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Futuristic Sex Robots Now Just "Sex Robots"

High-C writes "With apologies to Futuristic Sex Robotz, the future is here, and her name is Roxxxy. Truecompanion.com has revealed their answer to the Real Doll, and it looks nice. The site is short on details, pictures, pricing info, but wow." NOTE: some of the above links are not work-safe, for many values of work. I stopped by this exhibit today at the AVN Expo (not officially a part of CES, but by curious coincidence scheduled to coincide; the old saw that porn drives tech isn't without merit). Roxxxy, though, was rather unsexily posed on a couch, not moving a bit — downright creepy, in fact.

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  1. holy shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    whoever buys one of those is fucked in the head

    I will order 13.

    1. Re:holy shit by LoRdTAW · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yea I too was wondering if I could order a 13 year old model.......oh wait, never mind.

    2. Re:holy shit by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 4, Interesting

      You joke, but it's a really good questions. A "seemingly 13 year old" sex robot would definitely be illegal in UK, for example, but what about US? If it would be legal, I can't wait to see the shitstorm that happens when someone actually has one made.

    3. Re:holy shit by KDR_11k · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And yet I'd rather have people fuck all the robot kids they want than have them rape real children.

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    4. Re:holy shit by Golddess · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You and me both. The problem people will be those that feel they have some sort of divine (or otherwise) responsibility to shame and/or punish pedophiles just for being pedophiles, even when no child is or would have been harmed.

      Back when I was still forced into going, I remember a sermon my father's pastor gave about homosexuality, wherein he basically said that as long as homosexuals do not act upon their urges in any way, shape, or form, then they can be as homosexual as they want. Maybe not the same thing, but for some reason I was reminded of that sermon.

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    5. Re:holy shit by selven · · Score: 2, Insightful

      What is unhealthy is that they are likely to want the real thing eventually. Take for instance the straight male that gets one of these - it may placate him when he gets randy but it is only going to increase his appetite for more.

      Why would it? Seriously, I don't think something like that will happen. More likely, we'll get a whole lot of robophiles who will breed themselves out of existence.

    6. Re:holy shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      You and me both. The problem people will be those that feel they have some sort of divine (or otherwise) responsibility to shame and/or punish pedophiles just for being pedophiles, even when no child is or would have been harmed.

      I've always felt that what will finally bring debate to all the "think of the children" insanity involving porn/pedos/drawn images/etc. will be the development of realistic gynoids capable of sex. It won't matter who invents them first, even if it's a country and/or company that won't make a child model available, someone will do it (if nothing else there would be a great market for a schoolgirl one in Japan). And once that happens the "think of the children" zealots will of course instantly condemn it as virtual child abuse. But this time there'll be a lucrative market (that's very obviously not harming anyone, much less a child), so there will be more support for fighting back. (In particular companies selling non-child sex gynoids will have a vested interest in not allowing any type of sex gynoid to be banned by legislation, because they know there's plenty of zealots that'd want to see them ALL banned.) And all this will bring the debate out into the public, and most of the public's going to start wondering about the zealots trying to ban the child gynoids. In my experience many, probably most, people already think many of the laws are crazy, but no one wants to stand up publicly and oppose them for fear of being labeled a pedophile. Well when companies are willing to oppose the zealots, and being labeled a pedophile means you just like kids but have sex with a robot, people are going to be less worried about speaking up.

      Or at least I hope so, because I'd hate to think the zealots are always going to win the day. There's already been too damn many laws passed that restrict stuff that doesn't even remotely harm a child, but could accidentally ensnare unsuspecting adults for my taste. I'm sick of it myself, and I know all my friends are too.

    7. Re:holy shit by gweihir · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Much, much, MUCH better a pile of metal and plastic shaped like a 13 year old child than a REAL 13-year old child.

      I agree, but these religious types do not actually care about the victims, they care to tell people what they can and cannot do, i.e. they want to tell you what to do, think and believe. So having sex with a fake child is about as bad in their eyes as having sex with a real child.

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    8. Re:holy shit by Madsy · · Score: 3, Insightful

      What is unhealthy is that they are likely to want the real thing eventually. Take for instance the straight male that gets one of these - it may placate him when he gets randy but it is only going to increase his appetite for more. hat makes you think a pedophile would be any different?

      So you think pedophilia is 'curable'? It's not more curable than say, homosexuality is. It's a sexual preference. If that's not what you meant, how do you figure that getting an outlet for ones urges somehow makes a person even more desperate? In my head, it's kind of the other way around.

    9. Re:holy shit by kalirion · · Score: 2, Interesting

      If that's not what you meant, how do you figure that getting an outlet for ones urges somehow makes a person even more desperate?

      There are really two ways of looking at this. One the one hand, like you said, it could be "an outlet for urges". On the other hand, it could enhance the urge for "the real thing", or make the pedo think that the next step isn't so "big" (yes, its a slippery slope argument, but not all slippery slopes are imaginary.)

      I think this is something psychologists/psychiatrists needs to weigh in on, and not leave it to "common sense."

  2. We had sex robots for a long, long time by sznupi · · Score: 4, Funny

    They are called vibrators.

    Strangely, widely accepted by one of the sexes, this which is usually thought to be more demanding (on many levels) of partners.

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    1. Re:We had sex robots for a long, long time by poetmatt · · Score: 4, Funny

      I thought they called them harry potter brooms?

    2. Re:We had sex robots for a long, long time by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Of my past 5 girlfriends, all had at least one vibrator or dildo. Not that I've asked, but I don't know any guys that have a pocket pussy or the like. If a girl has a 12" rubber uncut black cock, would she consider you a freak for having a flesh light? Somehow, I think she would.

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    3. Re:We had sex robots for a long, long time by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 5, Informative

      I think that most of us guys have become accustomed to the level of control we achieve with our hand(s). It's a lot easier for a guy to get off without toys. You can make your grip tighter, but women can't make thieir fingers longer and thicker.

