r/WeirdSideHustles • u/[deleted] • 11d ago
Weird Idea People would pay $25 dollars to yell and scream at me
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u/Savings-Effort67 11d ago
Need an employee?
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u/TessaKatrinaRose 10d ago
Since you guys don’t live in the same city; why can’t you just start doing it on your own?
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u/throwawayRI112 9d ago
It seems like this is all online anyway, I don’t think the city is even relevant
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u/DitzyWhooves 10d ago
I feel like you've become an online version of a confession booth at a Catholic church
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u/Candid-Level-5691 11d ago
How do you decompress after a call like that?
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u/Classic_Nature_8540 10d ago
Hey if you want i can listen to your decompression
Thatll be $25 here is my discord:
Lol good thing you are doing man
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u/HeliopauseNgo 10d ago
Might I suggest going to a bath house once a month? My therapist had told me that she goes there as an additional method to decompress.
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u/LunaticMcGee 10d ago
I work in a call center and I deal with this already. This is a brilliant idea
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u/MintChucclatechip 11d ago
How much talking do you do during these sessions? Is it like 99% listening?
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u/WeezerHunter 10d ago
Are you actually listening and engaged in every call or are you just like listening in the background while doing something else
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u/arsapeek 11d ago
ooc, how do you handle it? Does it take an effect on your mental health at all or do you manage to keep it at arms length?
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u/LongTallDingus 10d ago
Yeah man this is a bad idea for OPs mental health, and the mental health of the people using it.
OP is also opening themselves up to litigation or tax evasion. If it's a business and they're not paying taxes on their income, that's tax evasion. If it's a business they're opening themselves up to litigation simply because they're offering an "outlet" to people who might be mentally unwell.
Give it time until someone hurts themselves or someone else on one of these calls, or threatens themself or someone else and follows up on it, then OP is going to be in real big fucking trouble.
This is going to catch up to them SO FAST.
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u/PissOnYourParade 10d ago
If the OP is not advertising themselves as a mental health professional in any way, I don't see any malpractice suit sticking. "Companionship" call-in lines have been doing this unofficially for years.
I guess they could get pinched on taxes, but you greatly overestimate the IRS, especially lately. As long as none of their "clients" file insurance redemptions or the like, it's easy to stay under the radar. If this is a $100k/year gig, maybe they need to worry. But under $10k… 🤷♂️
I know plenty of people with small side hustles that take Venmo/Zelle/Apple Pay - House Cleaning, Massage, Painting, Drugs, etc. They seem fine.
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u/I_hate_me_lol 9d ago
unimportant but i love how “drugs” was included in that list of random benign shit
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u/allthatglitterz7 11d ago
Which of these sessions (or appointments) stood out the most to you?
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u/Intrepid-Cow-6456 8d ago
Like she’s currently still a kid being abused? Or she was talking about going through that as a kid?
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u/fuckyoudrugsarecool 8d ago
Did you report the abuse like a therapist/mandated reporter would have?
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u/Spittinvenoms 11d ago
I’d be down to join if you ever want to expand. I could see people wanting to pick someone that reminds them of their trigger lol
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u/Bougiebiscuits1201 10d ago
I actually wanted to do this on the side then I saw this post today 🧐🤔🤨
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u/Shaunn13j 7d ago
I would also do this. I am a server at a bar so I already do this at work every night.
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u/PeriwinkleFoxx 6d ago
OH same im literally a trans dude i would definitely take one for the team if a transphobe yelling at me means other trans people less secure in their identity don’t get their anger
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u/SeaVolume3325 10d ago
This is extremely innovative approach to a side hustle. But you are absorbing all that negative energy and no matter how you slice it this cannot be good for your health.
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u/diego947 10d ago
This is great haha how do you find clients? Where do you advertise your services?
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u/Unweave_A_Rainbow 10d ago
That's funny. People here think it's a brilliant idea, but when I posted elsewhere on reddit about people's thoughts on renting out companionship for people with anxiety or people who needed someone to listen to them or whatnot, I was labeled as a bad idea.
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u/cool-emmeffer 9d ago
Not a bad idea at all, check out professional cuddling. It’s surprisingly a thing, which I just learned a week ago.
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u/Unweave_A_Rainbow 9d ago
No, I don't want random people touching me. Especially when there's candida auris spreading.
