# I got paid to watch porn! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-paid-to-watch-porn/484690 "2009-02-06T12:50:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-paid-to-watch-porn/484690/1 "2009-02-06T12:50:46Z")
Kinda mundane, kinda pointless. On Sunday, during the Super Bowl telecast, a 30-second porno clip was shown on Comcast in Tucson to standard-definition viewers of the game. Here’s a DVR capture of the porn, censored, probably NSFW, from [Porn Clip Penetrates Super Bowl Broadcast](http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/02/porn-clip-penetrates-super-bowl-broadcast/) although the original broadcast in Tucson wasn’t censored. Anyway, according to Comcast, this was a malicious, deliberate act by someone within the Comcast system, and they are conducting a full investigation. Comcast also has set up a toll-free number and is giving all local customers who call a $10 credit on their next month’s bill. I called and got mine. Heh, heh, now you know why Tucson is called the “Naked Pueblo” by one of the local radio stations. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-paid-to-watch-porn/484690/2 "2009-02-06T18:31:14Z")
If you call back and tell them you put the game on DVR, and watched that disgusting porn segment 40 times, will they pay you $10 for each time you watched? Worth a call. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-paid-to-watch-porn/484690/3 "2009-02-06T19:05:15Z")
OK, let’s see. I get Comcast cable, and also Comcast high speed Internet. I also have online banking. Surely there must be a way to download porn directly into my savings account. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-paid-to-watch-porn/484690/4 "2009-02-06T19:09:56Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Surely there must be a way to download porn directly into my savings account. If you can pull this off, I am certain that somehow, some way, you will end up being screwed. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-paid-to-watch-porn/484690/5 "2009-02-06T19:10:25Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > OK, let’s see. > > I get Comcast cable, and also Comcast high speed Internet. I also have online banking. Surely there must be a way to download porn directly into my savings account. Oh come on, isn’t the economy fucked enough already? Edit: Curse you SUUUUUNSPAAACE! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-paid-to-watch-porn/484690/6 "2009-02-06T19:11:57Z")
You can cash in a second time if you like - the [maker of the film is offering a $10 coupon](http://consumerist.com/5148239/porno-company-offers-coupon-so-comcast-viewers-can-finish-watching) so you can finish watching the film. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-paid-to-watch-porn/484690/7 "2009-02-06T19:30:31Z")
Shouldn’t matter. My savings have already been sucked dry. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-paid-to-watch-porn/484690/8 "2009-02-06T19:32:23Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > If you can pull this off, I am certain that somehow, some way, you will end up being screwed. In general one does the former because one cannot get the latter. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-paid-to-watch-porn/484690/9 "2009-02-08T22:37:01Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > You can cash in a second time if you like - the [maker of the film is offering a $10 coupon](http://consumerist.com/5148239/porno-company-offers-coupon-so-comcast-viewers-can-finish-watching) so you can finish watching the film. 😉 It’s PORN-CASTIC! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyWhyWhy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whywhywhy/32/7539_2.png) [@WhyWhyWhy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyWhyWhy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-paid-to-watch-porn/484690/10 "2010-01-02T19:15:54Z")
God, what a country! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-paid-to-watch-porn/484690/11 "2010-01-02T20:05:20Z")
True. Watching porn, killing zombies – all part of a day’s work.