us please.
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> spike
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