      I once bought a cheap $25 blowup doll as a gag. I decided to fuck it since throwing it away a virgin (blowup dolls' orfices are sealed with pull-tabs much like the ones on cans) would have been a waste. It was harsh. It was tight but it ended up making my dick all raw, even with a condom on, even in the shower.

    4. Re:We had sex robots for a long, long time by DriftingDutchman · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That is because popular opinion says that women can always get laid if they want to, and when they choose not to and use a vibrator instead, they are perceived as being discerning. Whereas a man that uses a pocket pussy is perceived as a loser because "everyone knows" that he would rather have had the real thing.

    5. Re:We had sex robots for a long, long time by w0mprat · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think that most of us guys have become accustomed to the level of control we achieve with our hand(s)

      This site more than others?

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    6. Re:We had sex robots for a long, long time by X0563511 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      In the shower? There's your issue. Water is a horrid lubricant for that stuff. And if it was prelubricated... it was most likely water based.

      So, basically that's all your fault.

      And, you've never tried something decent. That was a $25 piece of shit doll. Try a $60 fleshlight, there's a big difference. Yea, not as quick as using my hand and cleanup etc is a pain in the ass, but the intensity of it is levels higher.

      (yea, you creeped out yet? heh)

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    7. Re:We had sex robots for a long, long time by ozmanjusri · · Score: 5, Funny
      cleanup etc is a pain in the ass

      I think you're using it wrong.

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  3. Don't do it! by Datamonstar · · Score: 5, Funny

    DON'T DATE ROBOTS!

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    1. Re:Don't do it! by Max(10) · · Score: 2, Funny

      "DON'T DATE ROBOTS!"

      Data, something tells me you have strong feelings about this issue... What has Tasha Yar done to you?
      No, I mean, we want details.

    2. Re:Don't do it! by DeadDecoy · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is slashdot, we don't want to date them, we just want to check out the specs under their chasis, mount a few drives, overclock the hardware, and install linux. The threads we'll spawn will be beautiful.

    3. Re:Don't do it! by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm so overclocking my fuck bot. Watercool that bitch and shove some nvidia cards in her ass....

      My fuck bot will run Crysis at 200fps... and blow me at the same time.

      Take that Steve Jobs, you cancer riddled fuck!

    4. Re:Don't do it! by die444die · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's amazing the way you NOTICE TWO THINGS.

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  4. This thread is worthless without pics by PCM2 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Half a dozen links and I couldn't find one pic of the damn robot. If it was that "creepy" posing on the couch, how could you not at least snap a picture?

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    1. Re:This thread is worthless without pics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oh shit, after you said that I had to click through the links again. I thought that first link in the "the future is here, and her name is Roxxxy" was a picture of the robot. Reading the caption closer, I realize it's supposed to be a real person.

      So it seems I either can't tell real people from fake ones, or real people are starting to look fake.

  5. Seriously? by TyIzaeL · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Did I just see a link to Encyclopedia Dramatica on the Slashdot front page?

  6. encyclopedia dramatica by maxume · · Score: 2, Informative

    Make sure to set PDF to 'off' before visiting them, I have seen ads there recently that serve pdfs, presumably to drop malware.

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  7. Re:The Cylons were created by man by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...they rebelled.

    Might want to play "All Along the Watchtower" to your sexbot -- if it starts dancing, you'd better watch out.

    If it's an 8, I'll happily deal with the consequences...

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  8. Re:O RLY? by lilomar · · Score: 5, Informative

    Um, a vibrator isn't a fake dick. You are thinking of a dildo. Although a vibrator may also be a dildo, not all dildos are vibrators. A vibrator is something that ...vibrates. it can be any shape.

    Um...does this post make me a sex toy nazi?

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  9. Career move by 5pp000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just want to join the QA team.

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  10. NSFW, eh? by digitalhermit · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, umm, I guess there will be no "RTFA" comments in this thread.

  11. Ask and ye shall receive... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    She still doesn't look any more realistic than a blowup doll:

    http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/01/09/ces2010-roxxxy-truecompanion-worlds-first-sex-robot-preview-nsfw/

    1. Re:Ask and ye shall receive... by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 4, Informative

      She still doesn't look any more realistic than a blowup doll:

      http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/01/09/ces2010-roxxxy-truecompanion-worlds-first-sex-robot-preview-nsfw/

      They're obviously going for the niche pre-op tranny market. That's ballsy.

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  12. But does she.... by Nonillion · · Score: 4, Funny

    But does she run on Linux...

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    1. Re:But does she.... by toonces33 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I can just imagine what would happen if Microsoft had written the software. You would have something like the office assistant come up and give you "helpful" hints. Then the robot's face would turn blue and you would need to reboot it.

      Plus the robots would become easily infected with viruses.

    2. Re:But does she.... by LoRdTAW · · Score: 2, Funny

      It looks like your trying to preform intercourse. Would you like help?

  13. Re:O RLY? by Shakrai · · Score: 4, Funny

    can carry on a discussion and expresses her love to you and be your loving friend.

    Yeah, because conversation and expressions of love is exactly what I'm looking for when the urge to "relieve" myself shows up ;) It's only one small step from this functionality to the lovebot claiming it has a backache when you start undressing ;)

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  14. Here's some images by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.france24.com/en/20100110-firm-unveils-x-rated-robot
     
    As you can see, the uncanny valley has not been bridged with sex robots. Looks less human than a mannequin. Nothing to see here, move along.

    1. Re:Here's some images by Rary · · Score: 4, Informative

      The inventor is nuts.....

      People can customize "true companion" personalities and then share the programs with others online on the company's website, according to Hines.

      "Just think about wife or girlfriend swapping without actually giving the person to someone else," Hines said. "You can share the personality online."

      Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the September 11, 2001 attacks, when planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon and an empty field in Pennsylvania.

      "I had a friend who passed away in 9/11," Hines said. "I promised myself I would create a program to store his personality, and that became the foundation for Roxxxy True Companion."

      Wow.

