CO-HOST | Make Money by NOT Blowing it on OnlyFans

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Travis Makes Money

Episode: CO-HOST | Make Money by NOT Blowing it on OnlyFans
Host: Travis Chappell
Co-host: Eric (Producer)
Date: March 2, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into the surprising statistics and cultural phenomenon surrounding OnlyFans spending in the U.S., its economic impact, and the societal behaviors fueling the platform’s billion-dollar industry. Travis and Eric unpack state-by-state data on creators, subscribers, and spending, highlight the blurred line between supporting creators and unhealthy financial decisions, and offer practical (if tongue-in-cheek) money management tips regarding discretionary spending on adult content.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. California: Leader in OnlyFans Spending

• [01:35] Topic introduced—Californians are the nation’s biggest spenders on OnlyFans.

• Californians spent $350.6 million on the platform in 2025, just under 13% of the entire U.S. market.

• Context: Largest population—around 40 million people.

  "That seems almost light to me for California. It seems like the state that should be supporting OnlyFans people the most."
  —Travis [04:07]

2. Top States and Surprising Per Capita Stats

• Louisiana, New York, Atlanta, Orlando, and Salt Lake City come up as notable for high spending or creators per capita.

• Utah, despite its conservative image, ranks incredibly high per capita, a running joke in the episode.

  "All the dudes in Utah are lying for sure to somebody because they're like the number one supporters of the porn industry. But then you go there and everybody pretends like they’ve never… heard of OnlyFans."
  —Travis [04:33]

3. The Real Cost: Subscription Traps and Digital Relationships

• Discussion on how easy it is to overspend via subscriptions, upgrades, tips, and the illusion of personal interactions.

• Travis cautions about users developing one-sided relationships with creators, often facilitated by agencies or AI—“you're giving up real interactions for something fake.”

  "The ones that really kind of depress me are the ones who think they're actually chatting with the girl… There’s so many OnlyFans agencies that's basically just AI replies or sweatshop workers... She doesn't actually like you."
  —Travis [05:17]

4. Stats Breakdown: OnlyFans as a Billion-Dollar Industry

• [12:07] OnlyFans is a $1.68 billion annual U.S. industry (in creator revenue).

• 1,297,804 creators in the U.S.; estimated $301 million in federal income tax from creators.

• Top states by number and revenue:

  • California: 169,505 creators—$220 million+ annual revenue.
  • Texas: 123,792 creators—$160 million+ annual revenue.
  • Florida: 120,772 creators—most clustered in Miami.
  • Highest creators per capita: Georgia.

  "It's crazy to talk about it like this because it sounds like we're commenting on the economy of a country!"
  —Travis [13:27]

5. OnlyFans’ Accidental Brand & Platform Evolution

• OnlyFans was not designed initially for adult content—parallels drawn with other companies like YouTube and Slack that pivoted from their original intent.

  “OnlyFans was created as like Patreon plus… the problem with marketing stuff as ‘uncensored’ is it immediately attracts all those people, and then that’s what it becomes.”
  —Travis [13:45]

6. Should You Become a Creator? (Probably Not for Money)

• The vast majority of creators earn little:

  • Average: $150–$180/month, or about $1,000–$2,000/year.

• Success comes with saturation, questions of privacy, and personal branding considerations.

• The “distribution engine” anecdote: meme pages drive significant OnlyFans creator traffic.

  "Do it for love of the game and hope that you can hit a top 1%."
  —Eric [22:28]

7. Subscriber Spending Habits & Cautionary Ratios

• Average subscriber spends $15–$30/month (1–3 creators); “heavy” users up to $100/month.

• Travis delivers a tongue-in-cheek financial rule:

  "We should be less than 10% of earned income spent on OnlyFans creators. Ideally 5% if you want to do it the smart way… OnlyFans: 5% of your total earned income."
  —Travis [07:07]

• Warning about the subscription “rabbit hole,” with incremental upsells and the risk of unhealthy spending for those in debt.

