Originally Posted by Varius

I think you are talking about a small minority of honest people. Many more, have and would screw their peers or customers if it makes them a buck.

This applies to any industry though, not just adult.

The situation is similar to small town shops when a Wal-Mart rolled into town. Many were forced to close shop as they couldn't compete with the pricing of the retail giant. Which ones survived? The ones who offered a higher quality product and better service. I know I would rather buy a hand-crafted, high quality product from someone with knowledge and passion for the item (that costs 5x more) than a "made in taiwan" piece of shit that's dirt cheap and sold by clueless robotic minions

Information is out there; help is out there. If one of your honest, hard-working people who did nothing wrong really wanted to find ways to survive; they could. Most I see, though, don't see that they should have to as they did nothing wrong (as you said) - which while correct, is the wrong attitude to take. It says "woe is me; I give up".

With regards to the review site comment, that's a cheap excuse. Do you think that if a majority of the sites they review changed the same aspect of their site and communicate with them the reasons why, they won't modify their review structure? They want to make money too, they don't want to have their site full of bad reviews...

Many people in adult were "in the right place at the right time" and have made a lot of money because of that. They believe this entitles them to always hold that position; it doesn't. What if next time, it isn't a "tube" but a new government regulation? Should we feel bad for those who simply whine and whine and do nothing but feel sorry for themselves ?