From: CheapKllr@hknet.com (SamKool and Yat-Tiu)
Subject: ASSC (AFTSD): Regression to the Mean

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
strippers, which is (in all seriousness) nothing to be proud of, 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.