8. Social & Psychological Takeaways

• The episode draws parallels between online parasocial interactions (with creators or waitresses) and misplaced spending priorities.
• “Expert scam artists”—creators (and their agencies) are sophisticated at maximizing patron spending.
• Advice: Know what you’re actually getting for your money and don’t confuse online interaction for real-world connection.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• [04:33] “All the dudes in Utah are lying for sure to somebody because they're, like, the number one supporters of the porn industry. But then you go there and everybody pretends like they’ve never… heard of OnlyFans.” —Travis
• [07:07] "OnlyFans: 5% of your total earned income. It should be 69 unless you're married." —Travis (joking)
• [13:27] “It's crazy to talk about it like this because it sounds like we're commenting on the economy of a country!” —Travis
• [22:28] "Do it for love of the game and hope that you can hit a top 1%." —Eric
• [23:46] “Some of these ladies are just expert scam artists. They will take as much money from you as you're willing.” —Travis
• [25:50] "It's the guys that go to a restaurant and the waitress is nice to them... they're like, 'dude, she still got it.' She's into me... She wouldn't even give you her number." —Eric & Travis

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Key Timestamps

• [01:35] OnlyFans spending by state intro
• [04:07] California’s role as a spending leader
• [05:17] The illusion of genuine interaction on OnlyFans
• [12:07] OnlyFans industry stats—scope and tax revenue
• [13:45] Platform’s accidental evolution into adult content
• [16:12] State rankings for number of OnlyFans creators
• [22:01] What it really takes to succeed as a creator
• [23:35] Average subscriber spending habits and potential pitfalls

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Takeaways & Closing Thoughts

• Don’t Blow Your Budget: Understand where your discretionary money is going and watch for digital spending traps—especially on subscription/content platforms you may be emotionally invested in.

• Creators: Know the Odds: The vast majority of OnlyFans creators earn very little, so personal branding or distribution strategies are critical if you’re entering the space.

• Subscribers: Temper Expectations: Don’t mistake digital interaction for real connection and don’t let spending get out of hand.

• Economic Impact: The adult content creator economy is enormous and mirrors real-world market structures, with a tiny fraction of creators making the vast majority of the earnings.

  "Stop spending money on dumb shit all the time because it's just not worth it… Money only solves your money problems, but it’s easier to solve the rest when there’s money in the bank. So let’s stop spending it on OnlyFans and keep it in your bank account."
  —Travis [26:36]

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Overall Tone:
Conversational, humorous, pragmatic, and non-judgmental. Travis encourages listeners to enjoy life and spend wisely—without the guilt and shame tactics common in traditional personal finance podcasts.

Transcript

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[Travis]

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[Eric]

We're back, baby.

[Travis]

From being in Florida for a little bit. Well, he was in Florida with me and then I came back to Vegas and then left to Florida again. And then now I'm, I'm back home.

[Eric]

So welcome back.

[Travis]

Thank you. I appreciate that. So apparently you have a few topics that you want to talk about, but you don't know which one to start with. So I'm supposed to pick a number between one and seven.

[Eric]

Yeah, we've got to catch up to a week of recording. Yeah, I've got seven topics.

[Travis]

That's a full week.

[Eric]

Nothing gets by you. So we're going to do all these, but which one do you want to start with? Pick a number between one and seven.

[Travis]

I'm going to go with lucky number three.

[Eric]

Are you sure we're starting spicy?

[Travis]

I've never been more sure about anything.

[Eric]

We're starting spicy, if you know what I mean.

[Travis]

Not sure I do, to be honest.

[Eric]

All right, you ready?

[Travis]

Yeah, I'm ready.

[Eric]

Here we go. This. The topic of this episode is California's are big spenders when it comes to onlyfans.

[Travis]

Ooh.

[Eric]

So how much do you think Californians spend on only fans in the last year?

[Travis]

You know, if I were guessing state by state, I would have put Utah ahead of California.

[Eric]

So I'll keep that in your back pocket for now. They're keeping it in their front pocket.

[Travis]

Although to be fair, total volume. There's just way more people in California.

[Eric]

True.

[Travis]

How much has do have California in the. In like 2025 calendar year in the p. Yeah.

[Eric]

In the past. Last year. So 2025. Yeah. Oh, my God. That was last year.

[Travis]

Yeah. Which feels weird.

[Eric]

Crazy.

[Travis]

Geez. I Feel like it's a lot more than I think that it is. If there's 30, 40 million people in

[Eric]

the state, is that how many people are there?

[Travis]

30 million?

[Eric]

How many 40 people live in California?

[Jessica]

I don't know.

[Travis]

I feel like there's like 15.

[Eric]

There's 39.35 to 39.5 million people in California.

