Daily Thoughts

[Smoothie]

I don't know how insurance works down there either, but a lot of people will have lost a lot. I don't know how regulated the insurance companies are in Florida, hopefully there aren't a lot of loopholes, and "outs" enabled for them? I'm sure there will be people who have lost all of their material possessions, and things they've worked for, for years and years.

Insurance had already been a problem here. It’s likely to get worse now. Many insurers already pulled out of FL. Others have very high rates, which may go up again now (if they don’t just leave FL). It’s insanity.

 

[MarieElise]

Insurance had already been a problem here. It’s likely to get worse now. Many insurers already pulled out of FL. Others have very high rates, which may go up again now (if they don’t just leave FL). It’s insanity.

Did you read about William Fulford, the guy who stayed in his hurricane proof house? Retired construction guy. It was an interesting, informative read. It's in Business Insider, if you are interested.

 

[Smoothie]

Did you read about William Fulford, the guy who stayed in his hurricane proof house? Retired construction guy. It was an interesting, informative read. It's in Business Insider, if you are interested.

Nice, I’ll check it out.

In general though, as long as you’re not in danger of surge or flooding, there are a lot of buildings capable of withstanding the winds and precipitation up to like a Cat 4. That’s why they often say the coastal residents don’t necessarily need to evacuate far. Just get inland, and get inside a big sturdy building. A lot of newer homes in FL are built to those specs.

But the surge is a gigantic threat to coastal towns. All you can really do is get out of its way.

 

[MarieElise]

Nice, I’ll check it out.

In general though, as long as you’re not in danger of surge or flooding, there are a lot of buildings capable of withstanding the winds and precipitation up to like a Cat 4. That’s why they often say the coastal residents don’t necessarily need to evacuate far. Just get inland, and get inside a big sturdy building. A lot of newer homes in FL are built to those specs.

But the surge is a gigantic threat to coastal towns. All you can really do is get out of its way.

Thanks for sharing. I find this topic interesting.
I live in an area where we have all been investing huge amounts of money into getting existing structures up to code, for the strong possibility of a massive earthquake.
Even at schools now, they are having us make up emergency earthquake kits for our kids, and at home.
So stressful times.

Although likely earthquake preparedness, and structural integrity looking toward earthquakes, is probably very different from hurricane and tornado preparedness.
It's a scary time to be living through.

 

[Smoothie]

Thanks for sharing. I find this topic interesting.
I live in an area where we have all been investing huge amounts of money into getting existing structures up to code, for the strong possibility of a massive earthquake.
Even at schools now, they are having us make up emergency earthquake kits for our kids, and at home.
So stressful times.

Although likely earthquake preparedness, and structural integrity looking toward earthquakes, is probably very different from hurricane and tornado preparedness.
It's a scary time to be living through.

Earthquake prep seems quite stressful too. Other than having a good idea which areas are prone, is it difficult to predict when one is imminent?

Out of the various natural disasters, that’s one helpful thing. They’re very good at forecasting hurricanes these days. So at least you get a few days’ heads-up before it happens. Not sure that’s even possible with earthquakes, is it?

 

[MarieElise]

Earthquake prep seems quite stressful too. Other than having a good idea which areas are prone, is it difficult to predict when one is imminent?

Out of the various natural disasters, that’s one helpful thing. They’re very good at forecasting hurricanes these days. So at least you get a few days’ heads-up before it happens. Not sure that’s even possible with earthquakes, is it?

Kind of, but not in such an immediate and reliable way.

I'm specifically interested in the Cascadia Subduction zone. It's overdue for very big one. I've been studying the frequency of them over the course of the past 10, 000 years. I mean obviously, not personally, I'm only 43 The only thing I can really gather for sure is it appears to be overdue. It looks like, in general, when it happens it is often 2 coming very close together. So it's possible there could be a richter 6 first, but just as often a 9 comes first, followed by a 6 or 7.

So no. There will be shaking, then 15 minutes later a giant tidal wave/ tsunami.
They say anywhere from 30 to 100 feet.
15 minutes warning.
I'm not super scared of the water, as much as the building, roadway and bridges being affected by a long, intense shake.
Experts are saying "everything west of I5 will be toast".

10 - 15 years ago I studied it, and not a whole lot of proactive preparation seemed to be going on. Since that time there's been a whole university seismology/ geology team of experts devoted to studying it, and they've done some really interesting studies.
However, the results appear to have increased the imminence and need for prep, not decreased it.
Hence, all the money is getting funneled into preparation, and we are all starting to prepare earthquake kits for a big one.