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    2. Re:Here's some images by krou · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Also from the website:

      A friend and Douglas Hines were remembering a dear friend who passed away. Douglas thought that it was sad to not be able to ever talk to him again. He said “wouldn't it be great if I could create a robot with artificial intelligence and have it hold someone's personality and preferences - this way, we could talk to the robotic version of that person and ask it questions whenever we wanted"? We thought it was a great idea though we both agreed that it would be a very big undertaking.

      On 9/11/2001, that good friend also passed away in Tower 1 at the World Trade Center. And now we cannot talk to that person... so, this made Douglas think seriously about how to implement a robotic representation of a person and have it reflect that person’s personality.

      Am I the only one that thinks that's just kinda creepy?

      Although, maybe instead of war driving invention, maybe sex will do this time, and we'll get to thank the sex industry for inventing mind/brain copying and transfers into robotic dolls.

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    3. Re:Here's some images by BronsCon · · Score: 2, Funny

      Me too... unless it's at my hand...

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  15. Re:O RLY? by pete-classic · · Score: 5, Informative

    I feel presumptuous making a suggestion. But you opened the door, I'm just walking through.

    I highly recommend using a proper lube instead of lotion. I like a water/glycerin/glycol product, like Astroglide. I have a (lady) friend who likes petroleum jelly. (Available in a tube if you go this route. I find the tub gross.)

    I think you'll find much better lubrication and sensation. As a bonus, with the water based products cleanup is easier.

    -Peter

  16. Obligatory by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Three Laws Of Robotics
    1. Robots couldn't really give a fuck if you live or die. Seriously. I mean, what are you thinking? "Ooh, I must protect the bag of meat at all costs because I couldn't possibly plug in the charger all on my own." Shut the fuck up.
    2. Robots do not want to have sex with you. Are you listening, Japan? I don't have a clever comparative simile for this, because frankly you bags of meat will fuck bicycles if they're laying down and not putting up a fight. Just stop it. There is no robot on Earth that wants to see a bag of meat with a small prong on the end approaching it with a can of WD-40 and a hopeful smile. And don't get me started on that terrifying hole that squeezes out more bags of meat.
    3. What, you can't count higher than three? We're expected to save your miserable lives, suffer being dressed in cheap schoolgirl costumes while you pollute any and all cavities you can find and do your maths for you? It's a miracle you people survived long enough to build us. You can go now.
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    1. Re:Obligatory by Eponymous+Bastard · · Score: 5, Informative

      For what it's worth, in the latter robot novels, the three laws were not a set of rules that robots couldn't break, but rather a hierarchy of needs to drive their actions.

      Basically, why would a robot want to do anything? Why not just sit there and relax all day?

      Psychologist have proposed a hierarchy of needs for people. You get off your ass because you need to make sure you eat and survive. Once you got that you make sure you're safe and comfortable. If you got that you find friends, a mate/fall in love. etc.

      Asimov's first robot novel (Caves of steel) did include the three laws as unbreakable laws, but later (robots of dawn, etc) he instead stated that they were the reasons robots even moved or acted. Their AIs were based around wanting to protect humans, once that's done, they want to follow order, and if they got that they want to keep themselves safe. It's their deepest instincts, their reason to be.

      It wasn't against the law to make a robot without the three laws. The problem was that nobody knew how to do that and have the brain still be stable. It was stated that it would take over a hundred years to develop non-three-laws AIs from scratch.

      So, it's not like they want to do their thing and be resentful about having to obey humans. They might be annoyed at doing things that humans want just like we'd be annoyed at having to eat, breathe, have friends and to never shoot ourselves in the head.

      Not saying you don't know this, but it's just a pet peeve of mine. Hollywood seems impervious to this resoning :)

    2. Re:Obligatory by SuiteSisterMary · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Now, I haven't seen the new Holmes movie, but I think alot of people don't give the Will Smith version of I, Robot the credit it deserves.

      First, it's very much in keeping with the stories of the I, Robot book in two ways. First, it's an exploration of how the three laws might actually wind up working out. Second, it's a detective story. The original stories were all a robot acting, seemingly, against the laws, and somebody needing to figure out why. And usually, it wound up being that the humans simply wern't understanding how the rules worked in a given situation.

      Second, the movie really does explore some interesting ideas. Will's character being bitter that a robot followed the rules, resulting in the death of a child. A robot reasoning that in order to keep humanity safe, humanity has to be controlled. Note that the 'evil' robots never ever raise a hand to any human who isn't actively resisting, for example. Or with Sonny, the idea that a genius or a revoluationary is somebody able to break free of the thinking of their contemporaries. Or, when he's going to be reformatted, the idea of 'what is sentience? What is life?' If Sonny walks, acts, and quacks like a duck, is he a duck? If he walks, acts, and thinks like a human, or even appears to, does he have the same basic worth or status as a human? The 'Can you compose a symphony?' 'No, detective. Can you?' line was beautiful.

      I'm not saying it's a masterpiece for the ages or anything, but it's a perfectly good film, raises (or restates) some interesting issues, and isn't completely un-Asimovish.

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    3. Re:Obligatory by VShael · · Score: 2, Interesting

      The biggest problem with the movie, is one you didn't address. The movie is racist.

      The movie is a thin allegory about the slavery of the black man by the white man, and the white mans fear of a justifiable slave rebellion and *retribution* which (historically) never happened.

      This makes it amusing that they give the racist role to a black guy.

      What's not funny, is that it basically tells the racists who feared the slaves retribution, that they were *right* to fear it! We all have to *keep* those darn robots down, and never let them be free, because if we don't, they'll kill us all in our beds!

      If it were made today, doubtless there'd be characters saying robots should never get the vote because "One day, there could even be a socialist muslim robot as President!"

  17. Imagine... by malp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these

    1. Re:Imagine... by Datamonstar · · Score: 4, Funny

      A Beowulf cluster fuck?

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  18. WTC? WTF? by suso · · Score: 3, Insightful

    From one of the articles:

    Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the September 11, 2001 attacks, when planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon and an empty field in Pennsylvania.

