app02 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:39:05 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Increments - Episodes Tagged with “Fetishes” https://www.incrementspodcast.com/tags/fetishes Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:15:00 -0700 Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. en-us episodic Science, Philosophy, Epistemology, Mayhem Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. no Philosophy,Science,Ethics,Progress,Knowledge,Computer Science,Conversation,Error-Correction Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani incrementspodcast@gmail.com #66 - Sex Research, Addiction, and Financial Domination (w/ Aella) https://www.incrementspodcast.com/66 e8ecc2d6-cb6e-4671-831a-85926885ed3c Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:15:00 -0700 Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani full Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani Aella joins the boys for a chat on fetishes, gangbangs, OnlyFans, addiction, and the crazy underground world of Financial Domination (aka 'findom'). 1:06:36 no <p>What do you get when you mix nerds and sex research? A deep dive into the world of fetish statistics, men's calibration about women's sexual preferences, and the crazy underground world of financial domination. Stay tuned as Aella walks the boys through the world of gangbangs, camming, OnlyFans, escorting, findom, and even live-tests Vaden's wild hypothesis against her huge, thick, dataset. </p> We discuss <ul> <li>How to describe what Aella does</li> <li>Aella's bangin' birthday party </li> <li>The state of sex research </li> <li>Conservative and neo-trad pushback and whether Aella is immune from cancellation</li> <li>Are men calibrated when it comes to predicting women's sexual preferences? </li> <li>The wild world of findom (financial domination) </li> <li>Is findom addiction worse than other addictions? </li> <li>Differences between camming and OnlyFans </li> <li>Can a fetish ever be considered self-harm? </li> <li>Plus some live hypothesis testing! Does Vaden's hypothesis survive...?<br></li> <li>Aella's forthcoming journal based on Rationalist principles </li> </ul> References from the ep <ul> <li>Aella's <a href="https://aella.substack.com/p/how-to-be-good-at-sex-starve-her" rel="nofollow noopener">good at sex</a> series </li> <li>Aella's <a href="https://knowingless.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">website</a> </li> <li>Aella's blogpost on <a href="https://aella.substack.com/p/fetish-tabooness-vs-popularity" rel="nofollow noopener">Fetish Tabooness vs Popularity </a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/8xCjXWDf6Y0?t=745" rel="nofollow noopener">"I spent $3,400 in a single day on financial domination": financial-domination addict James</a> <ul> <li>Clip starts at 12:25</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://findomaddictsanonymous.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">Findom Addicts Anonymous</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/FemdomCommunity/comments/89yx1n/fetlife_is_going_to_ban_financial_domination_and/" rel="nofollow noopener">Fetlife bans Findom</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/paypigsupportgroup/comments/15n8i8z/domme_wont_let_me_quit_unethical_addicted_to/" rel="nofollow noopener">Domme won't let me quit (unethical), addicted to findom, please help | Reddit</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/findomsupportgroup/comments/14se62y/i_dont_feel_bad_for_subs_that_are_addicted_to/" rel="nofollow noopener">I don't feel bad for subs that are addicted to findom.</a></li> </ul> Findom References <p>(additional sources used for episode prep that weren't mention in the episode)</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07q42yw" rel="nofollow noopener">Random Men Pay My Bills | BBC Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N68UT_LYl-Q" rel="nofollow noopener">Interview with a Recovering Paypig - A Financial Domination Addict</a></li> <li><a href="https://podcast.damianachiphd.com/blog/findom-is-not-femdom/" rel="nofollow noopener">FINDOM is not FEMDOM</a></li> <li><a href="https://archive.ph/Jdyhi" rel="nofollow noopener">Confessions of a 'Pay Pig': Why I Give Away Money to Dominant Women I Meet Online</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.everand.com/podcast/694373930/Season-2-Episode-57-Special-Episode-on-Findoms" rel="nofollow noopener">Special Episode on Findoms... | The Kink Perspective Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/style/findom-kink.html?smid=fb-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur" rel="nofollow noopener">She Gets Paid Just to Humiliate Her Fans | New York Times</a></li> </ul> Socials <ul> <li>Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani</li> <li>Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link</li> <li>Help us put heads in toilets and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber <a href="https://www.patreon.com/Increments" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations <a href="https://ko-fi.com/increments" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>.</li> <li>Click dem like buttons on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube</a></li> </ul> <p>Send us $500 and call us your Queen, you steaming pile of s***: <a href="mailto:incrementspodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">incrementspodcast@gmail.com</a> Special Guest: Aella.</p> Aella, financial domination, sex research, neo-trad, findom, fetishes, OnlyFans, escorting, addiction What do you get when you mix nerds and sex research? A deep dive into the world of fetish statistics, men's calibration about women's sexual preferences, and the crazy underground world of financial domination. Stay tuned as Aella walks the boys through the world of gangbangs, camming, OnlyFans, escorting, findom, and even live-tests Vaden's wild hypothesis against her huge, thick, dataset.

We discuss
  • How to describe what Aella does
  • Aella's bangin' birthday party
  • The state of sex research
  • Conservative and neo-trad pushback and whether Aella is immune from cancellation
  • Are men calibrated when it comes to predicting women's sexual preferences?
  • The wild world of findom (financial domination)
  • Is findom addiction worse than other addictions?
  • Differences between camming and OnlyFans
  • Can a fetish ever be considered self-harm?
  • Plus some live hypothesis testing! Does Vaden's hypothesis survive...?
  • Aella's forthcoming journal based on Rationalist principles
References from the ep Findom References

(additional sources used for episode prep that weren't mention in the episode)

Socials
  • Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani
  • Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
  • Help us put heads in toilets and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here.
  • Click dem like buttons on youtube

Send us $500 and call us your Queen, you steaming pile of s***: incrementspodcast@gmail.com

Special Guest: Aella.

Support Increments

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We discuss
  • How to describe what Aella does
  • Aella's bangin' birthday party
  • The state of sex research
  • Conservative and neo-trad pushback and whether Aella is immune from cancellation
  • Are men calibrated when it comes to predicting women's sexual preferences?
  • The wild world of findom (financial domination)
  • Is findom addiction worse than other addictions?
  • Differences between camming and OnlyFans
  • Can a fetish ever be considered self-harm?
  • Plus some live hypothesis testing! Does Vaden's hypothesis survive...?
  • Aella's forthcoming journal based on Rationalist principles
References from the ep Findom References

(additional sources used for episode prep that weren't mention in the episode)

Socials
  • Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani
  • Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
  • Help us put heads in toilets and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here.
  • Click dem like buttons on youtube

Send us $500 and call us your Queen, you steaming pile of s***: incrementspodcast@gmail.com

Special Guest: Aella.

Support Increments

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