Last time it happened Jan 26th 1700 AD at around 9pm. It's about a (realistic) mean of anywhere from 246 - 324 years between them.
Some sources say up to about 500, but as I've looked into it deeper, that doesn't seem to be a very realistic mean.
Especially if you look at the patterns the last 10,000 years.

I'm still in the process of learning more about rumblings and predictability. Some of what I'm learning is saying that rumblings actually aren't a good indicator, because they kind of let steam out of the pot. Whereas silence, and no rumblings, is more of a predictor of something coming; more pressure building up. I've barely scratched the surface so far though (lol no pun intended there). I'm doing a total deep dive on this, so more will be revealed.

Omg sorry for the book.

 

[Marceline]

Thank the gods for fast internet.

I’ve been very impatiently waiting to play the Silent Hill 2 remake. Been out of town, so I wasn’t home when it got released and my PS5 was off so I couldn’t do a remote download, but my plan was to play all night tonight.

Was looking at 4 hours to download it when connected to WiFi. Hardwired my PS5 to my modem and it downloaded all 50gb before I could even finish smoking a cigarette. Yay! It’s spooky time!

 

[SensualJade]

I honestly feel like this is one of the most understandable and easiest mental thinking traps to fall into as a cam model. Yet, also at the same time, one of the most destructive. Next month is my ten year anniversary, and I still catch myself falling in to it at times too. Moreso the last year, than any other year really tbh.

But it really is a harmful cognitive distortion, that can straight up destroy your motivation and earnings, as well as just your joy in your job. So I'm really happy to read that not only have you recognized it for what it is, but you've also problem solved a more grounded and accurate reframe. That's definitely a thought pattern none of us want to slip in to, or stay stuck in. It's such a sneaky little pitfall. I feel like it's the wolf kinda hiding in the bushes all the time, waiting to fuck with every one of us. But it really isn't accurate to internalize poor economy and just slower traffic all around. It's not only our industry. This last year people I know across the board, have all been stressing, picking up side gigs etc.

Of course the way "some" sites themselves are reacting to it, and making changes, is unwise and makes it worse. But I won't name any names or go there out here in the public chat.

I appreciate your eloquence! I had to just accept and revamp my cam model business and I guess I do have SM to thank for that. They still shouldn’t be doing what they’re doing, but it motivated me to start from scratch and do things differently.

I also have another suggestion, since this job messes with our adrenals…I started doing a nervous system reset breathwork on YouTube:



But I don’t do the whole video, I just do the 8 count breaths over and over again. When she goes into the 4 count I restart it to the 8 count and I do that around 7 times in a row. It’s been the most effective tool for putting the body and mind into deep relaxation and activating the parasympathetic state that lasts for hours afterwards, maybe even the whole day. I hope this helps someone!

When those tips go off on token sites our adrenals are firing and dopamine spikes up higher than being on social media. It’s not normal, even though it’s great to get tipped 50$ or 100$ at once-and on token sites that’s AFTER the cut-but the price to pay is a rush of dopamine that drops way below baseline after work….even though I’m not fucking myself like on SM, it’s a lot more mental and spiritual energy to give in return. I’m grateful for the financial gain and it’s fun. But I never expected my sleep to be interrupted due to those bells going off from high tips while hosting a party as an introvert. This video balances everything out.

 

[MarieElise]

LOL, why does it matter how much noise I make while my hair color develops?

 

[Marceline]

I started watching political debate videos on YouTube again. Even though so many of the takes makes me want to slam my head into a wall, I keep on watching.

Slowly coming to terms with the fact that I may be a masochist.

 

[AmberCutie]

I started watching political debate videos on YouTube again. Even though so many of the takes makes me want to slam my head into a wall, I keep on watching.

Slowly coming to terms with the fact that I may be a masochist.

Sounds like me allowing myself to follow so many political tweets and reddit posts.

They drive me crazy, but with how intense this election is going to be, I just can't look away.

 

[Vixxen81]

I just can't look away.

Same. I spend about 6 hours a day reading, reading, reading and more reading. Following the bread crumbs.

If you want your head to metaphorically explode google Project 2028. It's fun. And by fun I mean highly fucking illegal.

 

[Marceline]

Sounds like me allowing myself to follow so many political tweets and reddit posts.

They drive me crazy, but with how intense this election is going to be, I just can't look away.

