From: CheapKllr@hknet.com (SamKool and Yat-Tiu) Subject: ASSC (AFTSD): Regression to the Mean Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 08:01:44 GMT Aria Méchanceté--> I think those are damned useful skills and virtues. SamKool--> well, that's quite a stretch of the term virtue. this is the sex industry we're talking about. Aria Méchanceté--> Many are paying their way through college. Granted there are plenty of cracked out desperate girls in the business, but do not put them all under one stereotype. SamKool--> are people stereotyped? or are people stereotypes? Aria Méchanceté--> I was pleasantly surprised to see happy, resourceful, healthily sexual young women when I have worked with them in the past. SamKool--> here's where i insert *yadda yadda yadda*. why? experience. after 17 years (to the day) of ASSCing/knowing/dating/living with (which is in all seriousness nothing to be proud of)/hiring/firing strippers it makes a person wonder how aspects of ones life actually become a significant part of ones life. your job, your hobbies, your friends, your knowledge, your common sense or lack thereof... where did it all come from? how is it a part of you? why is it a part of you? some of it we sought out and some of it snuck in. in my case, the sex industry. regardless. just continue living. onward. x = *yadda yadda yadda* [stereotypical remark about and/or made by strippers] a/c = ya, i know... [asscer/customer 100% agreement with what she said] sk = cynically experienced retort x (we are paying our way thru college) a/c (ya, i know strippers that are paying their way thru college) sk (how many finish = <5%) x (i'm going to be a dr, jd, cpa, etc.) a/c (ya, i know a stripper thats gonna be a dr, jd &(!) cpa.) sk (how many actually do = <5%) x (strippers make a lot of $) a/c (ya, i know a strippers that make a lot of $) sk (how many tell the truth = <5%) x (strippers have a lot of $) a/c (ya, i know a strippers that have a lot of $) sk (how many never worry about money = <5%) x (we all charge the same) sk (how many undercut at least one time or another = >95%) x (i'm quitting stripping) a/c (ya, i know a stripper that says she's gonna quit for good) sk (how many return for a second look within 2 years = >95%) x (my best friend is another stripper) a/c (ya, strippers have a bond) sk (how many actually trust each other = <5%) x (strippers love stripping) a/c (ya, i know this stripper that loves stripping) sk (how many still mean it after 1 year = <5%) x (i'm proud of what i do) a/c (ya, i know strippers that are proud of what they do) sk (how many tell their relatives = <5%) x (stripping has no psychological effect on me) a/c (ya, i know strippers who aren't damaged) sk (how many are in denial = >95%) x (i'd never date a customer) a/c (ya, she said "if only i wasn't her customer") sk (how many have dated a customer at one time or another = >90%) x (the owner banks) a/c (ya, the dude banks) sk (how many of you have seen the books = <0.01%) face it. every aspect of this industry is 95% shit. let people forever glorify their so-called involvement with the upper 5%. just remember that people come and go. time, on the other hand, is a constant. why do stereotypes exist? time. what is the consequence of time? regression to the mean.