The aging porn industry

[k0nr4d]

Every since that "Birthday's Today" box has shown up above the list of forums on this site, i've been getting depressed.

Everyone is like 35-45 years old now!!

We're all gonna fucking die soon

[Mutt]

i'm older than 45 as are a bunch of people I know in the industry

it is depressing, lots of guys i thought of as kids when I got into this biz are over 40, some over 50 and so on.

time marches on. when i got into this i had 2 parents - i have none now. i'm sure i'm not alone there.

happy to have cheered you up!

[Rochard]

Forty-six years old and still banged the wife this morning. Older is just smarter.

[FriendsForNow]

Originally Posted by k0nr4d

Every since that "Birthday's Today" box has shown up above the list of forums on this site, i've been getting depressed.

Everyone is like 35-45 years old now!!

We're all gonna fucking die soon

Don't you miss the days of being carded?

[Elli]

sigh. I found some old Streamray business cards this morning with the Legendary Lars logo on them. It doesn't feel like that long ago... but it is.

[SykkBoy]

I just passed the 17 year mark since my first post on YNot waaaaay back in the day....I'm really old...at that time, I had 2 kids, now I have 6....my then fiancee is now my ex-wife and my now wife wasn't even in middle school...now I feel old and creepy...

[Quine]

Originally Posted by k0nr4d

We're all gonna fucking die soon

"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist."

[pornmasta]

[MiamiBoyz]

I look forward to death nearly as much as the first cup of coffee in the morning.

[gnawledge]

Does anyone not think about death on a daily basis? Does anyone sit around and look at traffic and buildings and think this will go on long after I'm dead? Or do you think I should get some Prozac?

[iSpyCams]

I can't believe how flaky people under 40 can be anyway, much better dealing with adults.

[The Porn Nerd]

There has never been a Generation Gap like the one we will be facing in a few years time. When the Baby Boomers retire and die out, and us Generation X-ers get older and crankier, this world will be left to....yup, the smart phone/iPad/chip-me-now-it's-more-convenient crowd.

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em I guess. :D

[JesseQuinn]

since when is 35 'old'?

[Jel]

trust me, you mortals have it easy

[lezinterracial]

Just turned 40. Got my first case of the gout this week. No more xmas cookies, sodas, or beer.

[ManPuppy]

I went through a horrible lull in my late 30's where I was "too old" for the ones I was attracted to, and everyone my age was partnered. Somehow, a few years ago, I crossed some invisible threshold. Now, I'm 46, and gorgeous guys half my age are practically falling over themselves to get with me.

As long as they keep making twinks with daddy issues, I'm in business. I think I'm set for a while.

[scubadiver626]

45 got carded for smokes twice a month ago. Now if I could quit that half pack a week habit.

[pornmasta]

Originally Posted by lezinterracial

Just turned 40. Got my first case of the gout this week. No more xmas cookies, sodas, or beer.

Yeah gout is a serious thing
North Korea: News that Kim Jong-un has gout is no laughing matter. He does have a nuclear arsenal, remember - Comment - Voices - The Independent

[Feng-PD]

hurray still years away from that age group :P

[ITraffic]

reminds me of going to see a metal or punk show now. everyone is like 40 something years old.

[pornmasta]

Originally Posted by ITraffic

reminds me of going to see a metal or punk show now. everyone is like 40 something years old.

same comment for me at a concert of EBM

[JesseQuinn]

Originally Posted by scubadiver626

45 got carded for smokes twice a month ago. Now if I could quit that half pack a week habit.

me too granted I now live in a place where proprietors could care less about that, but back in TO at 35 I never went out w/o ID just for that reason...well, that and drink Fuck yeah to looking under 25, I got carded any time I went somewhere new

Originally Posted by fengwu83

hurray still years away from that age group :P

For real, your 30s and 40s (and beyond) are nothing to be afraid of. Eat healthily, work out every day, enjoy your life, enjoy your body, laugh every day and you'll be criss. Don't be scared of time, it shows and teaches you awesome things and you can still look and feel amazing if you don't resign yourself to being over some arbitrary 'hill'.

