Holy crap. I know that, being asexual, I don’t get sexuality, especially it being appeased by images thereof, especially simplistic art thereof..
But paying $30 for a month of that?
Can’t you find enough porn for free on the net?
That is just mind-blowingly expensive, which definitely emphasizes the point that people have different conceptions of the value of money..
Like those people that spend $8000+ on random flash games.. 😛
Well, some would argue that it’s worth it considering the high volume of content on the site, and that some of the stories up there aren’t just porn but actual, well, STORIES that are a good read and actually updating. I’m not really sure how Slipshine works when it comes to their authors/artists getting paid, but I’m assuming at the price for subscription that they would.
That being said, if you’re just wanting to read Willis’ stuff, then yeah you’re crazy for shelling out $50. Not that he’s bad, there’s just not that much from only him to justify it.
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Becky should’ve kept annoying Billie and holding out for a bigger bribe to go away. Billie could’ve afforded it. 😛
Also, the only porn that’s free on the internet has been pirated from elsewhere on the internet. In which case, you’re avoiding paying the creators of said porn what they’re due, and potentially stifling the porn industry.
Deanatay
I think the $20 is just there to create an obligation. As in “Here’s $20. Did you accept it? Good. Now, you’re contractually obligated to do as I tell you. And I’m telling you to GO AWAY.”
The two most important rules of negotiation:
– Always read the fine print.
– You’re never obligated to accept anything.
drs
Depends on the porn. Lots is created for free. Erotic fiction and art, especially fanfiction and fanart. Teaser images or videos from porn sites, trying to lure you in. Teaser images from escorts, trying to lure you in. (Granted, those two categories probably aren’t free-as-in-speech, but copies would be violating copyright, not directly denying them money. And visiting their sites certainly isn’t piracy.) Possibly actual amateur sex videos, I dunno, never explored that.
So yeah, lots available legitimately for free, especially at the level of stories or still images. Full comics, or videos, probably less so.
Actually, you pay more for the first month only. The long-term subscription cost is much lower than that. They want to keep people from paying a tiny cost for one month, binging through the archives, then unsubscribing.
Yeah – I am also asexual, and the only thing that’s ever compelled me about the Slipshine was the thought of extra content about characters I’m interested in. But I’d rather not see them having sex, I guess. I’m glad that all of that content is off the site in a place I can’t see it.
But like, eugh. I checked out porn back in my early days of curiosity, and the free stuff is, for the most part, just awful. Really dang gross. I would imagine there’s a difference in quality with paid porn.
Dark_Razor
I totally agree.
I read some books with sex scenes and just gloss over them.
Which mikes it hard when I listen to the same series on audiobook … but while I don’t get the concept of sex as fun, also asexual, I can get that others seem to think it is. So I can logic it if it comes up in a side story, not that I’d pay for it
“Holy crap. I know that, being asexual, I don’t get sexuality, especially it being appeased by images thereof, especially simplistic art thereof..
But paying $30 for a month of that?”
Yeah . . . paying $30 for literally THOUSANDS of pages of original artwork and storylines. That’s just crazy talk! Why would I pay $30 for access to hundreds of webcomics not available anywhere else, and approximately 150 new pages of original material every month? What a foolish way to spend money! For $30 I could buy six, maybe seven Marvel comics, totaling perhaps 90 pages, if I’m lucky! Much better way to spend my money!
Seerow
It’s a question of what you’re interested in. Most people here looking at slipshine are probably looking to see Willis’s stuff. In which case you’re paying 50 bucks for a half dozen short stories.
If you’re looking for porn in general, yeah it’s probably worth it. But I highly doubt that is where the complaint is coming from.
But why would you BUY food when there are soup kitchens?
Why drive when you can take a bike?
Why buy tickets to One Direction* when you can see a free concert in the park? Why pay artists when you can look at their stuff for free?
[I had (and still have) stuff to do or I would’ve answered sooner, but basically YES there are free alternatives–however, there’s a reason people will pay money for the not-free version]
Oh my god it doesn’t cost THAT much. The price drops significantly after the first month. (It’s to encourage prolonged membership, I think.)