[Travis]

Okay. Yes, about 40 million.

[Eric]

I love that you. I'm 40 and I said actually 39.5.

[Travis]

I'm going to assume it is about a half a billion.

[Eric]

Okay.

[OnlyFans Data Narrator]

The search engine Only guider says that Californians spent a combined $350.6 million on OnlyFans last year. That accounts for just under 13% of the market, which makes sense considering California is the most populous state.

[Jessica]

Louisiana ranked second, just behind New York for overall spending on the subscriptscription site, but it barely made the top 25 based on spending per person. Atlanta, Orlando and Salt Lake City ranked

[Travis]

highest per capita shout out.

[Jessica]

Utah, Washington, D.C. north Dakota and Nevada ranked highest among the states. How much would you say you spend, Jessica?

[OnlyFans Data Narrator]

Oh, hundreds.

[Jessica]

Hundreds.

[Travis]

I'm still looking for it.

[Jessica]

I kept typing in fans only.

[Travis]

Yeah, you were getting the wrong thing there.

[Eric]

Only fans. So, yeah, what I mean, I, I, I also love too when people on the news get their own little like tiny, mild, over the line joke in.

[Travis]

Yeah. Yeah. How much of you, how much do

[Eric]

you think you spend? Yeah. What's your take on coming up at 6. What's your take on Californians spending $350 million in only fans last year?

[Travis]

I mean, you know, really, that seems almost light to me for California. It seems like the state that should be supporting only fans people the most. That's probably where a large concentration of only fans models live is California. Like, you know, half of it's just their friends supporting them, you know, probably not.

[Eric]

But I'm, I'm curious. Were you surprised by Utah?

[Travis]

No, not like, yeah, no, Utah, Utah is just always funny to me. I love, I, I love the data because the data doesn't lie. But all the dudes in Utah are lying for sure to somebody because they, they're like the number one supporters of porn, of the porn industry. But then you go there and everybody pretends like they've never, like they're, they would be surprised to even hear that only fans was a thing, you know, but the only thing that, the only thing that makes me sort of like sick to think about is how is the volume of dudes that are doing it when they're already super in Debt because you know that that's the case. You know what I mean? It's like, that's really. That's really how you're gonna spend your half your paycheck this month is like, you get into the subscription and then all of a sudden you realize that there's like 34 upgrades and you gotta pay extra for this and pay extra for that. The ones that really kind of depress me are the ones who think that they're actually chatting with the girl. And maybe there are some Only Fans girls who are actually doing the talking, but there's also so many only fans agencies that's basically just AI replies or, you know, sweatshop workers in a third world country that are just replying to you. When you think that it's, you know, surfer girl 69 or whatever, her Only fans is like, those are the ones that are more depressing because they. They. They're like, they're. They're exchanging. They're. They're giving up real interactions with real women because they feel like they have this sort of quasi relationship with this girl on Only Fans because they sent her $24,000 over the course of the last three years or whatever. It's like you. You don't though, bro. Like you. She doesn't actually like you. Like, I hope you understand that. You know, but, you know, I guess do what you want with your money. Just not gonna. Not gonna help you very much.

[Eric]

Thanks for listening to this episode. That should be one of the steps in this debt snowball for Dave Ramsey. It's like, pay off all your debt, get a thousand dollars in your emergency fund, then you can start.

[Travis]

No, really. It's a ratio of how much of your earned income you should be spending on OnlyFans. That's really the number.

[Eric]

Can you give that number for a social clip? Here's how much money you should be spending on Only fans.

[Travis]

If you're only making $5,000 a month and you're spending $500 a month on Only Fans, that's the ceiling. Okay? We should be less than 10% of earned income spent on only fans creators. Ideally 5 if you want to do it the smart way. You know, save up for that 401k. Still get your rocks off in the meantime. OnlyFans. 5% of your total earned income. It should be 69 unless you're married.

[Eric]

69%.

[Travis]

69%.

[Eric]

I was making a joke and I was like, that's a significant portion of your.

[Travis]

On the off chance that somebody heard that and then ran with it. Yeah, that's. That's dangerous advice.

[Eric]

So I wanted to look and see what states had the most creators because I was kind of curious about that because I feel like Nevada had to be the top for creators.

[Travis]

The only problem is that everybody who lives in Nevada lives in Vegas. Like that's basically.

[Eric]

What does that mean? What do you mean?

