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Bill
2009-09-12, 04:32 AM
Here's a fun spin - the schtick is that first people stopped gambling, now wont even buy porn.

http://consumerist.com/5357498/you-cant-even-afford-to-pay-for-porn

You cheapskates are really ruining this economy. First, you decided you couldn't afford to gamble (http://consumerist.com/5356592/recession-hits-casinos-hurting-state-tax-revenues). And now you're giving up on another industry that could be crucial to pumping up our flaccid economy: porn (http://consumerist.com/tag/porn/). According to The Economist, revenues in the $6 billion a year adult entertainment industry have dropped by 30%-50%, with some producers claiming that they're down by as much as 80%. Film production has dropped from 5,000 to 6,000 a year to about 3,000 to 4,000.

Cleo
2009-09-12, 07:41 AM
The real pain is being felt by the actors, and not just by those who specialize in scenes involving leather, latex or gardening tools:
I don't think I've ever seen porn involving gardening tools.