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Originally Posted by Atticus
And on that subject you're out of your mind if you think the economy is what is driving porn sales down. Nobody is thinking about the economy when they are considering buying a $1 trial to jerk off. It has to do with an abundance of free content, horrendous marketing practices, deceptive billing and a fragmented industry with a low entry barrier that keeps dividing the pie.
Generally entertainment thrives in a bad economy. Hollywood is booming, video game sales are huge, RedBox is blowing up and NetFlix is still growing and adding subscribers. By your equation because a Wendies shut down in butt fuck Cali nobody can afford a movie ticket. It's simply not true.
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I disagree. I have a friend of mine out of work for the past six months. He can't spend $20 to jerk off. He can't afford $20 to fill up his tank with gas. No way he's plunking down his credit card to view a porn site. He's about to loose house and has zero cash; He's worried about where he's going to be living next month, not entertaining himself.
You also compared Wendys to my local movies. You can't really compare the two. We don't have a local movie theatre in Lincoln, or even Rocklin for that matter. We have to travel all the way to Roseville to see a movie, all of about twenty minutes. In the process, we'll pass three different Wendy's - including the closed one in Lincoln, there is one in Rocklin and more than one in Roseville. The Wendy's served a limited amount of people in Lincoln only, while the movie theatre serves the populations of Roseville, Lincoln, Rocklin, North Highlands, and even Granite Bay. In other words, the movie theatre has a much large customer base.
I'm also willing to bet that our local movie theatre has seen a huge decline in ticket sales, as well as a drop in their snack bar sales.