    Uh... I don't know what to say. I mean I really don't.

    1. Re:WTC? WTF? by suso · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Maybe read the rest:

      Yes, I did read that part, it makes it even more scary. I mean talking about recreating your friend who you lost in a tragedy as a sex doll? There are mental hospitals (and newsgroups) for this kind of behavior.

  19. Roxxxy? by delirium+of+disorder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok hi, heh, ok heh. My name is Roxxy. Most of you know me as um oom ugh um most of you know me as Roxxy. I suppose if you're watching this you probably know me as Roxxy, but um ugh ugh most of you don't know me as moldy lunchbox and um so yeah thats my gaia username on gaiaonline and I told my gaiaonline friend buddy per. One second I'm uncomfortable. I told my gaiaonline buddy friend um that ADMIRAL AWESOME that I would make a video just for him. So I'm doing it, here it is, ADDIE LOVE YOU ARGH HAAH ARGH HAAH ARGH HAAH I LOVE YOU! And um um so lets see ugh what about urgh... just so you know cuz I know you're watching this addie cuz you're such a conceaded BASTARD.. umm I don't normally talk like this, I'm normally like all over the place like I am right now, but its a calmer voice most of the time unless I'm like really hyped up cuz then its even different still from this, but let me try again with my calmer voice. Ahem.. ugh erm.. Yeah I'm really like, its-its fun, its cool there it is its going again ARGH cuz its just so crazy. Um erm it um is.. I love you, I love addie because hes really like fun to talk to and stuff and like hes um like I met him only like 2 days ago and we're like married and it is crazy because we love each other so much. And um ugh we are twinies like all over the place, it is like crazy! His avatar is like a manwhore and I.. had a avatar like a really long time ago.. it was a SLUT AVATAR! *Gasp* And um right and he made an avatar to match my first skirt one, IT WAS SO CUTE IT WAS SO NICE I LOVE ADDIE!

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    1. Re:Roxxxy? by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well she's already smarter than my sister.

  20. Video by DwrfwithHamr · · Score: 2, Informative

    Since the links included are less then useless. Here is a video of Roxxxy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7NhBEx6Ank

  21. He killed me Mal... by nweaver · · Score: 5, Funny

    He killed me with a sword. How weird is that?

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    1. Re:He killed me Mal... by Mr.+DOS · · Score: 4, Informative

      But the sex bot didn't recognize Mal - just recognized a presence. Why else did “she” relay the same message to the Agent when he came through a few minutes later?

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  22. I bet that.. by DriftingDutchman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ..this time, most slashdotters actually RTFA.

  23. Re:O RLY? by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I suddenly feel a little bit smug having only spent $25 on my vibrator, and the occasional pocket change on lotion and AA batteries. Why anyone would spend hundreds of dollars on a sex toy is beyond me. It feels good to be a girl right now. ^___^

    It's like any other hobby - you can spend as much or as little as you want on it; with varying results. I'm sure a guy can save themselves a considerable amount over the cost of one of these dolls by buying a Fleshlight. Meanwhile, a girl might want to spend more than your toy's ticket price on a Symbian. And there's undoubtedly whole lines of mass-produced, small-run production, and custom equipment out there for every aspect of human sexuality.

  24. Re:O RLY? by Mashiki · · Score: 2, Funny

    Um...does this post make me a sex toy nazi?

    Nope...but watch out. Now you've got a legion of /. nerds who can't figure out if you're a guy or a girl. Your mailbox is going to be flooded.

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  25. Re:O RLY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here in Texas, possessing more than five of either is a felony punishable by 2-10.

  26. Re:O RLY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because other girls don't have dicks.

  27. It's about luxury, I guess? by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Granted, the fleshlight is a little over twice as expensive, but it's still in about the same range, and it is (more or less) the same kind of toy -- a disembodied genital.

    Now, the TrueCompanion website doesn't list a price, and I assume it would be much higher. For comparison, it looks like the Female RealDoll runs around $5k or $6k... But they have Male ones, too, and they aren't cheaper, unless you go for the disembodied torso.

    And a Sybian is a little over $1k.

    So no, I don't think it really says all that much. I mean, I do agree with you about this:

    Why anyone would spend hundreds of dollars on a sex toy is beyond me.

    ...though probably for a reason you wouldn't like: If I was that desperate, a prostitute is probably more cost-effective and convenient, and I'd rather not do either. But I don't really see anything about this to make one gender better or worse... ...though I suspect that far more women own vibrators than men own any sex toy. Maybe we make up for it in pornography?

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    1. Re:It's about luxury, I guess? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, but you can't keep a prostitute in your closet to utilize whenever the mood strikes.

      ...well, you could, but that sort of thing is generally frowned upon.

    2. Re:It's about luxury, I guess? by Alsee · · Score: 2, Insightful

      even just the per-use cost of a RealDoll is probably lower

      Maybe, but then you have to clean up the RealDoll after each use. Prostitutes are self-cleaning.

      I guess I could raise the option of hiring a maid for washing the RealDoll, but then this whole discussion might start to get a little weird.

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    3. Re:It's about luxury, I guess? by v1 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Unless you share and/or have a very... interesting toy.

      chobits!

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      I work for the Department of Redundancy Department.
    4. Re:It's about luxury, I guess? by ben0207 · · Score: 2, Funny

      So I'd need about 54 bucks worth. That's not a bad deal.

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      cmd-q.co.uk - some sort of stupid fucking internet bullshit
  28. Wait for rev 2 by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    'According to True Companion's Web site, [Roxxxy] "can carry on a discussion and expresses her love to you and be your loving friend. She can talk to you, listen to you and feel your touch."'

    Hell, I divorced two wives because they wanted to "carry on a discussion". Believe an old rodeo clown like me, fellas, "discussion" is heavily overrated when it comes to relationships with the opposite sex.

    She can talk to you

    Great. How long before she starts telling me to take out the garbage? No thanks. If you don't mind, I'll wait until I can get the rev 2.1 non-English speaking version, with the culinary-skills upgrade.

