They probably think the US prohibition didn’t work because they just didn’t try hard enough
this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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This is so fucking stupid. Has anyone ever thought work should be a whole lot cooler about things?
It's a donation platform that uses Monero, and therefore, even if, for some reason, they took down your page, you still could receive money.
Can't even view the website without accepting the terms of service, titled "The Contract". Privacy Policy section says provided data is considered public domain.
I don't think that's lawful. Certainly doesn't feel like an inherently trustworthy platform.
Yeah but how tf do you buy things with monero? 😭
I spent an afternoon trying to work it out once, and it's not exactly intuitive, and it seems like the people who convert from normal money into crypto still hold all the strings :/
Buying a product is actually rather easy. You're just presented with an address and an amount and you can copy and paste that address and amount into your wallet and click send. You are also presented with a QR code where you can scan it and a lot of websites even present a open with wallet button that you click and it will auto fill in the address and amount necessary.
You're ignoring the fact that you have to:
- get a wallet
- make sure your wallet is secure
- fund the wallet from a trusted source
- back up your wallet
Crypto is many things, but it isn't exactly as friendly as a credit card provided by your bank. Or PayPal, for that matter.
It may not be quite as friendly, but PayPal or your bank can also freeze your account at any time and nobody can freeze your Monero address at any time for any reason.
So you can pick sovereignty or convenience. With Monero you have full sovereignty, but with the banking system you have a lot more convenience.
Been a sec I used XMR, but getting a secure wallet was simply built into the desktop gui wallet (which is the default recommended option on getmonero.org). While getting that wallet it also tells you to backup the seed phase (preferably by printing it iirc). It has a simple mode especially for non-tech users.
So installing the GUI wallet takes care of 3/4 points, then to fund it you just find any reputable crypto exchange that supports sending Monero in your region (I used kraken before in the eu). By design in Monero the platform (which does have to do KYC probably) doesn't know anything about where they sent the money. Transactions are not traceable in Monero.
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your wallet
what if I don't have a "wallet"? the fuck is a wallet in this context anyways?
A wallet is nothing more than a piece of software that understands the Monero network and the way it works and allows you to store Monero. Look at getmonero.org for a list of recommended wallets.
Fuck.
Not allowed any more, didn't you read the title!?
Aw, shit.
I was thinking about this the other day. Are the powers that be worried about innovation in adult content getting so good that people will stop seeking out real companionship? In their minds it could lead to a drop in births, leading to a drop in consumers and producers.
The only people that would consider porn/etc as a replacement for real sexual intimacy are people who've never experienced it.
That is generally the impetus behind religious institutions disdain for it. Their best chance to increase their numbers is through indoctrination of the children of their current members. Conversions rarely occur, despite how much they are talked up when they do.
They are, of course, wrong to think that. Toys, in practice, generally increase intimacy and likelihood of a couple having children. But not as much as being raised your entire life being told that it is the entire purpose of life and if you don't have as many kids as you theoretically could, you have done yourself a disservice. So as long as they conflate the results, they will keep assuming they are correct in doing both.
IMO it's more about control. I went to Christian private school. Students dating was forbidden.
They keep children sheltered before pushing them into a marriage/parenthood that is sustained by their participation in the church community. Tho this doesn't seem to work as well these days as I know of several marriages that ended within 1 year.
From there it's a simple matter of peer pressure to keep people in line. I've seen parents disown their children to protect their reputation at church.
It's a fucking cult.