Looking back on my 20's I was so insecure, I knew who I wanted to be and what I wanted to accomplish but it all seemed so nebulous and my approach was always so fucking tentative. Now though, fuck that. I'm much more financially (and psychologically) established and energetic and I go for what I want, no holds barred. There's a confidence and enjoyment of life that comes with experience, looking back I wouldn't wish to be 20 again for anything. Yeah it was fun at the time, I just had no idea how much more wicked life could get as the years went by.

30 need not be old, 40 need not be old, hell 50 need not be old. It's all in where your head is at and how you treat your body.

[Nickatilynx]

Originally Posted by SykkBoy

I just passed the 17 year mark since my first post on YNot waaaaay back in the day....I'm really old...at that time, I had 2 kids, now I have 6....my then fiancee is now my ex-wife and my now wife wasn't even in middle school...now I feel old and creepy...

mate, you were old and creepy when you were young!!!! ;-)))

Jel , its a bitch. ;-)))

[The Porn Nerd]

Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

me too granted I now live in a place where proprietors could care less about that, but back in TO at 35 I never went out w/o ID just for that reason...well, that and drink Fuck yeah to looking under 25, I got carded any time I went somewhere new



For real, your 30s and 40s (and beyond) are nothing to be afraid of. Eat healthily, work out every day, enjoy your life, enjoy your body, laugh every day and you'll be criss. Don't be scared of time, it shows and teaches you awesome things and you can still look and feel amazing if you don't resign yourself to being over some arbitrary 'hill'.

Looking back on my 20's I was so insecure, I knew who I wanted to be and what I wanted to accomplish but it all seemed so nebulous and my approach was always so fucking tentative. Now though, fuck that. I'm much more financially (and psychologically) established and energetic and I go for what I want, no holds barred. There's a confidence and enjoyment of life that comes with experience, looking back I wouldn't wish to be 20 again for anything. Yeah it was fun at the time, I just had no idea how much more wicked life could get as the years went by.

30 need not be old, 40 need not be old, hell 50 need not be old. It's all in where your head is at and how you treat your body.

Great post.

[HDADULT]

[slapass]

Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

me too granted I now live in a place where proprietors could care less about that, but back in TO at 35 I never went out w/o ID just for that reason...well, that and drink Fuck yeah to looking under 25, I got carded any time I went somewhere new



For real, your 30s and 40s (and beyond) are nothing to be afraid of. Eat healthily, work out every day, enjoy your life, enjoy your body, laugh every day and you'll be criss. Don't be scared of time, it shows and teaches you awesome things and you can still look and feel amazing if you don't resign yourself to being over some arbitrary 'hill'.

Looking back on my 20's I was so insecure, I knew who I wanted to be and what I wanted to accomplish but it all seemed so nebulous and my approach was always so fucking tentative. Now though, fuck that. I'm much more financially (and psychologically) established and energetic and I go for what I want, no holds barred. There's a confidence and enjoyment of life that comes with experience, looking back I wouldn't wish to be 20 again for anything. Yeah it was fun at the time, I just had no idea how much more wicked life could get as the years went by.

30 need not be old, 40 need not be old, hell 50 need not be old. It's all in where your head is at and how you treat your body.

Life started for me at about 40. It just keeps getting better.

[RyuLion]

Originally Posted by pompousjohn

I can't believe how flaky people under 40 can be anyway, much better dealing with adults.

I don't care about how old I am since is it an inevitable natural cause..

[Best-In-BC]

Dont worry, ill take it over for you guys ;)

[pornmasta]

Originally Posted by RyuLion

I don't care about how old I am since is it an inevitable natural cause..

"i'm gonna bite your ass"

[thecatwrites]

In your opinion, has the adult business improved or degraded?

[pornmasta]

Originally Posted by thecatwrites

In your opinion, has the adult business improved or degraded?

on what point ? the conversion ratio is worse, there is less money in this business, adult webmasters are getting older and paul markham is no more on this board...

[k0nr4d]

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

There has never been a Generation Gap like the one we will be facing in a few years time. When the Baby Boomers retire and die out, and us Generation X-ers get older and crankier, this world will be left to....yup, the smart phone/iPad/chip-me-now-it's-more-convenient crowd.