[Travis]

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[Travis]

And not that many people, like, not that many people live in Nevada, but

[Eric]

if you think about places, there's a

[Travis]

higher concentration, I'm sure in ESPEC because of Las Vegas. But I, I, I would not assume that it's high in terms of actual population just because, like, I think there's like 2 million people in Clark county. And that's basically it.

[Eric]

It's not near the top.

[Travis]

Yeah, that makes sense to me.

[Eric]

Okay. I didn't know, but anyway. But I, when I was looking for that, I accidentally came across the exact blog that they just referenced in the news report. I didn't even look for it, but that's what perplexity gave me. So I'm gonna, I'm gonna go through

[Travis]

what a great tool.

[Eric]

It is a great tool. Honestly, when it comes to searching, like, news stuff where you're like, give me like 10 cited sources and it gives you. Because ChatGPT, I'm not gonna do Trump. Yeah, ChatGPT doesn't give you jack. And 90% of the time you're like, that's not correct. It's like, you're right. Sorry about that.

[Travis]

You fact check it and it's like, great catch. It was like, am I not caught perplex?

[Eric]

Like, I'll sometimes, like, ask, like, is this accurate and it'll give me like three sources as to why it's not. It's so much better. Shout out Perplexity.

[Travis]

Agree.

[Eric]

So it is a $1.68 billion annual industry. 1.29.

[Travis]

Are you saying just OnlyFans?

[Eric]

Yes, just Only Fans.

[Travis]

That's crazy. So basically that's their revenue.

[Eric]

Yes, 1.29 million creators. So what's the. What's the math on that? If you go one point, I can't do it. What is that one point?

[Travis]

Basically bucks per creator.

[Eric]

On average, 1,000 a year, which I'm assuming most creators are making like less than 100 bucks a month.

[Travis]

It's probably just like podcasts. The top. The top, like 200 are raking in 90% of the dough.

[Eric]

Right? So. So here's some of the stats. Okay. Do you want me to ask you to give me a number and I tell you if you're right or you want me just read the numbers and you react.

[Travis]

Just read the numbers. I'm curious.

[Eric]

Okay. Total US only fans creators 1,297,804. Total US only fans creator revenue 1,000,000 or 1,687,145,576. Estimated US federal income tax from US creators. $301,000,000. Wow. Estimated total US tax contribution from US creators federal plus state 338.7 billion dol. Billion. Here is the.

[Travis]

It's crazy to talk about it like this because it sounds like we're commenting on the economy of a country.

[Eric]

Like a. Like a small.

[Travis]

Their total GDP is about $1.76 billion.

[Eric]

It's crazy.

[Travis]

What's crazy is somebody ecosystem that some tech company created without the intention of it ever being born, by the way.

[Eric]

Right?

[Travis]

Like, Only Fans was created as like. Like Patreon plus type of a thing. It's just that because it was this. The problem with marketing stuff is like the uncensored version of this other thing is that it immediately attracts all of those people and only Fans. I did a push, probably. I don't remember this, like maybe five, six years ago. They emailed. They emailed me and they were like, can you please come on, OnlyFans? We want to, like, prove to people that we're not just porn. And it was like, well, that didn't work. Yeah, everybody.

[Eric]

Yeah, it's all porn. And then like a couple comedians who are on there. Because it's funny to be on Only Fans, right? And I'm sure because I think Whitney Cummings was on Only Fans, but I

[Travis]

Think it was during that stand up. Right.

[Eric]

I think she's still really like a.

[Travis]

Like a Patreon community. There's zero things about only fans that requires you to be a. Like a porn star. It's literally just a. It's just gated content.

[Eric]

That's what people say when the bill comes in. Babe. It's not just now.

[Travis]

This is. I'm just a big fan of Whitney Cummings.

[Eric]

Imagine you get a. You get in trouble for having an only fans thing come in on your credit card.

[Travis]

Does it say pressure? I actually that's a question.

[Eric]

Check your bank.

[Travis]

Anyway, so what is the merchant. What is the merchant code for that?

[Eric]

Here's the 10 states that alone count for nearly $1 billion of revenue. Number one, California. There's 430 creators per 100,000 people.

[Travis]

Oh, so you're talking about the total volume of creators. Not. Not people spending money on only fans. The people.

