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Hekate

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22. And yet we have what? Seven billion humans on the planet? Appalling extinction rates for other...

Reply to LongTomH (Reply #13)

Wed Nov 29, 2017, 12:16 AM

Nov 2017

...species? Millions of climate-change refugees already? An entire culture soon to disappear as the atolls of the South Pacific drown?

I cut my teeth on science fiction as a kid -- almost as soon as I could read. There was a distinct dearth of twee stories about fairies available, since the cardboard boxes of paperbacks Dad brought home from work were being shared around by adult men. Oh sure, there was some sword and sorcery, and I remember reading Fafrd and Grey Mouser with glee. But there was a real strain of post-WWII dark dystopian fiction as well, and deep down inside it stuck with me, decades later come back to haunt me. "Stand on Zanzibar" is one such about a catastrophically overpopulated Earth.

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Sex robots spark rise of men who will only sleep with dolls [View all] ansible Nov 2017 OP

I guess this topic can be placed here...... a kennedy Nov 2017 #1

Maybe that will reverse overpopulation. stevenleser Nov 2017 #2

I can certainly see a small downtick in population, but not significant enough to help the planet Hekate Nov 2017 #7

We're already below the replacement rate. LongTomH Nov 2017 #13

And yet we have what? Seven billion humans on the planet? Appalling extinction rates for other... Hekate Nov 2017 #22

Wrong forum? Hekate Nov 2017 #3

Anything that gets them out of the gene pool is a good thing. nt Xipe Totec Nov 2017 #4

Oh great, more dehumanization of women. AJT Nov 2017 #5

Not sure women are actually involved in this. Nt stevenleser Nov 2017 #9

Not to mention that sex robots come in various genders jberryhill Nov 2017 #12

As if actual women would lose sleep over such men tenderfoot Nov 2017 #14

Yeah, because none of them might have any positions of power, like managerial positions. AJT Nov 2017 #23

So we should be wary of people who use any such aids? Because the most popular aids for women stevenleser Nov 2017 #30

Well, Matthew28 Nov 2017 #6

I know a few men who never had even a girlfiend. rickford66 Nov 2017 #8

What horseshit jberryhill Nov 2017 #10

LOL! SharonClark Nov 2017 #16

And women have their own aids and have for a long time too. stevenleser Nov 2017 #32

Robosexuals? NotASurfer Nov 2017 #11

O Brave New World Trailrider1951 Nov 2017 #15

Don't date robots! Buns_of_Fire Nov 2017 #17

"Gee, Mavis, your house is across the street. That's an awfully long way to go for making out." sl8 Nov 2017 #25

If You Can You Program Them To Not Count Beers... Grassy Knoll Nov 2017 #18

Where were they when I was 18? They wait till I'm 72 and don't give a damn anymore! Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 #19

you just know they won't clean them Skittles Nov 2017 #20

Evolved from men who will only sleep with models. milestogo Nov 2017 #21

How many of these men post on 4chan and are Rabid Puppies? Efilroft Sul Nov 2017 #24

Misleading headline; it's a prediction, not an actual study. DavidDvorkin Nov 2017 #26

This might keep Trumpsters from breeding flamingdem Nov 2017 #27

Roy Moore likes the one in the cheerleader outfit. NBachers Nov 2017 #28

I used to watch the Jetsons during my puberty years Bradshaw3 Nov 2017 #29

Given how life's worked out, lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #31