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Warpy

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33. Get a grip, Kathleen

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 03:49 PM

Sep 2015

Your male colleagues will be a lot happier with a compliant robot to go home to and maybe they'll stop sexually harassing you in the workplace.

I think Real Dolls were a great invention, suitable partners for the type of man no sane woman ever wants to get near. Robots will be even better.

Don't worry, though, the human race will keep breeding.

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Call for a ban on robots designed as sex toys [View all] DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 OP

WTF? RandySF Sep 2015 #1

... Marr Sep 2015 #2

Someone has Seen Armitage III one too many times... (nt) LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #3

She's talking about Roxxy, but... TreasonousBastard Sep 2015 #4

Yes, she's taking a very one-sided view. DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #5

Hey! I've seen that sexbot before! She was a staffer in the Bush Administration... hunter Sep 2015 #6

The most competent member of the administration. DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #9

"If you build it, they will ............. left-of-center2012 Sep 2015 #7

Hah! DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #8

^^Win. Orrex Sep 2015 #19

Has she seen some of the toys available? And not just dolls, particularly those designed... Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #10

Perhaps she'd be willing to make an exception for those. DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #11

And some of the heavy duty ones need their own generator. GoneOffShore Sep 2015 #35

"I'm just afraid I'll come home one day and find you screwing the toaster" Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #12

Yeah, I love that movie. nt bemildred Sep 2015 #13

Robosexuals! icymist Sep 2015 #14

Ohhhhhh mmyyyyyy yessss NuclearDem Sep 2015 #82

Instead of banning them, they should require fail safe manual releases Jamastiene Sep 2015 #15

Do NOT, whatever you do... jmowreader Sep 2015 #16

Who knew that a reciprocating saw was so versatile? Orrex Sep 2015 #18

Such a reciprocating saw blade is not a DIY project jmowreader Sep 2015 #21

I hate you for telling me that. Orrex Sep 2015 #22

Every dullard has a "brilliant" idea hifiguy Sep 2015 #38

What could go wrong? Orrex Sep 2015 #17

She must be a conservative. And, as you say, a busybody. nt raccoon Sep 2015 #20

Ban dildos that have batteries too! Oh, how those poor things must feel! Baclava Sep 2015 #23

The campaigner is fairly open with her moralizing. Xithras Sep 2015 #24

Well said. DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #25

Victorian prudery has never gone away. hifiguy Sep 2015 #29

The Victorians were less prudish than the stereotypes say DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #39

Probably. hifiguy Sep 2015 #42

Having just watched Dorian Gray Sep 2015 #26

That's a great show. DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #40

It was really enjoyable! Dorian Gray Sep 2015 #74

That's another great one DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #80

Oh lordy lu, hifiguy Sep 2015 #27

Congress can't stand competition. Octafish Sep 2015 #28

Robotic Lives Matter nykym Sep 2015 #30

When all restaurants are Taco Bell, MineralMan Sep 2015 #31

Does that include B-OB? Maeve Sep 2015 #32

Hey, don't knock B.O.B. Warpy Sep 2015 #34

Get a grip, Kathleen Warpy Sep 2015 #33

How about ones that look like children? jberryhill Sep 2015 #60

Inanimate objects that can't feel pain? Warpy Sep 2015 #61

I suppose jberryhill Sep 2015 #62

they do--she's "14"--I don't know how to post photos or I would n/t zazen Sep 2015 #79

Please do not post that photo. nt msanthrope Sep 2015 #81

Lots of slippery slope arguments in that article. GoneOffShore Sep 2015 #36

I see what you did there. Pretty subtle. nt tblue37 Sep 2015 #55

I wish I had seen it. I would have made adjustments. GoneOffShore Sep 2015 #73

West World... just sayin'. MerryBlooms Sep 2015 #37

Anyone want to invest on a dating site for cheating robots? bluedigger Sep 2015 #41

This bot will probably turn up, too hifiguy Sep 2015 #44

We can call it Patchy Halogen Glassunion Sep 2015 #83

There was an engineer from Racine Agnosticsherbet Sep 2015 #43

Bravo! DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #48

There is always someone or a group out there to tell "you are doing it wrong." Rex Sep 2015 #45

So. No Orgasmatron then, eh? longship Sep 2015 #46

Love Machine... Tom_Foolery Sep 2015 #47

The first sexbots will be remote controlled, not AI. hunter Sep 2015 #49

A whole new spin on "Danger Will Robinson." kairos12 Sep 2015 #50

Carlos Danger? nt tblue37 Sep 2015 #56

But it's ok as long as they're all around robots who are just fully functional like Data, Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #51

Fully functional Tree-Hugger Sep 2015 #52

Data to Yar? tblue37 Sep 2015 #57

Yep Tree-Hugger Sep 2015 #58

True dangers to robot sex. mainer Sep 2015 #53

Bazinga! pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #59

strange w0nderer Sep 2015 #54

H.L. Mencken has already answered that question hifiguy Sep 2015 #63

love the quote w0nderer Sep 2015 #65

Sound. hifiguy Sep 2015 #66

coolness w0nderer Sep 2015 #68

Well. Robots are taking "jobs" away from humans (male and female)... madinmaryland Sep 2015 #64

:/ Go Vols Sep 2015 #67

Zappa Sy Borg PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #69

There's a valid concern for this in relation to sex dolls that already exist puzzledeagle Sep 2015 #70

OMG, that's really disturbing DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #71

That's so gross and sad. n/t prayin4rain Sep 2015 #76

Listen to Futurama: Don't date robots!!! Initech Sep 2015 #72

She has a point when she says this: Shankapotomus Sep 2015 #75

Busybodies always have problems with the pursuit of happiness thing. :) Hortensis Sep 2015 #77

People like Dr Kathleen Richardson must lead unhappy lives liberal N proud Sep 2015 #78