Selling Sex and a segway into Vidya
So, halfchan started mass reporting camgirls and the like to the IRS for unreported income a few days ago after someone suggested it on reddit. It has spilled over onto 8/pol/ and there is new a board here (albeit sort of dead) for the operation as well. Apparently this is spreading far and wide with the emphasis being on Snapchat Premium memberships in which these women trade nudes and attention for money. It's been so effective that it's being predicted this will negatively effect Snapchat's stock prices on Monday.
I wanted to share my thoughts no pun intended on the entire thing, which despite my personal feelings about taxes has me sensibly chuckling to myself.
First, I wholeheartedly believe that collection of taxes under the threat of violence is fundamentally wrong, as is any forced redistribution of wealth. I also think that the free market should reign supreme and that if there are guys out there willing to pay $5 for a pic of some rando's tits, so be it. Supply and demand. There's exceptions and caveats but that's the general idea for me anyway.
That being said, there's something undeniably satisfying about seeing eThots getting audited and trying to defend why they don't pay their taxes. Of course most, including the white knights defending m'ladys honor, are employing the "I'm a chick so I get a free pass" excuse, as well as blubbering about how "it's an attack on all sex workers" - which btw I'd be happy to assure them the IRS gives not one single fuck about.
Twitch streamers who are there to sell the sexy gamergrrl image are also being reported. And it makes me smug af tbh, despite some guilt over condoning turning people into the shekel-grubbing machine that is the IRS. As a woman and an avid gamer for my entire life I've seen the huge shift in perception from girls who love games into "gamergrrls" over the last 10 or so years. Growing up we all just played games, boys and girls, and it was no big deal. There's always been less girls and that's always been fine. But this new sexy cam-gamer-girl thing has done massive damagePost too long. Click here to view the full text.
