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NEW YORK - POP ZITS FOR CASH

Before you get all pissy and point out the fact that we linked to

this site

in our

first post about zit popping

back in January, please understand that they've really revved things up since then. Now they're

paying actual cash

for original photos and videos of pimple eruptions.

We know it's a common human impulse to squash the pus out of any random abscess that sprouts up, but we're still reeling from the fact that there's an emerging market for this stuff. Is this some sordid new fetish that's slipped under our radar or are there just a lot of oily-faced entrepreneurs? Either way, the fact that someone will give you $5 for videotaping your repulsive habit doesn't do much to debunk the terrorists claims that our society is completely base.