Sex robot molested, destroyed at electronics show
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Source: ZDnet
The past year has seen a proliferation of sex robots, with plenty of accompanying controversy.
The creator of a sex robot says his doll was trashed by randy men at an electronics festival in Austria.
The incident happened at the Arts Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria. Sergi Santos, an engineer from Barcelona, Spain, was showing off a robotic doll he calls Samantha. The interactive robot is reportedly programmed to respond to "romance."
But instead of offering some engaging conversation and a bit of spark, Santos says that men at the festival treated Samantha like, well, an object. "The people mounted Samantha's breasts, her legs, and arms. Two fingers were broken. She was heavily soiled," he told Britain's Metro. "People can be bad. Because they did not understand the technology and did not have to pay for it, they treated the doll like barbarians."
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oberliner
(58,724 posts)Interesting.
To my toaster. It browns the bread just right if I'm romantic and engaging versus mounting it in a barbaric fashion.
whathehell
(30,547 posts)That sounds interesting. 
concreteblue
(626 posts)he's not a taxidermist!
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Takes pop up - when done - to a whole new level.
dalton99a
(95,287 posts)but hey, to each his own
IronLionZion
(51,554 posts)that she burns my toast if I look away for one second. She demands way too much of my attention.
Gore1FL
(22,982 posts)Bradical79
(4,490 posts)I imagine in the crowded space of sex robot development, the developer has to try and do something to differentiate themselves.
Vogon_Glory
(10,356 posts)No hanky-panky until you bought it!
whathehell
(30,547 posts)for the "romantic" gentlemen. 
Vogon_Glory
(10,356 posts)I think we can dispense with PC conduct in this instance.
To continue, perhaps a metallic tank-top with outwardly-facing pointy spikes (You can look, but don't you DARE touch) as well as the chastity belt?
whathehell
(30,547 posts)are real live men. 
Vogon_Glory
(10,356 posts)The new TURANDOT, except unlike the princess in the opera, the TURANDOT slices unsuccessful suitors itself.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)My last car didn't cost that much,
and I could 'ride' it for hours at a time.
ansible
(1,718 posts)*cough*
yellerpup
(12,263 posts)
IronLionZion
(51,554 posts)from what I've heard on this site, it's a pretty terrible experience
whathehell
(30,547 posts)From what I hear, men are the REAL victims...
IronLionZion
(51,554 posts)
Jury: relax, it's a joke.
whathehell
(30,547 posts)I remember reading about a male doctor who transitioned, and was "surprised" at the lesser respect he automatically encountered as a female. ...Welcome to our world, boys.
Lotusflower70
(3,110 posts)Is engaging conversation code for sex talk?
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Perhaps Donald the Great could give it a go
Tiny hands and all......
sdfernando
(6,108 posts)like I did it was tight but doable....
tblue37
(68,449 posts)keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)Silicone Squeeze: Japanese Men Choose Life With Sex Dolls Over Real Women
"But the moment I saw Mayu in the showroom, it was love at first sight," Ozaki said.
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I'll have to pass on that option.
Really bad conversationalists.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Is someone I would much rather see consigned to the company of sex dolls.
Nay
(12,051 posts)a lot of the weirdos out of the dating pool.
(I'm an old lady, it's not like I'm in the dating pool anyway. But for my younger compatriots. . .)
whathehell
(30,547 posts)on interpersonal skills. 
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)I'm a fan of PB Blaster.
CrispyQ
(41,100 posts)"People can be bad. Because they did not understand the technology and did not have to pay for it, they treated the doll like barbarians."
No. These men saw the doll as a surrogate woman & treated the doll the way they would treat a woman if there were no laws against it.
CrispyQ
(41,100 posts)Would you do this to a doll that looked like a woman?
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)There's just no way to deny it any more. It's proven over and over every day of every week of every year.
Once that thin veneer begins to unravel in earnest, the whole thing will fall apart, just like it did in Germany in the 1930s.
whathehell
(30,547 posts)Kinda betting on the latter, in this case.
crim son
(27,552 posts)because they are barbarians.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)And these things become self-aware, and are pissed off.
petronius
(26,700 posts)
Initech
(109,267 posts)
muriel_volestrangler
(106,599 posts)It happened last Wednesday in Austria, when the Metro story dates from. Please repost in GD. Thanks.
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