Thankfully, I’ve now curated my Reddit feed to where it’s all moderately positive or entertaining stuff. Video game, literature and movie topics (mostly horror since it’s my fav media genre haha). And pop culture trash gossip. I never ever go to the popular page.

But I somehow got recommended the Charlie Kirk Jubilee debate video the other day and I’ve been going down the rabbit hole, despite him being one of the commentators who annoys me the most. I get even more annoyed because he purposefully “debates” relatively uneducated younger people who clearly aren’t well versed in debates and don’t point out the flaws in his ideologies.

If you want your head to metaphorically explode google Project 2028. It's fun. And by fun I mean highly fucking illegal.

Oh god…. There’s another manifesto apart from Project 2025?

 

[AmberCutie]

Oh god…. There’s another manifesto apart from Project 2025?

I just saw something about this too. Progress 2028

 

[Smoothie]

I just saw something about this too. Progress 2028

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It speaks to how brainwashed a portion of our country is that people with wealth and power will attempt so much awful shit, with almost zero fear of the consequences.

They’ve convinced their followers that all of the entities that would normally hold liars, cheats and thieves in check - justice department, the media, judges and attorney generals, election officials, health officials, scientists, etc - are actual enemies. To the point that our system of checks and balances is being threatened.

 

[Marceline]

This month has been absolutely stacked with horror game console releases and I’m so here for it.

 

[sexyycamboyy]

Here's a thread for most busy people, or just a way to share things in general. Try to post once a day max, because the topic isn't hourly thoughts.

Just leave a note--short or long--of what's on your mind, be it serious, silly, or who-knows-what. It's a useful practice that hopefully will aid more people in having a good thought further engraved in their mind.

I highly encourage you to be positive in these posts, but feel free to be open with whatever thought you have, so long as you're willing to share it.



My thought today;

I like smiley faces, but not emotes. Fuck emotes. Woot for the disable feature. Bam! ...and yes, Bam is part of my thought. Granted I'm thinking of changing it to "Boom."

This post is from year 2010 .. it looks such a long time ago considering adult cam journey .. from being a taboo subject or work to current time where everyone wants to be a model .. most of us do for earning , some do for enjoyment .. the thing is that it's being part of our life in one way or another .. time changes everything

 

[misterical]

It speaks to how brainwashed a portion of our country is that people with wealth and power will attempt so much awful shit, with almost zero fear of the consequences.

They’ve convinced their followers that all of the entities that would normally hold liars, cheats and thieves in check - justice department, the media, judges and attorney generals, election officials, health officials, scientists, etc - are actual enemies. To the point that our system of checks and balances is being threatened.

America is actually insane at this point. You've got the world's richest man giving out $1 million a day to people to essentially vote for Trump (to all intents and purposes). Trump, a man with a Golden Elevator who somehow poor people see as being their saviour. Kids can't go to school without having to do "active shooter drills" and yet nobody has the sense to ban guns. If jumping the shark was an olympic sport......

 

[Marceline]

it looks such a long time ago considering adult cam journey .. from being a taboo subject or work to current time where everyone wants to be a model .. most of us do for earning , some do for enjoyment

Camming/adult work is still taboo even though there's more people entering the industry thanks to Onlyfans (though, tbh, I'd say most of these people are sex work tourists rather than actual sex workers). I honestly prefer the way things were pre-pandemic vs how they are now. Sex workers are still discriminated against in the vanilla sector. Employers still can (and do) legally fire anyone who has ever done online sex work. Banks can still legally freeze our bank accounts or seize our money simply for doing LEGAL sex work. And now, since Onlyfans has become a household name and more people are trying to make money posting nudes online, our industry has come under more scrutiny, not just by the general public, but by politicians. Multiple states have now implemented porn id laws, which is the first steps in an outright porn ban. There's politicians, and their constituents, who openly call for the abolishment of the porn industry, to make porn illegal and to arrest and jail anyone who produces it.

and yet nobody has the sense to ban guns

As an American who lived for 30 years in a city once known as the "murder capital" of the US, I don't think that a total gun ban would ever work in the way anti-gun people think it would work. Instead of focusing on "gun bad" or "gun good", we as a society, and certainly politicians, should be more focused on the causes of crime and how to remedy that. Which, in my opinion (and that of many people who have done studies on it), would mean offering better/more affordable mental health services, bettering our inefficient public education system, having a more stable economy, more affordable housing, etc, because the list goes on and on.