[Eric]

Well this. I have a couple. I have a couple things from it. So here, here's California. California is number one for the top state. There's 169, 505 creators. Annual revenue 220 million 357, 621. There's 430 creators per 100,000 people. That's crazy. And then total tax, if you want to know that is 41,867,948. Shout out Gavin Newsom. Like the economy is funded creating a

[Travis]

killer industry out there in California.

[Eric]

Okay, guess two and three. I'm not gonna. I'll read all top ten, but guess who two is.

[Travis]

New York.

[Eric]

No. I'm gonna make you name all 50 states. It's. It surprises me actually.

[Travis]

Arizona?

[Eric]

No.

[Travis]

Texas.

[Eric]

Yes.

[Travis]

Okay.

[Eric]

123. 792. If. If I was a male.

[Travis]

They're all in Austin.

[Eric]

Only fans creator. My bio would say everything truly is bigger in Texas. Ah, I bet you that's like six. I bet you all of them have that. 123,000. There's 395 creators per 100,000. Most of those are just people that couldn't get on stage at Kill Tony and so they opted for a second path and it brings in 160 million.

[Travis]

There's working on their stand up career.

[Eric]

930,468. Number three was obvious to me. But I'm curious if it is to you.

[Travis]

It's not one of the ones.

[Eric]

I knew it would be a top three. I don't know. I don't remember anything you've just said.

[Travis]

Florida.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Travis]

Okay.

[Eric]

I figured Miami, like. Like I figured Florida is going to be one of those 120,772 creators. What?

[Travis]

I said all of them are in Miami. Yeah, probably legit. Like 80% of them are in Miami.

[Eric]

100 and or 516 creators per 100,000.

[Travis]

That's still. That is insane.

[Eric]

Crazy. The highest state for like being per 100,000 is Georgia. 568,000 or 568,000 people in Georgia. 568 out of every 100,000 are only fans. Creators. Wow, that's crazy. So, yeah, the top 10 states are California, Texas, Florida, New York, Georgia, Washington, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Arizona. Yeah.

[Travis]

I mean, it created their own economy, you know, Good for them.

[Eric]

It is crazy. And it is crazy. OnlyFans started not being that.

[Travis]

Right.

[Eric]

And.

[Travis]

And also completely unintentional.

[Eric]

YouTube started as a dating site.

[Travis]

Did it start as a. Yep.

[Eric]

It's crazy. Some of these companies and what they become known and what they started as though.

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[Travis]

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[Travis]

The biggest one to me was this company started as a video game company. Do you know this story?

[Eric]

I don't know.

[Travis]

They started as a video game. They were trying to build a video game and had like, like moderate success. And I want to say they raised some money trying to do it and then they were frustrated communicating with all their teams to build this, this game and created their own internal communication software which eventually pivoted and turned into Slack. Yeah, which is like a 30 billion dollar company. And yeah, I think the, I think the founder of Slack is working on other video games. I think he was just like a gamer, wanted to do, wanted to develop video games, happened upon Slack, became this juggernaut of a, of a company and now I, I want to say he's like working on video games and stuff now. So different.

[Eric]

For somebody who's listening to this, who's wanting to get started as an Only fans creator, what advice would you give to them?

[Travis]

Step one? No, I have zero advice for only fan OnlyFans creators because that's a, it's a weird, it's a strange world to me. Although I will say like I have friends who've done, who like, who had sort of like distribution engines for that and they basically told me that they, they would sign OnlyFans creators to their like network and then they had a network of like 350 meme pa on Instagram and then they would just start like promoting the heck out of their Instagrams on the meme pages and then sending traffic, which is why they took a large percentage of the, you know, total revenue that the creator made. But so that would be if, if we're actually talking real advice and then that's the actual real advice is that go to, go to people who own Meme pages and see if they'll send traffic to you.

[Eric]

I think the biggest thing is you better make sure it fires you up.

[Travis]

Oh yeah.

[Eric]

Because when you look at the numbers, the average Only fans creator earns. Guess how much the average creator earns?

[Travis]

I mean thousand bucks. 2,000 bucks a year.

[Eric]

The average Only fans creator earns about 150 to 2 to $180 per month.

[Travis]

Yeah. So thousand, two thousand bucks a year.

[Eric]

So you got to do it for love of the game and hope that you can hit a top. Top 1%.

[Travis]

Yeah. Or don't hope. Is that like, do you want to.