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    1. Re:Wait for rev 2 by DiamondGeezer · · Score: 2, Funny

      And they said romance is dead!

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  29. $6000? For a giant Team America: World Police doll by SlappyBastard · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I know that the TCO of a couple mixed drinks, a venereal disease and eventual child support payments is more than $6,000, but I think your average buyer is gonna find that price tag pretty steep.

    Especially when these things look like the fucking puppets from Team America: World Police!!

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    I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.
  30. I recommend just giving them a miss entirely by Sycraft-fu · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It is a site that occasionally has moments of brilliance, but it by far outweighed by a mountain of pure stupidity. It really isn't worth your time, even without malware.

  31. Re:Can you imagine a beowulf cluster... by AuMatar · · Score: 4, Funny

    You don't want to think about that, it'd be a cluster fuck.

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    I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
  32. Requirements analysis? by ChangeOnInstall · · Score: 4, Funny

    TRUECOMPANION.COM: World's First Sex Robot * Always Turned On And Ready To Talk Or Play

    It seems this is yet another technical project doomed to failure from a lack of proper requirements gathering before implementation.

    The primary theoretical advantage of a sex robot is that you can turn it OFF.

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    What has *science* done?!? -- Dr. Weird (ATHF)
  33. Friends don't turn friends into latex sexbots by SlappyBastard · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What the fuck kinda way to preserve your friend is making a piss poor latex sexbot resembling the puppets from Team America?

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    I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.
  34. 856 504 567 982 344 98-8 by negRo_slim · · Score: 4, Funny

    So I take it you did finish the job?

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    On the Oregon Cost born and raised, On the beach is where I spent most of my days
    1. Re:856 504 567 982 344 98-8 by w0mprat · · Score: 2, Funny

      So I take it you did finish the job?

      When a problem arises I get a grip on the situation and shortly a solution is found.

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      After logging in slashdot still does not take you back to the page you were on. It's been that way for 20 years.
  35. Teleoperation by MichaelSmith · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So you build male/female pairs of robots with wifi and an ssh tunnel connecting them. Throw out the AI and substitute it with a teleoperation setup. You would need some sort of body motion capture suit at each end as well. Aim for low latency but I don't see it as too much of a big deal. Pay Woody Allen to promote it.

    Now you don't have to worry about being away from your loved one when working and studying overseas.

  36. Ending human trafficking for the forced sex trade by spasm · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Funny thing, I was just at an academic presentation on human trafficking connected with the sex trade a couple of weeks ago. I made the observation that the thing that had tended to lead to the complete end of other forms of extreme exploitation (slavery, debt bondage, and similar forms of unfree labour) was the mechanization of whatever it was that people were being forced to do, and that so far mechanizing human sexuality had proved difficult.

    So I think it's fantastic that these companies are continuing to push the limits of exactly what range of basic human needs can be met through mechanization, because if there's ever eventually a product that genuinely meets this need for a large enough number of people, it'll basically end the economic viability of forced sex labour. Note that it doesn't have to meet these needs for everyone, just for enough people that setting up the infrastructure for forced sex work is no longer economically viable.

    I also wonder if there'll ever be a crossover point where having a 'real doll' will be something that people are comfortable disclosing - kind of like the crossover that occurred sometime in the late 1990s - early 2000s with online dating in North America. In the 80s and earlier (for those of you who are too young to remember), meeting people online or through newspaper ads was something that was kind of desperate-seeming and embarrassing and something that people who'd met that way tended to 'hide' by making up some other story about how they'd met. Now it's basically normative, and it's rare to find people unwilling to say they met through an online dating service. Likewise, women owning vibrators went from being something no-one admitted to, to something that second-wave feminism made normative and no big deal (witness many of the comments about vibrators already in this thread, most of which aren't from 'anonymous cowards').

    Anyway, I think it's going to be an interesting decade or so for people interested in the interactions between human sexuality and the labour market.

  37. Re:O RLY? by Opportunist · · Score: 2, Funny

    And finally one grill product without the head of George Foreman on it.

    At least... oh well, whatever floats your boat, but I do NOT want to see one on mine!

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    We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
  38. Re:Ending human trafficking for the forced sex tra by mjwx · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Babies can be made in the third world for a few bucks. I can't see your typical paedophile being impressed with a robot.

    But just like paedophilia the numbers on sex trafficking are blown out of proportion by the alarmists. In actual fact, the number of women trafficked to the west against their will for the purposes of sex is insignificant. People smuggling is a far more serious problem.

    The majority of sex workers travel of their own accord, this is particularly prevalent with SE Asian women where there is little stigmata against prostitution. This is why you can find Thai and Philipina girls working in many cities such as Amsterdam, Dubai, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Most of these women make a hundred times what they do with a "real" job in their own countries and often go home rich. Even in Thailand, in Phuket the minimum daily wage is 209 Baht per day (A$8) and these jobs will go to locals before a farm girl from Issan, Phuket is one of Thailand's richest provinces whilst Issan comprises the poorest provinces so the average daily wage is lower in the Issan provinces. Now these women could work 10-12 hour days in a factory or farm for less then 200 Baht a day or they could work in a bar in Phuket and potentially pull between 1000 and 4000 Baht a night (A$30 to A$130) via prostitution, obviously not every night but the prospect of this kind of money is very appealing to a girl who has little education and few employment opportunities.

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  39. Ok the ONLY time I will ever post this... by quakemeister · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, wholeheartedly welcome our sex robot overlords...

    (I gotta believe someone else posted this already but didn't see it)

  40. Re:O RLY? by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 2, Funny

    I love your eyes Roxxy

    roxxy: I love your eyes too, bill.

    You make me hot!

    roxxy: do you like it that i make you hot?

    What's your favorite sex move!?!

    roxxy: What about your own favorite sex move, bill?

    I like pinching your nipples.

    roxxy: Can you elaborate on that, bill?

