Funny Picture - Video Thread III

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[studenygreg]

Well, I had two jobs like that.

The federal government paid me to look at obscene images and videos online in an effort to track down the originators. I can't un-see that shit and occasionally I still have nightmares.

The magazine that hired me to watch and review ~30 pornographic movies per month (and spend time at industry events, on publicity junkets, photographing the talent, writing business process articles, etc.) actually made an announcement on rec.arts.whatever_it_was_called on Usenet. The editor announced that he was tired of freelancers missing deadlines and he was firing their entire roster. He invited writers to send in 3 reviews on spec and promised that two or three of the best submissions would be hired. He used all three of my reviews in the next issue, turning one into a page feature. I worked for them, part time, for years.

And I'll tell you the same thing I told a cabbie in Vegas who wanted to know how to get such a job. Don't do it.

If you are entertained by the movies you'll find that actually knowing all the participants, going out with them, going to shoots, going to orgies, etc., takes the bloom off the rose. There were gorgeous women who I came to understand were absolute bitches and I could never see them the same way again. There was a much higher percentage of the male talent who turned out to be awful human beings; I spent enough time with Ron Jeremy to never want to live in his world ever again. I turned a source of amusement into a job that was an awful grind.

Eventually, I got burned out and just walked away. I let an up-and-coming producer/director/actor have my pen name and that was the last thing I did in the industry. Even that didn't work out. The Ben English who was a porn actor was eventually charged with sexual assault and now he's persona non grata in the industry.

Those years of industry experience provided me with lots of stories but, all in all, I wish I had never done it.

That's a hell of a story.

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[CharlieWH2O]

 

[IXLR8]

Anyone that even knew what Usenet was +1000 interweb points.
Every benenglish story I read endears him even more...

 

[DubiousDan]

Anyone that even knew what Usenet was +1000 interweb points.
Every benenglish story I read endears him even more...

The Usenet still is.

 

[IXLR8]

The Usenet still is.

Alt.binaries…..

 

[DubiousDan]

Alt.binaries…..

Daily

 

[Harry_Gorilla]

 

[Harry_Gorilla]

 

[IXLR8]

Truth be known, I once demonstrated my Usenet software at work. It opened 20 connections, and started downloading a “file”. It shut down my company internet connection with its incredible efficiency. I heard a plea from the head of IT asking whomever is downloading to cease and desist. It was ruthlessly efficient in securing bandwidth. Those that know…you know who you are.

 

[wakosama]

Wow... usenet. wondering what else I've forgotten. decades.

 

[Aus_Schwaben]

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Ah, so there IS an explanation for "Hold my beer!"

 

[Nick!]

 

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[vmax]

The Lord took a liking to him and blowed him up real good

 

[ETH77]

Wow... usenet. wondering what else I've forgotten. decades.

Loved being on ARPNET. I collected canonical lawyers jokes.

 

[CharlieWH2O]