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Well yeh...but we all already knew that. it's good that he learned it early.

BTW - when the fuck are you going to come down south and hang out with the cool kids.

People with 'normal' jobs will never understand what the internet is all about and how and what is to make money with it hehe.

Just tell them you learned by ordering one of the tapes from the late night informercials, and that she should to the same. :)

happens all the time. i just keep saying "no probs, 4 years working 16 hrs per day and you are in"

I have had no less than 10 friends ask me to show them what I do...

2 of them I completely showed what I do. Everything. One even got access to all of my shit completely... server login.. etc... I said, all you have to do is duplicate how I do it, but DO NOT duplicate my shit in its entirety... A month later I see that he is referrer spamming my sites with his... Like as in he made the referrer list the target list or something... Quit talking to him altogether and he basically gave up because while he had the magic scepter of porn, he wasn't a magician and couldn't use it without instruction.

A good friend of mine wanted his girl friend to learn since he isn't computer literate. I show her a few things... Nothing she couldn't find out through Google. He calls me back and says don't ever talk to her again... She told him she was going to copy my shit exactly and steal it. He broke up with her that day.

A good friend from high school asked me to show him since he didn't like working manual labor... I had him start out at ground level... Read these 4 tutorials on TGP gallery building... Then read this tutorial on posting with Advanced Submitter... Then do the posting... Took him about 6 hours (after reading for about 2) to get 1 gallery up... Next day he did 2 galleries in 10 hours... He said, FUCK THIS... I thought you just sat at home not working... After watching you work for a 10 hour day, I guess you actually deserve to make more than most people do... You don't even take breaks!

I coach my daughters softball team and cringe everytime someone asks me... One guy figured it out. At the end of the season he said, "Dude, I know what you fucking do! I don't think it is alright! I don't want to start shit now that the season is done, but you'd better not be coaching next season or I will tell everyone!"

Still haven't decided on next season...

Actually when people ask what I do for a living, I tell them I'm a bum. It seems to shut them up pretty fast.

try and get a background check on that guy and blackmale him back. what an asshole.

Fuck yeah! :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

What a hahahaha... And he's probably watching porn at home anyway. I hate when people start to bitch about stuff they dont have anything to do with.

That's just freak how much of my friends want to get a job in the bizz !

i have a nice way to solve all these questions: get yourself in a mlm program (pick a good one though) and tell them thats where all you're income comes from and get them in your group. Result: you never did a thing (except from filling in some forms with them) and yet that mlm program makes you a nice little extra. Some will ask you how you did it but the answer is simple: you gave them the map now they need to find their own way.

same reply I give, they all wanna know how to get rich in 1 min, I always say Ill even clean your windows but its $150/h as well.

It's so nice to hear that other people get the same bullshit I do.

I once had a mortgage broker ask me to teach him to do what I do. So I politely asked him to teach me to be a mortgage broker. The conversation stopped.

The grass looks very green to most people outside of our world.

the worst is when people ask you for manuel labor.

Can you come over and help me move this, your gonna be home all day.

There are a few people I have helped out with non adult sites. When others ask for my help in front of them. They jump in and say "no way, freddy is helping me make money and he has no time to help you"

There is no substitute for experience. That's what you have to tell them. I have been in some kind of internet related venture since '97 and the payoff is a gradual incline. There are no shortcuts. It's hard work. And some people are afraid/lazy of hard work.

The most you can do/say to these people is put them in the right direction. It can be as simple as showing them where to register a domain and a few links to some tutorials. Then you can feel all warm n fuzzy inside cuz you did a good deed or you can call on that favor that they owe you one day Godfather styles.

stupid people are everywhere

And you can't turn that in your favour and ask the new guys "But for the right price I can help" and force the ones freeloading to either cough up the dough or leave you alone? Geez...

Man, i hate when people say stuff like that. The one I am REALLY getting sick of is 'do you need to work today?' Would they ask anyone else with any other job that question?

I know exactly what you mean RRRRED. It's definately annoying as shit.

I'm 19, all my friends work full time dead end factory jobs. They're like "all you do is sit on your computer and click a few buttons, anyone can do it"

Fucking idiots.

You're a sexy bitch!

Just another thing to add, my ex wife always complained that I sat at the computer and did nothing.

This was back in 98/99. When I was probably the most busiest I've ever been in this biz!

most people are clueless. that guy is insulting and clueless.