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em I guess. :D

It's really alarming when I think about what's coming in the next generation of "men". When i look at some of the 20-21 year old guys that apply to us for jobs. Zero insight into how life really is, wearing those ridiculous super tight jeans and beiber haircuts. Zero experience, straight out of school (that didn't teach them anything) but demanding a wage higher then a coder with 5 years experience should get.

I don't even interview below 26-27 anymore.

[The Ghost]

Originally Posted by k0nr4d

It's really alarming when I think about what's coming in the next generation of "men". When i look at some of the 20-21 year old guys that apply to us for jobs. Zero insight into how life really is, wearing those ridiculous super tight jeans and beiber haircuts. Zero experience, straight out of school (that didn't teach them anything) but demanding a wage higher then a coder with 5 years experience should get.

I don't even interview below 26-27 anymore.

That can be said for anyone 20-21 group at anytime. Unless its the dark ages. Think back in the 80's the flock of seagulls hair-do or the glam rock hair. The 90's with the fades, alt hair or wanting to look like vanilla ice. The mullet. Appreciate your post Konrad cause I've been out of touch in the 2000's. Unless it's a chick with a dick.



Youth is wasted on the young that's for damn sure

[seeandsee]

It comes with ages

[LAJ]

I started out in this biz at 31 and it seemed like everyone was in their 20s. I'm 46 now and there are still a ton of people in their 20s.

[leg4]

I made enough money to buy Miami, ----------- But I pissed it away so fast,



Never meant to last,


It was never meant to last.

[Useless Warrior]

Originally Posted by Jel

trust me, you mortals have it easy

I take solace in the fact that I can go when I choose to. I feel sorry for the rest of this lot.

[sandman!]

[Alice22]

I was 22 when we started to work in adult (Alice22 is my nick name, and it was almost 12 years ago...damn)

[HellOfaCock]

Oh man, especially in our business I think time is running fast. And sometimes, looking back, we realize that we're getting old, and things have changed.....I think it's even more clear in the "young" online/adult industry.....crazy!

[VikingMan]

I lost almost a full inch off my penis and gained 40 pounds since I became a webmaster.

[MediaGuy]

Old means forgetting your actual age. I *think* I'm 46, but I've been 16 since I was 18...

:D

[wehateporn]

When my grandparents were in their mid-70's they would describe themselves as 'young' when discussing people in their 80's who they were going to help out, then they would often add at they end, "but we must seem old to you". They seemed to have to remind themselves that they were old, but they clearly didn't feel it

Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

30 need not be old, 40 need not be old, hell 50 need not be old. It's all in where your head is at and how you treat your body.

[PornDiscounts-V]

Death is for pussies.

[Spunky]

Damn whipper snappers

[ErectMedia]

Fine with my age as I look/act younger and still get hit on by twenty year olds. Think the depression hits when you talk about something to a 20ish year old chick and she has no idea what the hell you are talking about. That's the moment you realize maybe I am old.

[bluebook18]

i just turned 29 and i didn't think of my age that much..

[ManPuppy]

Originally Posted by ErectMedia

Fine with my age as I look/act younger and still get hit on by twenty year olds. Think the depression hits when you talk about something to a 20ish year old chick and she has no idea what the hell you are talking about. That's the moment you realize maybe I am old.

Right! Music is where it's the most obvious, for me. I can not listen to commercial radio and say, "Oh, that's the new single from _____." (Ke$ha, Iggy, Taylor, whoever) I can not tell the difference in their voices or their producers' sound. Completely indistinguishable.

And if I throw a reference to Annie Lennox, Pete Burns, Dave Gilmour, even David Bowie, or anyone else I find interesting for one reason or another, I get the retarded cocker Spaniel look. It's like we're from different countries.

[hadden]

I'm too good with numbers to get caught up on just one.

[Barefootsies]

Originally Posted by k0nr4d

It's really alarming when I think about what's coming in the next generation of "men". When i look at some of the 20-21 year old guys that apply to us for jobs. Zero insight into how life really is, wearing those ridiculous super tight jeans and beiber haircuts. Zero experience, straight out of school (that didn't teach them anything) but demanding a wage higher then a coder with 5 years experience should get.

They are called 'Millennials'. This video segment will pretty much sum up all you need to know and mirrors your feelings.

60 Minutes, "the Millennials are coming"