And as petite woman who lived by herself in the "murder capital" of the US, I legally owned a firearm. Thankfully, I never had to use it, but if anyone had ever broken into my house (which wasn't something outside of the realm of possibility, especially during times when we didn't have power for a week and a half during the aftermath of a hurricane), that gun may have been the only thing to save my life, since I sure as hell wouldn't be able to fight off any man.

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And there's my political rants for the day.

 

[Vixxen81]

Has a press conference ever started on time? 30 minutes late Mr. Gascon!!

 

[Ozzie_]

As an American who lived for 30 years in a city once known as the "murder capital" of the US, I don't think that a total gun ban would ever work in the way anti-gun people think it would work. Instead of focusing on "gun bad" or "gun good", we as a society, and certainly politicians, should be more focused on the causes of crime and how to remedy that. Which, in my opinion (and that of many people who have done studies on it), would mean offering better/more affordable mental health services, bettering our inefficient public education system, having a more stable economy, more affordable housing, etc, because the list goes on and on.

And as petite woman who lived by herself in the "murder capital" of the US, I legally owned a firearm. Thankfully, I never had to use it, but if anyone had ever broken into my house (which wasn't something outside of the realm of possibility, especially during times when we didn't have power for a week and a half during the aftermath of a hurricane), that gun may have been the only thing to save my life, since I sure as hell wouldn't be able to fight off any man.

As an outsider the gun situation in the USA appals me. But also it seems to me that gun culture is too entrenched for there to be an easy solution.

I have zero fear of being confronted by a gun wielding person. A by-product of our gun restrictions seems to be that since our police do not have to be in constant fear of being shot at, they rarely draw their guns and shoot citizens for seemingly no reason. This also makes me feel safe if I am ever pulled over by the police.

People hold us (Australia) up as an example, and it is true we have very little gun crime here apart from a little between a outlaw motorcycle or other criminal gangs etc, but we never had the same gun culture that the USA does before our gun regulations were enacted. (In my opinion it is the only good thing that particular conservative Prime Minister did during his tenure.)

I truly wish someone *would* make America great again.

 

[Vixxen81]

All of our issues with guns in this country are to be squarely laid at the NRA lobbyists' feet. I'm not sure if you have lobbyists in Australia but they are the bane of every Americans existence from tax software to medical care (insurance lobbying) to education to food science. If we can get rid of that shit, we'd be a lot better off.

 

[Ozzie_]

All of our issues with guns in this country are to be squarely laid at the NRA lobbyists' feet. I'm not sure if you have lobbyists in Australia but they are the bane of every Americans existence from tax software to medical care (insurance lobbying) to education to food science. If we can get rid of that shit, we'd be a lot better off.

We do, but not to the extent that it seems you folks do.

As for healthcare.. well universal healthcare country here.
and income tax is so streamlined that as a wage earner I can do it online in about 5-15 minutes.

 

[Vixxen81]

We do, but not to the extent that it seems you folks do.

As for healthcare.. well universal healthcare country here.
and income tax is so streamlined that as a wage earner I can do it online in about 5-15 minutes.

Every system is designed to enrich someone's pockets but never the people who would actually benefit. The commercials here for the campaign are stuff like "Kamala is helping the illegals with welfare!" No, she isn't. If you are an undocumented person you cannot get aid, period. You HAVE to have a social security number to get any kind of benefits and those benefits restrict how much you can earn and still receive those benefits and that includes gifts from family members or friends for your birthday/Christmas (in some cases, not all).

And "Donald promises lower taxes!" But they conveniently leave out the "for the billionaires" part of that statement. Sadly, there are so many men who refuse to vote for a woman regardless of how good it might be for them and their families. I'm really hoping we're not walking into Hillary2.0 here.

 

[Ozzie_]

Every system is designed to enrich someone's pockets but never the people who would actually benefit. The commercials here for the campaign are stuff like "Kamala is helping the illegals with welfare!" No, she isn't. If you are an undocumented person you cannot get aid, period. You HAVE to have a social security number to get any kind of benefits and those benefits restrict how much you can earn and still receive those benefits and that includes gifts from family members or friends for your birthday/Christmas (in some cases, not all).

And "Donald promises lower taxes!" But they conveniently leave out the "for the billionaires" part of that statement. Sadly, there are so many men who refuse to vote for a woman regardless of how good it might be for them and their families. I'm really hoping we're not walking into Hillary2.0 here.

Last time it stunned me how working class folks expected a billionaire who has multiple bankruptcies in his past would have their interests at heart!

Sadly we have wildly misleading (dishonest even) political ads here too.

