Today In Terribleness: Polygamists, Evil Dads, And Girl Hating Gamers
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Prices really do vary for working girls. So how do you know if you’re an Atlantic City streetwalker or one of the high-priced hookers for Spitzer? There’s only one way to find out: the hustler meter. It works for both would-be gigolos and hoes. Plus it’s a safe time killer for work, so long as you don’t give yourself away by laughing out loud at the question that asks what kind of degree you have. [That’s my worth, on the left. I guess I agree.—Editor] [Nerve]
Oh Eliot Spitzer, what were you thinking? The Governor from New York admitted yesterday that he had been linked to a prostitution ring and government officials are pushing for him to resign or risk impeachment. But what’s really got our goat is the fact that this is yet another case of a powerful guy with a solid family risking it all for a little fun playing doctor with a hooker. In an article in AM New York, a psychotherapist says that high-powered people with fast-paced jobs and responsibility like dangerous, illicit, illegal behavior because it gives them that rush that they can’t get from anywhere else, since they’ve developed such a high-threshold for mental and emotional stimulation. Okay, fine, get that, but why are they also so stupid? “All reasoning and respect for the law go out the window,” says Jonathan Alpert.
“The past 3 months I’ve (made) appointments with four escorts who posted ads [on Craigslist]. I cannot fully express my outrage and disappointment when I met them in person.”—Mike, a “john” in Raleigh, complaining that the Internet lets people exaggerate their beauty [The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC]