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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I might do this to get out of being a software developer, tbh,

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Complete the damn degree and then do what you want. At least your have a document to help you if the shit hits the fan.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

She can do whatever she wants with that kind of money in the bank. Continuing her degree later wouldn't be a problem.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

That's her only fan too

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

TBH, I don't blame her in the least. It's hard enough for men. I can't imagine what it must be like for women to endure misogyny on top of what men go through in STEM.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This is... so inefficient.

She could have become an engineer (or whatever she wants), made videos about it, and made a big difference in many people's lives, and had whatever personal life she wanted. Instead, she's producing 'entertainment' that's been replicated a bajillion times.

I an happy for her personally, but this is such a loss to society and a huge ding against the education/work pipeline. I assume she would've rather gone into STEM if it wasn't such a miserable grind. If it isn't 'worth the hardship' for someone so brilliant, hardworking, charismatic, attractive, and everything to go into STEM, then the system she's in is completely busted.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it's such a loss to society, perhaps something should be done about society's economic structure and how it partitions rewards. Rather than throwing shade on someone for making an economically advantageous decision.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've done cursory research on this person, and my understanding is that she claims she will still be teaching science but only wearing sexy tops on. I don't know how truthful that is but even some Olympic athletes said they are in Only fans but "only being sexy without showing", in order to supplement their income. I don't really fault people for this considering the worsening cost of living crisis.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The problem with sex work under capitalism isn't the worker, but the capitalism.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What was the problem with it under feudalism?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This times several billion

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Minus the "sex" part of "sex work under capitalism"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sex work is real work. When we sufficiently progress as a species the concept itself will become incomprehensible because survival sex will become incomprehensible.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just mean that the problem with all work under capitalism is the capitalism part.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago
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