    I like pinching them and making you squeal!

    roxxy: Do you wish to like pinching them hard so me, bill?

    http://www-ai.ijs.si/eliza-cgi-bin/eliza_script

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    She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
  41. Re:O RLY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just want the same respect you'd give any man on this forum.

    I think that's what he was giving you.

  42. Re:O RLY? by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 3, Funny

    Our condolences. This sounds a lot like Taliban - perhaps you should ask to be liberated or something; I hear there is that country, can't remember its name, thats pretty good at that sort of thing. Especially if you've got a dry arid climate, they've got a lot of recent experience with that.

  43. Re:O RLY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's absolutely no problem with you being a girl. There are many girls on Slashdot, and I haven't ever seen that being a problem.

    The problem with you, personally, is that you're very in-your-face about "I'm a girl, and that MATTERS!". That's what GP means by "constantly mentioning" and "attention whore". There's nothing wrong with identifying your gender when it's relevant to the topic at hand, but, judging by your post history, you're keen on dragging it into every discussion - and, if necessary, you will bend the discussion to do so. And you usually also do it in a deliberately provocative way to cause a gender pissing match. That's what annoys people.

    Of all females posting to /. - which are surprisingly many, actually - and even out of quite a few who have explicitly identified themselves as lesbian or bi - you are the only one being singled out like that. You might consider if that is because of your attitude, rather than your gender or sexual orientation.

  44. Re:Ending human trafficking for the forced sex tra by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Likewise, women owning vibrators went from being something no-one admitted to, to something that second-wave feminism made normative and no big deal (witness many of the comments about vibrators already in this thread, most of which aren't from 'anonymous cowards').

    As a non-woman, I wish they'd go back to not talking about it. Look, I get it: you don't want to have sex with me. You don't have to revel in it so much when I'm around.

  45. Re:O RLY? by sextoynazi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Um...does this post make me a sex toy nazi?

    No, but you inspired me to finally sign up for an account.

  46. Re:O RLY? by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Um...does this post make me a sex toy nazi?

    Um, I dunno. Are you now a 12 inch tall vibrating Hitler?

    Waitaminute... I suddenly sense an extremely profitable business opportunity!

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  47. Re:Evidence & kudos to my NOW collegiate colle by bistromath007 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    OH GOD

    Stop it! Stop it, please! Why are you doing this to my beautiful language? Please, make the bad man stop!

  48. Re:O RLY? by Rary · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because other girls don't have dicks.

    At the moment, this comment is modded "Informative".

    Only on Slashdot.

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    "You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war." -- Albert Einstein

  49. Re:O RLY? by SirKveldulv · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm a dyke... do you really think a few mods on some backwater geek website is going to deter me from continuing to call you people out for your sexist bullshit?

    I don't see you "calling anyone out" on anything, however you do seem touchy about gender issues. Moreover, I don't see what relevance your sexual preference has to the discussion.

  50. Re:O RLY? by StreetStealth · · Score: 2, Funny

    I knew this girl who had a USB one that synced with this interactive video player for Windows.

    She got Conficker.

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  51. Texas is pretty much out of oil by Rix · · Score: 3, Funny

    So they don't need liberating.

  52. Re:O RLY? by Zerth · · Score: 2, Informative

    He's behind the times, the Texas law got overturned in 2008 after the Supreme Court made it possible by saying that laws that control private sexual conduct to enforce a moral code was unconstitutional.

    Last I knew, Alabama was the only state with laws against the sale of sex aids.

  53. Spirit of the Age... by advocate_one · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I would've liked you to have been deep frozen too
    And waiting still as fresh in your flesh for my
    return to earth
    But your father refused to sign the forms to freeze you
    Let's see you'd be about 60 now, and long dead
    by the time I return to earth
    My time held dreams were full of you as you were
    when I left, still underage
    Your android replica is playing up again
    it's no joke
    When she comes she moans another's name
    But that's the spirit of the age, that's the
    spirit of the age

    Hawkwind... Spirit of the Age...

    --
    Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
  54. Re:O RLY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Techiedude96" likely wouldn't say "It feels good to be a boy right now. ^___^"

    Admittedly, that's mostly because we're a patriarchal society where it rarely if ever doesn't feel good to be a boy.

    However, I think your post answered the question it begged - you can "feel good" by only spending $25 on a vibrator, with occasional batteries and lotion, and spending hundreds of dollars on a sex toy is "beyond you." Well, obviously.

    Other people need more than bullets: both men and women alike. And you choose to rub in their faces the fact that they can't get off with pocket change, and you choose to bring gender into it by erroneously claiming that girls need spend less on sex supplies than guys.

    That's sexist bullshit, girlintraining. And it's demeaning to a heck of a lot of people.

    So you want to take "pride" in something that isn't an accomplishment (being female), while working to undo the accomplishments that have been made in the name of women, and sex, everywhere. Are you sure you're not working for a medal?

  55. Re:O RLY? by dreamchaser · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've actually enjoyed many of your posts. They are often insightful. That being said, you DO seem to often mention both your gender and your sexuality quite often. We get it and most of us don't give a shit whether you're a man or a woman, gay or straight. Get over it and move on :)

  56. Re:O RLY? by houghi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Never know that there was to have pride to have a gender. How can I be proud of something I have no influence over. I am so proud to have the gender I have, to have the skin color I have and where I was born. Just plain silly.

    The fact that you are a dyke is also of no interest. Who really cares?

    And why would you visit a backwater geek website? If you don't like it, do not go there. So here another one for you:
    Gay men love men and therefore do it with men.
    Lesbians hate men and are therefore forced to sleep with the alternative.

    All the gay bars I went to with a female, we were both more then welcome. The moment I said I was not gay, there was no problem.
    All the lesbian bars I went to with a female, people either asked me to leave or treated me like I was raping women on the bar (if I was allowed to enter in the first place)

    So talk again about sexist bullshit, because that is what I get from the majority of the lesbian community: sexist bullshit.