 

[Vixxen81]

Last time it stunned me how working class folks expected a billionaire who has multiple bankruptcies in his past would have their interests at heart!

Sadly we have wildly misleading (dishonest even) political ads here too.

I recently found out it is not against the law to say whatever hairbrained made up thing they want to in political ads. I think there should be a law against lying in political ads. I mean we basically have "you can't yell fire in a theater" kind of stuff, why can't we have that too? It's wickedly dishonest and misinforms so many people.

 

[Smoothie]

I recently found out it is not against the law to say whatever hairbrained made up thing they want to in political ads. I think there should be a law against lying in political ads. I mean we basically have "you can't yell fire in a theater" kind of stuff, why can't we have that too? It's wickedly dishonest and misinforms so many people.

I think we’ve reached the point where the existing laws against deliberate dishonesty (libel, slander, defamation) need to be made easier to enforce and the penalties need to be more severe.

Not enough people fear the consequences of lying about dangerous things, because not enough people bother to prosecute or sue over it. (With some notable recent exceptions… which I will not name here, for the sake of not leading those search terms to ACF.)

Dishonest rhetoric has become such a real problem here, and it’ll never stop until there are more examples of people who lost everything in court for doing it.

 

[Ozzie_]

I recently found out it is not against the law to say whatever hairbrained made up thing they want to in political ads. I think there should be a law against lying in political ads. I mean we basically have "you can't yell fire in a theater" kind of stuff, why can't we have that too? It's wickedly dishonest and misinforms so many people.

Oh God, this!! It is actually not illegal to outright lie in political ads here. So misleading is rife.

It is a topic of discussion again (federal election due next year) But neither of the two major parties will introduce any bill to parliament.

 

[sexyycamboyy]

Camming/adult work is still taboo even though there's more people entering the industry thanks to Onlyfans (though, tbh, I'd say most of these people are sex work tourists rather than actual sex workers). I honestly prefer the way things were pre-pandemic vs how they are now. Sex workers are still discriminated against in the vanilla sector. Employers still can (and do) legally fire anyone who has ever done online sex work. Banks can still legally freeze our bank accounts or seize our money simply for doing LEGAL sex work. And now, since Onlyfans has become a household name and more people are trying to make money posting nudes online, our industry has come under more scrutiny, not just by the general public, but by politicians. Multiple states have now implemented porn id laws, which is the first steps in an outright porn ban. There's politicians, and their constituents, who openly call for the abolishment of the porn industry, to make porn illegal and to arrest and jail anyone who produces it.



As an American who lived for 30 years in a city once known as the "murder capital" of the US, I don't think that a total gun ban would ever work in the way anti-gun people think it would work. Instead of focusing on "gun bad" or "gun good", we as a society, and certainly politicians, should be more focused on the causes of crime and how to remedy that. Which, in my opinion (and that of many people who have done studies on it), would mean offering better/more affordable mental health services, bettering our inefficient public education system, having a more stable economy, more affordable housing, etc, because the list goes on and on.

And as petite woman who lived by herself in the "murder capital" of the US, I legally owned a firearm. Thankfully, I never had to use it, but if anyone had ever broken into my house (which wasn't something outside of the realm of possibility, especially during times when we didn't have power for a week and a half during the aftermath of a hurricane), that gun may have been the only thing to save my life, since I sure as hell wouldn't be able to fight off any man.

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And there's my political rants for the day.

Yes you are right .. government is now more concerned about porn industry mainly because adult camming has given the power directly to individuals and performers .. they can do their work in confort of their home without answering to anyone and without any danger of any sexual disease etc ... It's the pressure of adult industry through government because they don't like us working and enjoying without their part and profit in it .. adult camming really empowered individuals who have talent to earn through porn but can't expose themselves to porn industry .. I have been watching porn since long time but in last few years, I don't like to see traditional porn, as camming is way more interactive, fun and feel real because we can relate to cam performers more than to porn stars.

 

[sexyycamboyy]

I'm a big fan of Black Mirror series .. it has stand alone episodes about future of technology and it's effect on our lives .. I enjoyed all seasons but there is one particular episode In season 5 with title 'Striking Vipers' .. it's about the ultimate version of VR technology .. I was just wondering watching that episode that how will such a technology will effect adult camming .. we have VR section now but it's still in its infancy .. but such type of tech, shown in that series, will definitely make this work so much interesting where model and user can feel each other's body .. models don't have to use lush, client can finger her with his hand in private and woman can suck male model cock with her mouth .. I know it's too far fetched now .. but just even thinking about it excites me