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Paying an escort to spend time with you certainly doesn't come with the same sacrifices as an organic relationship. And, unlike chatbots, "nerdy escorts" are real people who can provide human perspectives on things like AI, crypto and economics instead of just echoing back a tech worker's thoughts on such subjects.

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[–] willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 hours ago

Even one billionaire is a policy failure.

[–] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 6 points 7 hours ago

And they say the rich are good with money.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 8 hours ago

Got these people are inept. They are multi-millionaires and yet they still need to pay girls money to talk to them. If they were just moderately pleasant and approachable not only would they save $6,000 they would also probably have a nice life.

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

They are just waiting for the Tesla bots to become life-like enough at this point.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Did they fund this article?

[–] CluelessCalls@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like something a complete loser would do.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 10 hours ago
[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 32 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Its funny how to many the whole concept seems new, but to me it's just the topics and price range.

Escorts, and strippers have been entertaining patrons with intellectual conversations probally for as long as the second oldest profession has been around.

[–] timochka@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago

Ahh, I fell hard in love for a full 24hrs with a dancer from Miami in London Stringfellows a few decades ago... She had the looks and body of Grace Jones and was studying Computing at UCL.

Nothing but admiration. I hope she graduated and has a fine career.

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 21 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

intellectual conversations

crypto

Pick one.

[–] moustachio@lemmy.world -3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The irony of your comment might kill me.

You know crypto doesn’t just mean coins… right? It’s a whole concept that applies to lots of things outside of cryptocurrency.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That would be general purpose cryptography, and is never abbreviated to crypto.

[–] timochka@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago

I mean, it was before Bitcoin came along.

It's rather like the hacker/cracker(defunct) thing.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 7 points 15 hours ago

Wish I could talk bullshit and be paid for it...

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

FINDOM has entered the chat.

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Is that the cryptocoin they use for payment?

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I wonder if they refuse DOGE as too risky

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

“Oh baby whisper me your private key”

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

It's a 128-bit alphanumeric text string, settle in babe

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 17 hours ago

That would honestly be a perfect name for a memecoin that's aimed at Findom's

[–] joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone 114 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

are they really that elite if they have to pay people to talk to them? idk

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That’s how these lonely bigoted dorks with new money think being rich and powerful and cool works - overpay for whatever you want and force others to give it to you, with money you gained through slave labor, destructive practices, stealing from future generations and corruption. They think might makes right, so yeah, they think they’re elite for paying people to pretend to care about them when they’re not on stage or social media or in a board room.

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 83 points 1 day ago (2 children)

real people who can provide human perspectives on things like AI, crypto and economics instead of just echoing back a tech worker's thoughts on such subjects.

I doubt these guys are paying someone $6k/hr to disagree with them.

No, the prostitute definitely just really likes me. She said I'm the best she's ever had and my dick is bigger than anyone else she's had sex with.

[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 9 points 22 hours ago

Yeah for sure. Echoing their thoughts is exactly what they want. They just want good acting skills.

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 38 points 1 day ago (2 children)

See, everyone? The market will provide jobs for all the junior devs that get laid (off) because of AI.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but you have to be a hot women first and foremost.

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago
[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 18 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)
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[–] Repelle@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m a woman engineer and for that kind of money might be able to stomach this (not that I’m anywhere near attractive enough for them to hire me), but I’m pretty sure if I were attractive enough and got hired they would probably only last a few minutes before I completely emasculated them by actually knowing what the fuck I’m talking about.

Sounds pretty fun, actually, now that I think about it.. as long as I didn’t need to fuck them

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think there is any fucking involved, probably lots of crying though.

[–] Repelle@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fuck, tears of the rich sounds like icing on the $6000/hr cake. Though they would probably expect comfort from me rather than laughter and mockery…

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 6 points 20 hours ago

Though they would probably expect comfort from me rather than laughter and mockery…

Just say you're catering to those with a humiliation fetish you get to eat your cake and have it too.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

laughter and mockery

some pay extra for that.

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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

This is definitely not new. Folks I worked with in SF went to parties where there were tech-knowledable escorts back around ~2010.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 1 day ago

Holy shit that's pathetic

[–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fucking pathetic that with all bullshit about how elite they are, and how they deserve so much more than the rest of us, they have to fucking pay someone to spend time with them.

[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They didn't get where they are by being popular

[–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 16 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I'm not popular either, but I also don't have to pay people to hang out with me like these losers.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago
[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Any market for pale Nordic males?

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Up to the beholder!

(It's a riff on 'but her emails' in case you're OOTL)

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I'm very much out of the loop I think.

[–] meowcar42O@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 19 hours ago

this could honestly be from the onion

[–] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Mac@mander.xyz 29 points 1 day ago
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