Average life expectancy of a pornstar - Page 5

**ubu_roi** · 06-24-2012, 08:08 PM

Hmm...I believe it was Mark Twain who said "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

**TCO95** · 06-24-2012, 08:42 PM

The reasons people do porn are as varied as the performers. Some are already drug addicts or alcoholics when they start. Others have mental problems. Some people are in big need of money. A few performers have claimed they were forced to enter the business. When you are starting out behind the eight ball it doesn't take much to convince you to just chuck it all. So if you have a few deaths and combine it with a small sample size its not hard to skew the numbers to fit your agenda.

Compared to industries of similar risk the porn industry is no more dangerous or self destructive than any other. Check out the deaths in professional sport the last few years. Young people earning more money per season than they could ever spend and yet the suicide / death rate has never been higher. So would it be fair to say playing a sport, earnings millions, being adored and idolized leads to suicide?

**rotobott** · 06-24-2012, 08:44 PM

If you think about it porn with named actors started in the seventies, mostly young people who statistically should still be alive, therefore all deaths so far are premature, we will have to wait and see what happens to the 99.99% who are still alive, before anybody can come up with any conclusions

natas777 · 06-24-2012, 09:29 PM

That the author includes Joe D'Amato as a porn star, when he was a director, shows the lack of research in his article.

**steamjon** · 06-26-2012, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mal Hombre

Or Rock stars come to that.....

Suicide bombers tends to be a poor vocation choice. I have yet to see one live to be a 100

Ditto81 · 06-28-2012, 08:02 AM

As I stated before, many Pornstars shine Bright young and die fast. Yes many tend to die young. Those who live past 50 should be given a medal and worlwide recognition.

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06-24-2012, 08:42 PM	#42
TCO95 Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Area 51? Posts: 4,467 Thanks: 37,762 Thanked 37,478 Times in 4,501 Posts	The reasons people do porn are as varied as the performers. Some are already drug addicts or alcoholics when they start. Others have mental problems. Some people are in big need of money. A few performers have claimed they were forced to enter the business. When you are starting out behind the eight ball it doesn't take much to convince you to just chuck it all. So if you have a few deaths and combine it with a small sample size its not hard to skew the numbers to fit your agenda. Compared to industries of similar risk the porn industry is no more dangerous or self destructive than any other. Check out the deaths in professional sport the last few years. Young people earning more money per season than they could ever spend and yet the suicide / death rate has never been higher. So would it be fair to say playing a sport, earnings millions, being adored and idolized leads to suicide?

06-24-2012, 08:44 PM	#43
rotobott Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 6,283 Thanks: 27,668 Thanked 123,085 Times in 6,888 Posts	If you think about it porn with named actors started in the seventies, mostly young people who statistically should still be alive, therefore all deaths so far are premature, we will have to wait and see what happens to the 99.99% who are still alive, before anybody can come up with any conclusions

06-24-2012, 09:29 PM	#44
natas777 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 29 Thanks: 9 Thanked 137 Times in 28 Posts	That the author includes Joe D'Amato as a porn star, when he was a director, shows the lack of research in his article.

06-28-2012, 08:02 AM	#46
Ditto81 Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 13 Thanks: 13 Thanked 35 Times in 12 Posts	As I stated before, many Pornstars shine Bright young and die fast. Yes many tend to die young. Those who live past 50 should be given a medal and worlwide recognition.