[Sponsor Voice]

You know what I mean?

[Travis]

Like that's something you got to think about.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Travis]

It's like do you want to be top 1%? Because then it's like everybody knows you for this thing. Like, it'd almost be better to be like almost like mid tier where you make like 15, 20 grand a month. So like not everybody knows that this is what you do.

[Eric]

I, I wanted to be in the top 1%, but the market didn't told you. I guess they did vote with their wallet. I, I should start an. I should start an Only fans where I live stream and I start naked. And if you tip, I put on clothes on.

[Travis]

If you want me to get clothed,

[Eric]

you just do. Okay.

[Travis]

That would be funny actually. Tip me to put clothes on.

[Eric]

I'm sure somebody does that too. I'm sure there's something for everyone.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

Over there.

[Travis]

Quite literally. Yeah, I think so.

[Eric]

Well, this episode is brought to you by Only Fans. But no, but seriously though, if you're going to give some advice to somebody who is spending, I wonder if there's data on that. I wonder what the average Only Fans customer.

[Travis]

It can't be much.

[Eric]

What is the average only fans customer

[Travis]

or spend or see if there's like any data about the average. Like, you know, average income of someone who spends on only Fans. Like I can't imagine it's so typical.

[Eric]

Fans subscribe to one to three creators totaling 15 to $30 a month. So they spend 40. So it says like and then people who tip a lot, which you all upset on tipping, should you tip, Tip your only fans 48 to $100 monthly. So. So how much should someone be making before they're spending that kind of dough on only Fans?

[Travis]

A lot.

[Eric]

How much?

[Travis]

I mean, I mean, I guess if it's like 15, 20 bucks, then it's whatever. But you start spending. That's the problem is that it's the rabbit hole that it brings you Down. It's like you pay. Like I said, you pay for the subscription. It's like you get behind the paywall, and then you realize that not everything's free. And it's like, oh, but I. But I want to see that picture. Like, ooh, that I want to see that. Like, I got to pay an extra 30 bucks to unlock that video or. Or to message this person that's clearly not the person actually messaging me back. You know what I mean? It's like, how. Like, how's this person live on stage at a comedy festival right now, but also messaging you at the same time? Like, that's not. That's not the same person, man. Yeah. So, yeah, you're just gonna. Just understand what it is. Like, you're gonna. You're getting taken for money. That's. That's what it is. So know that that's the case. And don't be like, I think she's falling in love with me. You know? Because, like, there's a lot of. Like, some of these ladies are just expert scam artists. You know what I mean? Like, they will take as much money from you as you're willing. And I, like, I bet you anything, like, if.

[Sponsor Voice]

If you look.

[Travis]

If you look for. You could probably find some pretty crazy stories from people who've spent, like, tens of thousands of dollars with. With creators thinking they're going to, like, meet up with them.

[Eric]

Well, it's the same guys that. I mean. And it's hard to even blame the ladies, though, because it's also the guys. It's the guys that go to strip clubs and go like. Well, it's not even strip clubs. It's the guys that go to a restaurant.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

And the waitress is nice to them.

[Travis]

Right.

[Eric]

And they're like, dude, she still got it.

[Travis]

She's into me. Yeah. If I weren't married. I totally hit that. It's like, no, you wouldn't. She wouldn't even give you her number.

[Eric]

Oh, my God. There was one guy. I gotta show you that

[Travis]

while you're opening that up. Did you see the Shane Gillis only fans sketch?

[Eric]

I didn't.

[Travis]

Really?

[Eric]

Yes. Daddy's gotta make a living. Yeah.

[Travis]

Oh, so good.

[Eric]

I don't know if I can find it. Maybe I'll find it for some other time. But, yeah, that's a really. It's a really interesting stat. When I saw it, and I love to see them, the morning news tackle it, it really meant a lot to me.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Eric]

So what's our takeaway? And close us out perfect fodder for

[Travis]

a morning news segment.

[Eric]

Wait to keep it themed. Finish us off, Travis.

[Travis]

Ew. Well, that's. That's it for today's episode. The bottom line is, stop spending money on dumb shit all the time because it's just not worth it. But for those that are listening, thanks so much for tuning in to this episode. Remember, money only solves your money problems, but it's easier to solve the rest of your problems. Money in the bank. So let's stop spending it on OnlyFans and keep it in your bank account. Catch you in the next episode. Peace.