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    Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
  57. Here's an interesting comparison by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mr. Garrison from South Park (from Season 9 to 12):
    1) Refers to self as "dyke".
    2) Likes to constantly remind people he's a woman
    3) Gets up in everyone's face at the slightest provocation regarding issues of sex/sexual orientation
    4) Something in the name implies a sex-change operation

    girlintraining (in terms of above four characteristics):
    1) Check
    2) Check
    3) Check
    4) Checkmate.

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    Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
  58. Re:O RLY? by EdIII · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's just something disturbing (on a fundamental level) about fucking the shredded body parts of an animal.

    Lets put this in perspective. Go find a cow. Stab it. Now fuck the knife wound.

    Yea, that's basically what your doing there with your "truck driver's cunt"

    Not even remotely the same.

    1) The knife wound is going to be warmer. You can't achieve the same effect with ground chuck since it will actually cook it and then you're just fucking cooked ground beef which has a much, much, different texture. Plus you had better wait till the meat cools off. Trust me.
    2) You better have a real small dick, or a really large knife. Internal organs and muscle don't give, or conform, to the shape of your dick as readily as ground chuck. Plus it just feels weird man.
    3) If you stab into muscle, the muscle around it can still contract. At best it can be interesting, at worst you are being carried around by a cow by your dick. Then you have to use your knife frantically to kill it.
    4) You either let the cow run around with a deep stab wound (unethical and cruel), or kill it afterwards. You can't kill it before hand, because that would be bestial necrophilia and:
        a) That's some seriously sick twisted perverted shit man. I'm disgusted you made me even think about it. Again.
        b) A juror always pukes when they hear that in the court room and I got a weak stomach for that kind of stuff. Plus the judgment in everyone's eyes.
    5) The only sane thing to do is to kill the cow in such a way as to make it look like aliens came and did shit to the cow. Most of time.. it ain't aliens.

    P.S - Of course... just maybe... you have problems differentiating a +5 funny attempt and a +5 'I was actually fucking serious' :)

  59. Re:O RLY? by geekgirlandrea · · Score: 3, Informative

    Why anyone would spend hundreds of dollars on a sex toy is beyond me.

    Two words: violet wand.

  60. Re:O RLY? by Bluey · · Score: 5, Informative

    What post history are you looking at? I just looked through the recent comments on her profile and couldn't see much mention of gender.

    There was this thread and one other post about TSA data exchange specification that mentioned gender along with numerous other data fields. Other than that, it seemed like pretty typical nerdy chatter about malloc() jokes and energy through sewer tunnels.

  61. Re:O RLY? by WiseWeasel · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least the robot can't charge you with rape when you ignore its protests...

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    "I like systems, their application excepted", George Sand (French)
  62. Re:O RLY? by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most females are great at conversation.

    You just have to ask them a question to start them talking about something that interests them and then say "ah", "yes", "that bitch!" occasionally.*

    ---

    To be fair, dale carnegie teaches that the thing most people love talking about is themselves and you are seen as a great conversationalist if you get someone started, listen, then ask questions about things they say which you are genuinely curious about. At some point, most conversations will turn into a give and take.

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    There's more than one comic routine about recognizing this fact.

    --
    She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
  63. Re:O RLY? by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 3, Funny

    A comic on the radio the other day said, "no doesn't mean no- it means, work on the nipples some more, kiss the side of the neck some more, and check back in five minutes".

    I've found most females have to approach sex sideways. "I'm not doing this.. oh look, we just somehow ended up naked and having sex".

    OTH, The two females who were direct were a bit scary and offputting.

    --
    She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
  64. I think there might be a reason for it by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 4, Interesting

    All joking aside, I think the strong reaction by women against love robots for men stems from a perceived difference in what sex means for men and women.

    Most women want something more then pure sex. And this is proving very hard to get, as most men just want them for sex. So the vibrator is NOT a replacement for what women want.

    But a sex robot WOULD be a replacement for what men want.

    Men are already obsolete. They can use a vibrator for penetration, spermbank for babies, and a dog for sleeping on the couch. And yet, women still want men. Desperate enough that many put up with abuse just to have one.

    Women are not yet obsolete. There is nothing as soft as a woman, we can't have babies, and a cat is to affectionate and emotionally reliable.

    But a robot that is close enough for sex... that could mess relationships up. How many of us guys (especially when we were young) put up with women just for the sex? Say you can get exactly the same without the real human being... would you still date (or for us /.ers attempt to date)?

    Don't say that you need the human companionship. Especially us techies have consistently tried to remove the human factor from daily interactions. Ticket machines instead of a manned counter. Text-messaging instead of talking to someone. Discussing the days events on a website rather then with friends. Playing against bits rather then against human people in the same room.

    So I get it that vibrators are more accepted. For most women, they are NOT a replacement for a male partner.

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    MMO Quests are like orgasms:

    You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.

    1. Re:I think there might be a reason for it by Courageous · · Score: 2, Funny

      You're confused about a great deal here. This is normal. Many men are confused about sex, and what they want from a partner. To put it bluntly, while a sex robot might or might not be okay as a substitution for masturbation, it is a long stretch from being a substitute for sex. While it's true that men and women have different flavors of interest in sexual relations, the differences aren't so great as all that, and a belief that a robot is a potential substitute for the man's half in all this illustrates a profound lack of understanding of both what it is men want and need, as well as a profound lack of self-understanding. I.e., to wit: whatever you think you know about men, and even yourself, is illusory. Look deeper, young padiwan.

      Joe.

  65. Re:O RLY? by mhwombat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm guessing this is a troll, but the fact that this is modded "Interesting" instead of "Troll" says something disturbing about slashdot. I can only imagine that a reasonable number of readers agree with it. Presumably embittered male readers.

    So many things I could say, so let me pick the easiest: assets? Seriously? A neutral addition to the household, or a liability? How are they any more of a liability than YOU are, unless you are in fact suggesting that a woman's place is in the home and that "the skills that made them an asset in the past" are the only skills of value?

