crumpets
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ORIGINAL: Thegunnysez I taught physics for a few years and back in those days if one took an equation and raised the exponents of the elements within the equation it did not change the relationship but only the value...have things changed recently? While I have never taught physics, if we're gonna throw educational credentials out here, I doubt many on this forum have a higher educational degree than I do (although many do have high-level degrees, and some even teach at that high level), so, you and I can speak mano e mano about physics without having to water down the conversation for the hoi polloi. Let's take the physics of objects in motion in our universe. As you know, objects in our universe follow simple universal laws, one of which is the relative path of that object in spacetime. To wit, unaccelerating objects in motion actually follow straight paths in a curved spacetime, which we can mathematically visualize with conic sections. If you slice a conic section a certain way, as you know, you'll get a parabola (among other elliptical shapes), whose equation is y^2=X. That is, as x increments by a certain amount, y increments by an increasingly larger amount. Figuratively, think of the number of men wanting/desiring/needing/etc sex as the value of y, while the corresponding number of women satisfying that need for the men as the intertwined value of x. Notice that y increases at a rate far larger than does x. It's exponential. Not one to one. It's like the age-old thought experiment of what would you rather have: A million dollars on day 1, or a penny doubled every day for a month? Point is, the exponent has a huge effect on the results. The sheer NUMBERS are where I'm basing my arguments upon. I'm interpreting, from the easy-to-measure NUMBERs, the hard-to-measure CONCEPT of desire! quote:
ORIGINAL: Thegunnysez I can assure you that there are significantly more than a few million prostitutes in the world. That makes the NUMBERS of men going to them even larger than I had assumed. Why so many men going to prostitutes when some of those men have a lady waiting for them at home? Is it that the men DESIRE more sex than they're getting at home? quote:
ORIGINAL: Thegunnysez I am old and ugly so I may have a little more objective knowledge on this subject than you. I live in Nevada where we have 34 licensed brothels. As an aside, I HATE the way they do things in Nevada. There is no price list. You can't objectively compare one woman to another. Most, as you may know, are women from other areas, many of whom have young families, who are "consultants", where each charges whatever the market will bear (found only by direct negotiation). The house (and Congress) simply takes their cut of the woman's gross. The rest is her profit. Bleh. I prefer a set one-size-fits-all price list, like they have in Germany. You pay one price to get in the door; from that, you get free drinks from lovely ladies for as long as you like, and, when you're ready to party, you simply snap your fingers and choose one of a dozen or so who wander about delivering the drinks, and, if you're very happy in the end, you give her an extra tip; but if you're not, you just walk out with just your original credit card receipt in hand and a smile on your face. Much easier and simpler than how they do things in Nevada. quote:
ORIGINAL: Thegunnysez My experience indicates that a significant number of the ladies who work at this profession do so because they enjoy sex and this is a way to get paid for doing what they enjoy. Let's assume that, were you and I to be neighbors who hang our laundry on the line, that we'd have a similar amount of soiled clothes. So, given our similar experiences, I would say that I ALWAYS converse with the ladies, as you seem to. I ask about their kids (some even have pictures of them in the rooms in Nevada, as you may be aware). Many are surprised that I ask about them, but it's in my nature to care about others. I ask why they do this. Most have told me they do it for the money. Many say they don't tell their family what they're doing (which is why Nevada is so convenient for a young mom from, say, Alabama). All are very nice women (you know this because in Nevada, as in Germany, you TALK to them first, at and around the bar, before holding hands and walking down the hallway to their suite). All prostitutes will converse with you if you ask them questions. Rest assured, I ask questions. None have ever told me they do it for the sex. quote:
ORIGINAL: Thegunnysez If a lady has been in the profession for 30 years they are either Oscar award winning actresses or they enjoy their work. Sports careers are short, because the human body is in its prime for only a short period of time, and, what's worse, 20-year-old kids are entering the field every day that you age over 30. It's the same with prostitutes. For every day she ages over 30, another 20-year-old hottie enters the field. At some point, she can't compete as a mere prostitute, so, she has to change her strategy, since looks don't work at 40 like they did at 20. Point is, I think prostitutes have careers that are about as long as sports careers (replace the broadcasting contracts with Madam contracts as they age). quote:
ORIGINAL: Thegunnysez I think you would agree that a prostitute's reputation is her greatest financial asset. I'm not sure I would know a prostitute's reputation. It has been decades since I've met one, but, I haven't been to Nevada since I was a kid in graduate school, and I haven't been to a German whorehouse since I was in my first or second job, so, I wouldn't know her reputation from her looks. I think a prostitutes greatest asset is the ability to convince we idiot guys that she is madly in love with us. She thinks our cock is the sweetest biggest bestest cock she has ever seen (and rest assured, she has seen a lot, so that's a wonderful complement, or so we think). If we even "talk" to her, she tells us we're the nicest guy she ever met; and, truth be known, she'll actually pick us out of a crowd (at least years ago when we were all muscle and dressed in wool suits and pressed white cotton shirts) whether in Nevada or in Munich so that she doesn't have to spend time with some fat old 40 or 50 year old guy (who we are now). But, rest assured, in my humble experience, no matter how much she tells us that we were the best she has ever had, she's NOT doing it for the sex. We are. She isn't. Why is that? quote:
ORIGINAL: Thegunnysez If the lady of one's choice cannot engender passion (either real or imagined) she will not get a significant tip or repeat business. I am afraid that you have been less than convincing in your opinions. I'm afraid you are correct. Nobody is convinced of my opinions. Luckily, that's what discussions are all about. I am of the opinion that the sheer numbers of men wanting/having/needing/searching for/advertising for/whining about/etc more and more sex is far greater than the corresponding number of women wanting/having/needing/searching for/advertising for/whining about/etc the need for more and more sex. It's not one to one. It's many to one. From that alone, I am extrapolating desire. I may be wrong. That's what discussions are all about.
< Message edited by crumpets -- 8/26/2015 12:44:11 PM >
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