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[–] 147 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Seems like like this could be rephrased as: people driven into prostitution to avoid starvation.

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  • [–] 41 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    The way it's phrased is that they added an additional payment method, not that people are turning to prostitution to eat.

    Could just be that food is all the Johns have to pay with.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    The main reason why people don't want to be paid directly in food is because food is inconvenient or even costly to store and transport, and may not retain its value over time (potential loss to spoilage).

    But if your local currency is also inconvenient to store and transfer, and doesn't retain its value over time, maybe food is the better store of value.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Something like this could be rephrased as: economy is so bad that no one has money for sex.

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    [–] 45 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Now all that's needed is a centralized web location to connect those scantily clad ladies seeking corn with those willing to spill their beans.

    A cornhub, if you will.

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  • [–] 58 points 7 months ago (13 children)

    https://www.afrogazette.co.zw/zimbabwe-sx-workers-still-accepting-rice-beans-as-payment-for-their-services/

    Who started this ridiculous trend where the fucking words letters are substituted with symbols or numbers. Sex. Why can't sex be written? I've seen it with tons of other words too but can't remember the which ones.

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  • [–] 32 points 7 months ago (10 children)

    It sorta makes sense on overly censored social media platforms but what, that's an article on their own personally managed website? That's bizarre

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  • [+] 12 points 7 months ago (9 children)
  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago* (8 children)

    And it's Zimbabwe, which is like 80 something percent Christian according to Wikipedia, so their cultural mores might be different from more liberal and progressive areas.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    And as the Bible says, God is stupid and if you change one letter he doesn't know that you are talking about sex. (Matthew 69:420)

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    and has tyrannosaurus vision so if you stand perfectly still you can sin all you want

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Mormons bouncing in glee right now.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    you know i love it when i tee up a joke and someone hits it just right

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    It's too bad you're in Minnesota, or there's another thing you could tee up for me to hit right.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    it's a song reference i'm in the bay area

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  • [–] 25 points 7 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Why are 'beans' and 'corn' in quotes there? Are they euphemisms for something else?

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    I'm Captain Jenks of the Horse Marines

    I feed my whores on corn and beans

    I often live beyond my means

    I'm a captain in the Army!

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    This sounds like the worst rap lyric of all time.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    They don’t call it the oldest trade in the world for nothing

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Flashbacks to 2023 Lemmy

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Is anyone else here enough of a 90's kid to remember the TBS show Dinner and a Movie? The theme song for it just popped into my head. Doot, doo do beans and cornbread doot doo do beans and cornbread.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    I like the pictures of corn and peas in the meme in case we can only understand by image

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    good, more trading of things.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    Definitely not, it’s bad for the most vulnerable portion of society to not have access to money. You can’t pay rent or a doctor with corn and beans.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    You can pay for prostitutes, which means the situation is dire. Doctors can probably be bargained with in this scenario if you have the beans to pay.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    I'm a therapist in the states and I accept barters

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    i have three pieces of lint and a button that does not match. anything. i think a witch cursed it.

    can i purchase a couple knowing looks, two nods and a hmmmyes with that or do i need more? i have three buckets of lymph i can also trade (hardly any of it is mine) in the garage but i was saving that

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    just need some rice and you got a healthy balanced diet for a family of everyone

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    Two grains?! That's not balanced.

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