And for me, a big part of the reason is that I don’t watch live action porn because you never know if the people in the video are fully consenting to the sex or to the video. It’s disturbing for me. With comic porn, I know that nobody in it is being exploited because they’re just drawings. And finding good comic porn, like actual erotic comics, is a bongo without paying for them. (Unless you can find free hentai, but hentai is super….. I just don’t like a lot of the stuff it focuses on. It can be incredibly misogynistic and is clearly intended for a male audience.)
I can buy Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups in bulk. I’ll be fine.
They ease the monotony of eating pasta all the time.
SgtWadeyWilson
Monotony! Pasta! The nerve! Oh, sorry bit much there…
Disloyal Subject
Well, I don’t always have time and resources to experiment with the sauce or vary how soft I cook it. Pasta’s versatility is what makes it my staple, but I still require sweets to spice things up, and ‘Murrka has plenty to choose from.
gwalla
You’re supposed to put sauce or something on your pasta.
Cheryl
Is Canada even a real place?
timemonkey
We are the secret rulers of the world.
Lord Geovanni
Insert HIMYM Canada jokes here
John
That’s actually Billie’s pet name for her.
Billie thinks “poutine” is Canadianese for “giblets”.
Orgy initially was synonymous with revelry, then moved into ‘indulgence of an activity’, then became a reference to sexual orgies when no other topic was affixed to it.
Was it? Way nicer, I mean?
Because handing someone a twenty and telling them to go away could also be interpreted as “here’s some money, loser! Money which I have plenty of and you, loser, probably don’t.”
Mhm
I can see it being mean, but not really for that reason. More of “you’re so insufferable/unlikable that I would literally pay money to get you the fuck away from me”
It’s not nice by any means, but it’s far NICER than explaining with angry finger gestures exactly how much higher she is on the social hierarchy than you, you dorky ginger-nerd loser, as Billie did frequently when she was introduced. It’s also better than Alice’s method of purposely forgetting your name and making transparent excuses to be uncivil.
Hey, if she wants to give me $20 to not be around her, I’ll take $20. Now I have $20 and I’m not around someone who thinks she’s $20 better than me. And if I’m not around her, what do I care what she thinks?
304 thoughts on “Wait up”
Jen Aside
“But… I need $30 more just for the initial month of Slipshine!”
“Ugh! Here, just use my login.”
“Your CC expired!”
“DAMNIT IT WAS ACTIVE YESTERDAY”
HeySo
Holy crap. I know that, being asexual, I don’t get sexuality, especially it being appeased by images thereof, especially simplistic art thereof..
But paying $30 for a month of that?
Can’t you find enough porn for free on the net?
That is just mind-blowingly expensive, which definitely emphasizes the point that people have different conceptions of the value of money..
Like those people that spend $8000+ on random flash games.. 😛
unicornwater
*Fifty dollars, ‘thirty MORE’.
D:
Shadow12000
Well, some would argue that it’s worth it considering the high volume of content on the site, and that some of the stories up there aren’t just porn but actual, well, STORIES that are a good read and actually updating. I’m not really sure how Slipshine works when it comes to their authors/artists getting paid, but I’m assuming at the price for subscription that they would.
That being said, if you’re just wanting to read Willis’ stuff, then yeah you’re crazy for shelling out $50. Not that he’s bad, there’s just not that much from only him to justify it.
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Becky should’ve kept annoying Billie and holding out for a bigger bribe to go away. Billie could’ve afforded it. 😛
Also, the only porn that’s free on the internet has been pirated from elsewhere on the internet. In which case, you’re avoiding paying the creators of said porn what they’re due, and potentially stifling the porn industry.
Deanatay
I think the $20 is just there to create an obligation. As in “Here’s $20. Did you accept it? Good. Now, you’re contractually obligated to do as I tell you. And I’m telling you to GO AWAY.”
The two most important rules of negotiation:
– Always read the fine print.
– You’re never obligated to accept anything.
drs
Depends on the porn. Lots is created for free. Erotic fiction and art, especially fanfiction and fanart. Teaser images or videos from porn sites, trying to lure you in. Teaser images from escorts, trying to lure you in. (Granted, those two categories probably aren’t free-as-in-speech, but copies would be violating copyright, not directly denying them money. And visiting their sites certainly isn’t piracy.) Possibly actual amateur sex videos, I dunno, never explored that.
