Would this be a suitable hobby to put down at the bottom of my resume? No in all seriousness...how did this become part of the terminology used to describe this so called act. I find it curious. Was there merely no other name alternative? I jack off sometimes..would that be considered a hobby too? Lol

and they think by sugarcoating it with a "nicer" name that they can feel a little bit better about their whoremongering. Much the same as many hookers abhor the term hooker and demand that  you call them providers or escorts, or some other sugarcoated term.

I've been saying this for years.  "Hobby" is lame.  "Hobbyist" is lame.  WTF, are we collecting stamps here? Coins?  I'm not a hobbyist, I'm a whoremonger.  A John.  A trick.  I fuck whores.  Hookers. I want them to own it.
But, look, man, we're dealing with serous shit here tonight.  Like renegade mongers who need to be dealt with. Just read the thread below.
Out!
PS: When I put up a post like yours as a noob five years ago I got flamed.  But I think you'll be OK.

Very true, why beat around the bush.

Haha. Yeah no flaming thus far. However I can sense London Rayne lurking around here somewhere. She should be in momentarily.

and that's just how I like it. lol

Hobby: noun,  
an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure.

"PL's"  (Pathetic Losers).
All said in good fun, of course.

Count me among those who disagree on terminology, but that is all just bullshit anyway.  Just bricks in the wall...

judgmental words used by societies that strongly disapprove and punish those activities. We can try to co-opt those words, but consider that attempts to co-opt the N word have resulted in some ugly messes. I often refer to the women in this industry as ladies because I very much want to acknowledge their humanity, dignity, and oftentimes grace.

I use the term "hobbyist" in a way to be a bit less direct............so as to provide a certain degree of decorum, not for myself but as a way of extending well deserved respect to providers (who I refuse to call hookers or anything short of respectful).

It makes the whole transaction sound so much nicer.  And with my fragile ego, it helps me get through the day.

Been one since the first time I forked over cash for the privilege of sticking my dick in a strange pussy...

But I agree 100%! Thank you so much for posting this.  I get the idea behind people wanting to co-opt terms like whore, hooker, john, and trick, but I just can't get behind it.  

Hobbyists, johns, clients, customers, blah blah blah.  We all know what we're talking about, don't we?  Yes, some of these words can conjure up images to which we do not wish to liken ourselves... but at the heart of it, it really is all the same thing.  

Yeah those Frosted Fucktard Flakes are yummy.

I guess I lowered my standards playing in this sandbox. Like I have said when an adult talks to a five year old they don't talk to them as they would another adult.  

whatever, just with using them consistently to define one's own identity or another's.

Most of the time you actually seem to enjoy this place, not all of the time, but most of it.

However I choose to  stay around here and I choose to not feel frustrated and went with the flow even if it does have a vague cesspool (the dark side) like flavor.

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I have to admit, I can see the "old you" struggling to come out every now and again, but by and large you keep that side of you under control. I also will freely admit that I like H+T a LOT better than old 'what's her name"

In other service businesses, the people paying for the service are referred to as "clients."  The ones performing the service are known by a term that describes their profession, eg attorney or therapist.  There's several possibilities for this profession:  escort, courtesan, provider (kinda generic), and others that have been mentioned like hooker.  

I absolutely see what you mean.  Luckily your comments are intelligent and funny enough that you still stand out as one of the smartest voices on this "fuck board" lol.

I may have to learn to do the same unless I want to keep enjoying the daily rage headaches that are brought on by reading some of this garbage lol.

I have to try hard not to let it actually become me. I take breaks and for the odd chunk of human detritus, I simply ignore them.

There are johns and tricks and there are clients. On here I use the john and trick vernacular because that is who I am conversing with....as I have said, this board tends to lower the standard and not because I came on here and did it out of malice, the guys did it, so IF they are offended (mostly at how the hookers speak to and about them), they need to look at where it all started.

Aren't all women hookers in some sense anyway? Sex appeal is a form of advertisement and women in general use their bodies and sexual prowess as a form of power, just as men use their financial status. When a man pays to take a non escort woman out before getting her in the sack, the amount of dates it takes for him to finally get her in bed is infact her "rate".

... and not just about how "hobbyists" are referred to on this board.  I understand your point about what is expected here.  It may already be obvious that I don't change how I conduct myself, here or elsewhere, because a certain form of behavior is expected but is contrary to how I want to act.  As I said on an earlier thread, what you see here is the real me.  I've always wondered how "nice, respectful people" can act like asshats on an Internet forum and get some kind of pleasure from doing it.  My theory is, such people really aren't all that nice, or respectful.  Being a devil's advocate and "stirring the pot" in a way that's respectful of others, that's great and adds spice to the discussion.

I have a t shirt that says " Be nice to sex workers". Lol!

Based upon those definitions I am a Hobbyist, and this sport is a Hobby for me.

TER tried to make the boards NICE a few years ago and they thought they could accomplish said goal by censoring speech, to the point where you couldn't even say the word "fuck" on a fuck board. Their little experiment was a dismal failure and made the boards even more unfriendly that they were previously.