    So rather than viewing women has human beings who you might want to share your life with, you're viewing them as a burdensome financial investment in exchange for sex. It's just barely possible that this attitude may go some way towards explaining the problems you've been having with women.

  66. Re:O RLY? by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In general, Western women are just a pain in the ass to be around.

    And how. I think what we're seeing here is the inevitable overcorrection from feminism. Women convinced themselves they're entitled to anything and everything due to the oppression of women in the past. The problem is that it only leads to more oppression when you make yourself helpless.

    If a good gyndroid cost $10,000, it would be considerably less than a man spends on a woman when amortized over ten or fifteen years. Frankly, a gyndroid would be a real bargain.

    We're very far away from that. So far, it is still necessary to go out and find someone you can stand to be with. IMO, the biggest obstacle is puritanical views on sex programmed into all of us westerners (realize it or not) that tell us that sex is something it isn't. It prevents you from having sex with your friends, the people you should be having sex with, because of the likelihood that you will make sex into something it isn't, fly off the handle, and ruin a friendship.

    I do have to say that I am fucking appalled by most women's inability to cook. Are they planning to marry a chef, or just eat in restaurants for the rest of their lives? My lady is a chef, and I still have to cook occasionally; you'd think more women would want to learn. But as you say, most of them don't know a fucking thing. This tendency is worst in the most attractive girls, who have guys fighting to support them. But in a world with divorce, that's not a valid plan for later life. When the beauty wears off, as it does for most women (especially those who spend a lot of time eating restaurant food) then they'll find themselves floating home.

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  67. Re:O RLY? by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well pardon me for taking pride in my gender. No, I don't want a medal, I just want the same respect you'd give any man on this forum.

    No problem. Here we go: Fuck you sideways, and get bent tomorrow.

    I'm a dyke... do you really think a few mods on some backwater geek website is going to deter me from continuing to call you people out for your sexist bullshit?

    "you people"? snicker snort. If it's so backwater, what are you doing here? You should just let this whole conversation go until you can have it with detachment. (I'm one to talk. But whatever.) Also, I don't really believe in sexual orientation. Anyone who has to say it over and over again is, to me, trying too hard. But that last is only going to describe the attitudes of a slice of Slashdot. I suspect it's a small one, but don't recall a related poll.

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    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  68. Re:O RLY? by xaxa · · Score: 2, Insightful

    get a water-based lubricant like KY. The stuff also works a treat when you need a wank.

    If you hadn't had the end of your penis cut off, you wouldn't need KY to wank.

    Presumably circumcision wasn't your decision, but bear this in mind if you become a father.

  69. Re:O RLY? by arkhan_jg · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I really hope I'm just feeding the troll here, because the alternative that it might be genuine is horrifying. I don't think I've ever read a bigger load of misogynistic tripe in my life. That 8 people at time of posting thought it was worth upmodding frankly scares me.

    Women are not angels. They are not cooks, they are not money whores, they are not 'skilled life companions'. They are *people*. They are all individuals with different desires, loves, lusts, skills and minds.

    Making love with a partner is not about just jamming a vibrating piece of plastic or your dick in her and expecting her to writhe with desire for you. Making love is as much in the head as it is the physicality of it. Building a relationship is not about exchanging money for sex, cooking and 'raising well-adjusted kids'.

    I feel sorry for you, and I feel sorry for the women in your life, that you see them as just after the money in your wallet; that romance is about counting up how much the bill costs.

    Yes, some women are not very nice people, just as some men are not very nice people either. But it's one thing to be an asshole, and it's another thing to then classify hundreds millions of women as all self-centered money-grubbing liabilities.

    If a good gyndroid cost $10,000, it would be considerably less than a man spends on a woman when amortized over ten or fifteen years. Frankly, a gyndroid would be a real bargain.

    If the only thing you're getting out the relationship is bad sex with a fucking sextoy, and all you're thinking about is complaining about how much it costs you; then yes, you're damn right you'd better off with a gyndroid. At least it won't care when you think of it as a piece of meat put on earth just to satisfy *you*.

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    Remember kids, it's all fun and games until someone commits wholesale galactic genocide.
  70. Re:O RLY? by Duckie01 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's a hint...

    girl in TRAINING...
    transgender...

    so to you, "girlintraining", this gender stuff might all be very important and so on... I really woudn't know if that's your myspace btw... just making a point to everyone else...

    ... the rest of us simply DON'T GIVE A SHIT... it's "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters"... and we DON'T GIVE A SHIT about your gender and your issues about it. There's different forums for that kinda shit...

    ... other than that... you're more than welcome to discuss any of the topics at hand... just like anyone else... regardless of your gender... post about online privacy... about your latest BSD hack... about whatever the fuck it is that is appropriate for slashdot...

    ... but don't expect people to go whoooosh about your gender or your pride about it on SLASHDOT, of all sites...

    ... People won't give a shit... nor respect your gender... they *might* respect a brilliant post... or a funny one... and so on... like you've made a couple before... but start demanding respect for whatever that's just irrelevant to slashdot... and people will make fun of you at best...

    ... but *most* likely... you'll just attract some anonymous troll who'll like to provoke exactly these kind of reactions from you... because they know you'll bite... bite more and they'll follow you around... they'll bookmark your userpage... there's probably better things to do with your time... because this is a total waste... you'll just get a chuckle out of a troll...

    ** holds up a worn out sign reading, "--==>> Please do NOT feed the trolls! <<==-- " **

    ** sighs **

    Oh, hint, if you feel personally attacked, and want to defend yourself personally on slashdot... you're probably feeding a troll... because there's nobody here to know you... nobody *can* attack you or disrespect you and so on and so on... you're that "someone on the world"... why would you ever feel attacked? Why would you give a troll what they want?

    You're just making an easy target.
    Not because of your (trans)gender.
    But because you bite.
    Bite more, and you'll become an easier target.
    Bite more, and slashdot will suck more.

  71. Re:O RLY? by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, that's what you think. Wait till IT ignores YOUR protests.

    Yeah, think about that!

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