Can I get some private consulting in 11 days?

pervert.....you you you you are immmmoral :1orglaugh

good thing gfy has good people like pr0. i told him on another message board that im sick of the 9-5 and i want to work in computers since i have been fuckin with them everyday for the past 5-6 years. he said alright, showed me the ropes, and here i am. 7-8 months later and still plugging away at this shit. im still not making shit for cash but hey i like it so im think im just gonna stick around until i do.

i had previous knowledge as to what it takes to build websites. so it wasn't a huge surprise to me that there was a bit of work involved. i guess all those years learning how to use photoshop, flash, html, and dreamweaver for no apparent reason other then it seemed kind of fun to me really came in handy. :)

^^^^^^

that being said. if someone with no computer experience or very little came to me and asked if i would show them how to do this. i would simply laugh and tell them no. because if its this difficult for me then they wont last a week in this shit.

you shoulda told the ignorant dolt that you are a cam girl on ifriends. that woulda freaked him out and got his wife something to do.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

7 months of pluggin away everyday and you're making shit all?
Sounds like there's a few strings missing in those ropes

about 6 of those months i fucked off and didn't do anything. but, technically i started about 7-8 months ago. lol im not retarded man gimme a break. :1orglaugh

i don't do this fulltime as im still at my 9-5 job so this is just when i have free time so its pretty much a hobby. this last month though ive been putting in a good 5-6 hours a night so ill start seeing some results soon enough.

cool thread. :)

...don't ya just love capitalism $$$ :thumbsup

hehe, im sure we could find a way or two for her to make some cash :upsidedow

Ask him if he's heard of criminal blackmail charges and civil lawsuits for slander and deliberate and negligent cause of emotional stress... etc...

:1orglaugh When I worked in the fragrance industry I once had a friend that worked in a bank ask me to get her free Giorgio. I asked her to get me free money.

Fuck these lazy people that want to be shown. You can't show someone how to do it right in a few sessions, it's a study that takes time. I had never touched a computer in my life until mid-2002. Using adult and all it's freebies (tutorials, servers, content, etc.) is how I learned computers. It was a hobby at first but progressed till I was making as much as I was at my day job. At that point I quit my job and persued adult full time, continuing to learn everyday.

If you don't have the computer skills to learn it yourself, you can't do it.
Like someone else said, if they're even asking they ain't cut out for it.

I get the same shit from my wifes family all the time. Show us how you make money on your computer, or ... Hey can you set me up in business for myself, or teach me what you do..its very annoying.

Not every race car driver can fix their car when it breaks down. Computers are no different.

You are going to have to get your son a hooker now, cuz he aint gettin any for at least a month.

Cock Blocker.

Yep, I get the same shit also... Your almost better of saying you do something else. Give em a different biz, when they ask

:thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

I'm careful about telling my friends what I do. Even though I'm in an office everyday some think I just look at porn all day long.

post pics of your sons gf

I remember my father asking me, in all sincerity : Son, you could teach me how to use that internet-do-hickey? I figure that if I can manage 2-3 hours a day, I could become one of them "Gurus" in a few months.


For the love of all things natural, I love my father, but I couldn't help myself from busting out in laughter. I showed him how to open Explorer and type in Google.

The next day he came in my room and asked me : Could you remind me what icon connects me to the internet?



I told him to give up there lol. Some older generations just aren't fit for the computer age

Another funny coincidence is : when I used to work in mainstream TV and film, and people would ask me what I did for a living, they'd always answer : Oh, so you make little movies... how cute... is it porn?


Now I can finally answer "Yup, I do porn. Is your wife camera shy?"

So true, I love using that line on people. Esp if they are in a 'profession' of sorts, it's a great conversation ender.

But seriously, I do have something that 'housewives' can do to make the blingy bling that isn't in this industry. It costs some cash to invest, but damm I bet I can annoy them a bit unless they're serious.



PS: I'm feeling your story too Anthony. I actually went so far as to EMPLOYEE a friend while training, had him building me sites, showed him who, what, where to do, exact map so to speak and that slacker STILL wasted both our time and my money.


Never again. Not in this biz, in another one sure, there are other setups to get people to make you money that make more sense, but at least charge a decent UPFRONT FEE for your time, give them the map, a bit of direction and encouragement and if they don't follow through, cyyyaa. Next.


:pimp

I just tell people who ask that I'm unemployed. If they continue to inquire as to how I can afford my luxuries I just tell them that I'm often in the right place at the right time, if you know what I mean. This confuses the hell out of them, as even I don't know what that really means, but they shut up.

i was just any dumby househusband with no job skills when i started :(

Just say, "I sale big sausage pizza on the internets"

i show them some html code and tell them they need to learn it.

end of story...

i tried helping some family and friends but their to fuckin' stupid to understand.

Tons of people asked me too ... I tried couple times ... Only 2 so far were succesfull at TRYING to learn ... one of them is making good money, the other one is on a good way ;)