So yeah, lots available legitimately for free, especially at the level of stories or still images. Full comics, or videos, probably less so.
-Sentinel-
Actually, you pay more for the first month only. The long-term subscription cost is much lower than that. They want to keep people from paying a tiny cost for one month, binging through the archives, then unsubscribing.
Jams
Yeah – I am also asexual, and the only thing that’s ever compelled me about the Slipshine was the thought of extra content about characters I’m interested in. But I’d rather not see them having sex, I guess. I’m glad that all of that content is off the site in a place I can’t see it.
But like, eugh. I checked out porn back in my early days of curiosity, and the free stuff is, for the most part, just awful. Really dang gross. I would imagine there’s a difference in quality with paid porn.
Dark_Razor
I totally agree.
I read some books with sex scenes and just gloss over them.
Which mikes it hard when I listen to the same series on audiobook … but while I don’t get the concept of sex as fun, also asexual, I can get that others seem to think it is. So I can logic it if it comes up in a side story, not that I’d pay for it
Riku
The start up cost is higher than the recurring subscription fees. Also it only renews every 3 months as I recall.
Also I don’t remember paying $50 for the startup, pretty sure it was less than that
Riku
Scratch that, I should really keep better track of how much I pay or stuff…
ajm5007
“Holy crap. I know that, being asexual, I don’t get sexuality, especially it being appeased by images thereof, especially simplistic art thereof..
But paying $30 for a month of that?”
Yeah . . . paying $30 for literally THOUSANDS of pages of original artwork and storylines. That’s just crazy talk! Why would I pay $30 for access to hundreds of webcomics not available anywhere else, and approximately 150 new pages of original material every month? What a foolish way to spend money! For $30 I could buy six, maybe seven Marvel comics, totaling perhaps 90 pages, if I’m lucky! Much better way to spend my money!
Seerow
It’s a question of what you’re interested in. Most people here looking at slipshine are probably looking to see Willis’s stuff. In which case you’re paying 50 bucks for a half dozen short stories.
If you’re looking for porn in general, yeah it’s probably worth it. But I highly doubt that is where the complaint is coming from.
Jen Aside
“But paying $30 for a month of that?
Can’t you find enough porn for free on the net?”
But why would you BUY food when there are soup kitchens?
Why drive when you can take a bike?
Why buy tickets to One Direction* when you can see a free concert in the park?
Why pay artists when you can look at their stuff for free?
[I had (and still have) stuff to do or I would’ve answered sooner, but basically YES there are free alternatives–however, there’s a reason people will pay money for the not-free version]
*or whoever’s in style these days
Bearpelt
Oh my god it doesn’t cost THAT much. The price drops significantly after the first month. (It’s to encourage prolonged membership, I think.)
And for me, a big part of the reason is that I don’t watch live action porn because you never know if the people in the video are fully consenting to the sex or to the video. It’s disturbing for me. With comic porn, I know that nobody in it is being exploited because they’re just drawings. And finding good comic porn, like actual erotic comics, is a bongo without paying for them. (Unless you can find free hentai, but hentai is super….. I just don’t like a lot of the stuff it focuses on. It can be incredibly misogynistic and is clearly intended for a male audience.)
Camachri
It’s okay Billie, Becky’s been taught everything about your secret satanic lesbian fondue orgies. She’s not going to judge.
Opus the Poet
Poutine is not fondue!
Vince
Is Ruth a poutine eater?
LiaHansen
who isn’t?
Opus the Poet
People who don’t live in Canada?
timemonkey
I pity you for your sad empty lives.
Disloyal Subject
I can buy Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups in bulk. I’ll be fine.
They ease the monotony of eating pasta all the time.
SgtWadeyWilson
Monotony! Pasta! The nerve! Oh, sorry bit much there…
Disloyal Subject
Well, I don’t always have time and resources to experiment with the sauce or vary how soft I cook it. Pasta’s versatility is what makes it my staple, but I still require sweets to spice things up, and ‘Murrka has plenty to choose from.
gwalla
You’re supposed to put sauce or something on your pasta.
Cheryl
Is Canada even a real place?
timemonkey
We are the secret rulers of the world.
Lord Geovanni
Insert HIMYM Canada jokes here
John
That’s actually Billie’s pet name for her.
Billie thinks “poutine” is Canadianese for “giblets”.
Cap'n Rogers
Do you… fondue?
Noah Brand
I fondued your mom for a nickel, but I’m not sure that counts.
MichaelHaneline
Fonduing a person sounds pretty grisly, actually.
sheikh mabuti
I think Noah meant to write fondled.
HeySo
Whatever he meant, when he did it, he was pretty cheesy about it.
leadsynth
Well, it certainly made your MOM melt.
Lacy Burrows
We don’t talk about fondue.
Charlie Spencer
That’s the first rule of Fondue Club.
HeySo
“Secret satanic lesbian fondue orgies”
Orgy initially was synonymous with revelry, then moved into ‘indulgence of an activity’, then became a reference to sexual orgies when no other topic was affixed to it.
You affixed fondue to it.
Ergo, it is an excessive indulgence of fondue.
Secret Satanic Lesbians So-Very-Much-Fondue-Everywhere Party?
So, is there a secret handshake to get in, or do you just have to love burying yourself into fountains of melty joy?
WaytoomanyUIDs
“Fondue orgy” reminds me of Asterix in Switzerland
biggo
“Le fouet! Le fouet!”
-Sentinel-
“Le bâton! Le bâton!”
das-g
Abr si isch nonig trochä …
Opus the Poet
Disappoint Becky is disappoint.
Doctor_Who
Hey, if every girl to ever shoot me down gave me $20 to soften the blow, eventually I’d have enough money to be attractive to them.
Aeron
I wish that was less accurate so I could laugh more than I cringed.
nothri
The hell you talking about, Doc? I’ve seen your show. Girls are practically lining up around the block for a piece of you.
xKiv
If only one shot him down for each 100 that didn’t that would still be a lot.
T Campbell
Yeah, don’t feel too bad, Becky: you just doubled your current savings.
And that was WAY nicer than most of the methods Billie and Alice have employed to get rid of people in the past.
Thomas64
Was it? Way nicer, I mean?
Because handing someone a twenty and telling them to go away could also be interpreted as “here’s some money, loser! Money which I have plenty of and you, loser, probably don’t.”
Mhm
I can see it being mean, but not really for that reason. More of “you’re so insufferable/unlikable that I would literally pay money to get you the fuck away from me”
T Campbell
It’s not nice by any means, but it’s far NICER than explaining with angry finger gestures exactly how much higher she is on the social hierarchy than you, you dorky ginger-nerd loser, as Billie did frequently when she was introduced. It’s also better than Alice’s method of purposely forgetting your name and making transparent excuses to be uncivil.
DSL
Hey, if she wants to give me $20 to not be around her, I’ll take $20. Now I have $20 and I’m not around someone who thinks she’s $20 better than me. And if I’m not around her, what do I care what she thinks?
Crazy Dina
Because if she’s not around to think you’re worth $20 to get rid of, you don’t get $20?
gwalla
Ooh, wait, do I get to be the first aboard the Becky/Alice ship?
We could call it “Alky” except that really describes Billie/Ruth, hmm…
Crazy Dina
Becy?
xKiv
Belicky?
Cholma
Ooh, Billie gives away money to leave her alone? I’m gonna start bugging her immediately! 😀
Doctor_Who
We’ve seen her give money to people she wants to befriend too. I think just being around Billie is a profitable venture.
Cholma
Sign me up! I’m opening an account with the Bank of Billie!
Yotomoe
She’s a little Rusty at telling who it to give money to. She once tried to bribe the Dean cuz she had a Hankering for a new room. (who gets my joke?)
threnody_grey
It didn’t work, though; it was like talking to a Brock wall.
Seven
Hold up, are you even allowed to be arching right now? I thought the Guild suspended you.
Plasma Mongoose
Money talks, bullshit walks I guess…
Crazy Dina
Run to Becky, join her in Gender Studies.
JessWitt
Yea, Becky will regret not going.
Yotomoe
Becky will run to Becky.
Disloyal Subject
I ship it.
Crazy Dina
Sorry, it takes two or more compatible people to make a ship.
grantimusmaximus
But can you just imagine the self-cest Slipshines?!
Crazy Dina
No. I don’t do Slipshine. Too much porn. (Not willing to get THAT close to it.)
jefffwinger
Tell that to tumblr