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"As Willie Sutton the once said when asked why he robbed banks, 'because that's where the money is'."
Well it turns out that probably isn't true, but it is what people think about the Adult Internet.
1) People confuse traffic with money
2) People confuse status symbols with wealth
3) People think the Internet is made of gold
I think many see the number of adult visitors that are looking for porn and assume this automatically translates to money. It doesn't.
People see people in the Adult Business - who I think tend to spend much of their wealth - as being wealthy.
I have no clue how much most of these people make, but based on figures that are available for public companies - such as iGallery and Playboy - there are either a lot of companies a lot bigger out there that aren't public or there are people that are making decent incomes that don't really have tons of wealth.
The average millionaire doesn't own a 50K car. The average millionaire lives in a house worth something like $380K. A Rolex? I used to work for a jewelry store - they are pieces of junk (ok maybe not junk, but no where near as good a watch as plenty of other watches). Some people really like the way they look - I don't. When people see rolex - they think $$$$.
Just my opinion.
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