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If the sex robots are men, then it's fine.

Post by Forty Two » Fri Jan 05, 2018 2:10 pm

Would that be such a bad thing? In the #MeToo age, I feel like raising standards is quite reasonable. It’s called for, in fact. Make the men compete. It’s the dating equivalent of having free state colleges lower tuition rates everywhere.
Oh, yes, right, because men aren't competing for female attention now, lol. What'd be good is to make men MORE challenged when it comes to getting women. Have them compete with robots with vibrating, pulsating, size-adjustable penises, who also do the household chores. That'd be "quite reasonable" and not such a bad thing.

Robot women, of course, would be pure, naked objectification, and misogynistic.

After all, men murder women, so robots could only be an improvement:
There is, for example, the possibility that hackers could turn sex robots into killers. But the statistician in me can’t help asking: Would that make them more of a threat than actual men? Given the baseline murder rate for human sexual partners, it’s hard to get too worried. Plus, if they can understand female anatomy — I mean, really understand it — maybe it’s worth the risk.
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Just to be clear: I’m not saying we should want to live in a militant feminist world without men. Far from it, I am suggesting that women and men can coexist, but possibly not cohabitate. Men will likely have trouble with things like household chores and remembering to go to the doctor regularly, but they’ll manage. Maybe Siri can make their appointments.
Tell us how you really feel. You don't want to live in a "militant feminist world without men" (interesting admission there, that militant feminism envisions a world without men...). But you just think that men and women won't live together and women will no longer have to treat men like children, making their doctor appointments and doing "all" the household chores.....
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Post by NineBerry » Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:04 pm

You don't even say anymore who your are arguing with. I must assume you are arguing with your own feminist-stereotype-self.

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Post by JimC » Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:57 pm

NineBerry wrote:You don't even say anymore who your are arguing with. I must assume you are arguing with your own feminist-stereotype-self.
:lol:

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Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Jan 06, 2018 1:31 am

We all need to tame the raging beast which dwells within. :tea:
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Post by pErvinalia » Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:22 am

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Would that be such a bad thing? In the #MeToo age, I feel like raising standards is quite reasonable. It’s called for, in fact. Make the men compete. It’s the dating equivalent of having free state colleges lower tuition rates everywhere.
Oh, yes, right, because men aren't competing for female attention now, lol. What'd be good is to make men MORE challenged when it comes to getting women. Have them compete with robots with vibrating, pulsating, size-adjustable penises, who also do the household chores. That'd be "quite reasonable" and not such a bad thing.

Robot women, of course, would be pure, naked objectification, and misogynistic.

After all, men murder women, so robots could only be an improvement:
There is, for example, the possibility that hackers could turn sex robots into killers. But the statistician in me can’t help asking: Would that make them more of a threat than actual men? Given the baseline murder rate for human sexual partners, it’s hard to get too worried. Plus, if they can understand female anatomy — I mean, really understand it — maybe it’s worth the risk.
LOL - this one's good -
Just to be clear: I’m not saying we should want to live in a militant feminist world without men. Far from it, I am suggesting that women and men can coexist, but possibly not cohabitate. Men will likely have trouble with things like household chores and remembering to go to the doctor regularly, but they’ll manage. Maybe Siri can make their appointments.
Tell us how you really feel. You don't want to live in a "militant feminist world without men" (interesting admission there, that militant feminism envisions a world without men...). But you just think that men and women won't live together and women will no longer have to treat men like children, making their doctor appointments and doing "all" the household chores.....
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Post by JimC » Sat Jan 06, 2018 3:17 am

What about male sex robots for gays?
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:29 am

What about we all get a grip and leave the money in the bank for something important, like a ride in a dirigible or new antimacassars for the drawing room?
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Post by pErvinalia » Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:44 am

I'd sell a kidney for a sex robot.
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Post by Forty Two » Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:45 pm

NineBerry wrote:You don't even say anymore who your are arguing with. I must assume you are arguing with your own feminist-stereotype-self.
I'm discussing the article, and highlighting some of the interesting portions of the article. If I'm arguing with anyone, it's the author. That much should be obvious. What are your thoughts on the topic? Or, do you just want to come here and bitch about the choice of topic? You are, of course, free to create other topics which you find more interesting, and which you think other people might be more interested in....
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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Post by Forty Two » Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:46 pm

JimC wrote:
NineBerry wrote:You don't even say anymore who your are arguing with. I must assume you are arguing with your own feminist-stereotype-self.
:lol:

And it's a vicious internal battle, with no quarter given on either side...
Is posting an article and and taking issue with portions of it an uncommon thing on "news, current events & politics" message boards?
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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Post by NineBerry » Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:47 pm

Can you tell us how to do that posting invisible urls trick works? I haven't figured it out yet. Or are you becoming more and more like Seth who deliberately refused to post links to articles he was quoting?
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Post by Forty Two » Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:48 pm

pErvinalia wrote:Says the guy whose wife buys all his clothes for him...
Well, my wife loves me, so she enjoys doing things like that.
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Post by Forty Two » Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:56 pm

NineBerry wrote:Can you tell us how to do that posting invisible urls trick works? I haven't figured it out yet. Or are you becoming more and more like Seth who deliberately refused to post links to articles he was quoting?
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles ... n-obsolete

You could just point it out without being a dick about it. What's with the meanspiritedness of some of you? I mean "becoming more like Seth?" If he deliberately refused to post links, then that's obviously not something I emulate. I post more links than just about anyone else here. I typically am meticulous with sourcing. I made a mistake here and failed to include the link, and I did not notice it. But, you couldn't just say "can you link to the article you're quoting?" You had to go for an insult.

Look - if you are interested in the topic, then talk about it. If not, go create threads or participate in threads you like more. Nobody forces you to go to these threads. I mean, you're obviously free to come here and be as much of a meanspirited insult factory as you want. Nobody does anything about it. But, it seems to me to be a large waste of time.

Posting a thread about this topic takes nothing away from you. It does not mean that other topics cannot also be discussed. It's news, politics and current events. Sex robots is current, it's political, and it's newsworthy. It's on the cutting edge of technological development, and it's on the cutting edge of social and political policy. If that's not good enough of a topic for you, then by all means, go start another thread about how Trump conspired with aliens to hasten climate change or something.
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Post by NineBerry » Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:08 pm

The idea behind my posting was actually not meanspiritedness but humour, which is also the spirit behind the essay by Cathy O'Neil. You don't seem to be good at spotting humour. Could be an explanation why your are so bad when trying it yourself.

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Post by Forty Two » Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:23 pm

LOL - yes, your post was uproariously funny.

And, yeah, come to think of it, you're not meanspirited at all. That last post of yours proves it.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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