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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.
DON'T DATE ROBOTS!
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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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Did I just see a link to Encyclopedia Dramatica on the Slashdot front page?
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?
The creator of this post (Jacob Smith) hereby releases it, and all of his other posts, into the public domain.
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.
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He killed me with a sword. How weird is that?
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..this time, most slashdotters actually RTFA.
Because other girls don't have dicks.
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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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.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
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.
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.
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.
I just want the same respect you'd give any man on this forum.
I think that's what he was giving you.
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.
Um...does this post make me a sex toy nazi?
No, but you inspired me to finally sign up for an account.
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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I think you're using it wrong.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
"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?
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.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
And yet I'd rather have people fuck all the robot kids they want than have them rape real children.
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
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.
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.
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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