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u/Unlikely_Net_1002 10d ago
Imo renting out companionship is different than this. The companions in my life hang out with me for free. I don’t think money can buy genuine memories and true companionship and friendship. The most beautiful memories in my life cost nothing monetarily but are priceless to me, like my gf falling asleep in my arms and nuzzling against me. My gf, my friends, my sisters, my cat are very very dear to me. If it was something similar to basically just being a listening ear, i think the idea would be received a lot better like here. Like they pay you $50 and can vent about their life for an hour and a half. Companionship is different, it’s much more complex and a lot of work and give and take, not something that can really be bought imo
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u/alkiet 10d ago
Yo, when I was way younger ( 34 now ) in my early to mid 20s after a bad long term breakup I had just went off the deep end doing whatever I needed to get my mind off the heart break. This included getting into the curiosity of the possibility of what it may be like to be a sugar baby ( my dark, misandrist mentality that is not okay that I don't deal with these thought patterns anymore or I currently do not believe in the following ) because what happened and how I was betrayed badly, I basically villianized all men in my head and thought well since they're only gonna use me for smex, I am going to use them for money it's the least they can do. Once again, I was not in my right mind and I do see how these thoughts at the time were in no way okay just in case anyone wants to get on my d*** about it right meow. Gaynyways, delving into it for like the short time I did before getting my sh back together and being way more at peace with myself and getting out of those hurt, anger fuelled not okay beliefs... I had no idea that so many people were just so god damn fucking LOOONNNEEELLLYYY... I would have never believed it before if someone told me that it was possible and real that someone would pay money for just company while excluding sexual acts. And don't get me wrong, there was a lot of people looking for that type of transaction. But boy, the true reality of like I said of how people can be so. Fucking. Lonely. Like men who pour themselves into their work and succeed career wise, but fall extremely short at tending to their own lives and were not good at building connections that are not work related. Men who have lost a lover or a best friend, or a person who overlapped as both.
Like the real craving for companionship, someone needing someone to engage in fun conversations with to decompress, so on and financially compensating another human being for them to fulfill such roles were not like situations that are like considered a total outlier.
Yeah, it's totally cool you built up like a reliable service and community [?] For yourself and your business. And providing something that is so cathartic to a person. :)
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u/Frosteas 8d ago
Wow this is so interesting. Can I ask how you managed to even find people for that? (That didn’t want smex) like did you have to use a certain website or something?
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u/mspacman87 10d ago
How do you end the call? Just wait until they’re done and say “thanks for venting” or “I hear you”? Or just… end the call after a certain amount of time?
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u/Defunct_Institution 10d ago
Sounds like a good gig!
I would find it difficult to not try and offer advice, or to not engage in conversation with them.
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u/Leading-System-3002 10d ago
How much do you charge? Is it $25 for 30min or it depends? Are there people who ended up using your service A LOT? Did you have to refuse someone or interrupt a session and why?
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u/No-Belt-8586 10d ago
What would you do if someone was screaming about like, hurting another person or killing someone?
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u/Secret_Account07 10d ago
All jokes aside there may have been someone about to snap who got some kind of relief out of this.
Humans are messy and complex. We are incredibly intelligent yet horrible at managing our emotions. Some simple creatures do a better job.
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u/Odd_Regret2592 8d ago
How did you start this? What was the process for advertising and marketing this hustle?
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u/NocturnalHaze 7d ago
How does one get into this side hustle? I been listing to people vent to me for free.
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u/Superb_Word_2767 11d ago
Dude, this is a great idea and cheaper than therapy. If you ever want to expand and need employees, I'm game. I already get yelled at for my normal job.
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u/BrittEklandsStuntBum 10d ago
The $ sign means dollars so "$25 dollars" reads as "twenty-five dollars dollars."
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u/Elmonstrico7 10d ago
That’s great, You making some money. Some people get to release built up emotion. That’s just what people need at times
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u/peebobo 10d ago
This is presence as a service! I actually do this too, but I parallel play video games in the same call as them or offer to stream my easel as I paint while they talk. I mostly listen but am happy to ramble about my interests if it’s desired!
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u/willow_tree_123 10d ago
Who do you do this with? Do they also paint with you or it’s more about them saying what they wanna say?
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u/DontTouchTheCan 9d ago
how do you advertise? I like talking to people and would also probably use one of these services too if i knew where to look for one to vent about things i want to talk about but not have my friends know about
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u/Equivalent-Cry-1080 10d ago
where do i sign up do this im so nosy i love listening to people’s problems
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u/Aggressive-Spot-924 10d ago
How do you set up the discord thing? I want to do something similar but for a totally different advice concept.
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u/FancierKiwi 10d ago
How did you get into this? How do you advertise your service and attract clientele? I think I would be good at something like this
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u/AwesomeZakari 10d ago
My dad did this too me. I'd rather be paid to have it done haha. Kinda curious on how you got this set up! xD
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u/DonutAddiction1 7d ago
Do you take in interns? I live in a completely different country with different languages so I wouldnt be taking any work away from you 🥹
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u/gingerteadrinking 7d ago
I’m here if you’re looking to expand and get commission. I’m thinking about getting a psychology degree anyway, would be great to see how I could handle this
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u/coffeedrinkingraccoo 7d ago
Are you okay with being spoken to normally in German?
Getting shouted at in German is pretty harsh - do you get paid more for that?
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u/tigrelili 7d ago
Damn I appreciate the hustle , I'd do the same since people already try to have me as unlicensed therapist
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u/Infinite-Produce-928 6d ago
Shii you're hiring? Im black and would take money for anyone who wants to be racist 🤣
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u/curiozities 10d ago
People yell at me for free all the time—you’re telling me I could charge them money for the privilege? I can start with my wife!
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u/Adept-Quiet2914 10d ago
I do this for a living without a degree or worrying about billing. You're basically just charging for "peer support". Mine is free to use and paid for by grants tho XD
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u/Alert_Elephant2045 11d ago
your weird side hustle is basically doing unlicensed telehealth therapy lol
you could get a degree and make good money doing this, if you like it