[ExI] Kiss Device (was Re: buttload)

[Kelly Anderson]

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 5:58 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org
> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Kelly Anderson
>>
>>...Yes, it is expensive. Yet there exists a group of men who are so
> uncomfortable dealing with real women, that there is a market for such
> devices. Following a typical expense curve the prices should come down, and
> the devices will also work better. If enough people buy them.  -Kelly
>
> Ja.  Kelly, I singled out you the other day when I was asking about the
> religious objection to sexbots.  The reason is along the lines of what you
> just cited.  There are guys who aren't really suitable mates, yet they are
> religious, they own buttloads of money, and for whatever reason would not
> consider hiring a person to take care of their urges.  There aren't a lot of
> these, but I have known a few.  I personally wouldn't hire a harlot even if
> I needed relief.  I would sooner just find one and give her 100 bucks with
> no request for services in return, than hire one.  Hiring a harlot doesn't
> feel a damn bit right to me, even if I were single, and I am not even
> religious.

I never have hired a sex worker, and I don't think I ever would. I did
give one a ride once. Didn't even occur to me when I picked her up,
she just looked damn cold. That was an interesting conversation for
sure. Sometimes, I can be a little dense due to having spent a lot of
time in the back of a turnip truck. :-)

I think there are more repressed religious types than you imagine.
Here in Utah, for example, there are quite a few highway billboards
offering therapy to those who are addicted to pornography. When
repressed by religiousness, acting out at a lower level than full
fornication is very appealing. The thought goes like... "God won't
smite me for masturbation, but I'll burn in hell for screwing a
prostitute." It would be very easy for religious types to go way down
the slippery slope with these interactive sex toys. The problem being
that it induces a self loathing that leads to further acting out. I'd
bet the 1-900 numbers are big here and in the bible belt. What is the
point of those things for people with a relaxed attitude towards
regular sex living in San Francisco or New York?

If they just had normal heterosexual sex with a cheerleader in high
school, they wouldn't be pushed down these unusual side alleys of more
or less deviant auto-sexual behavior. We have people die of hanging
themselves in their closets... sad really. Lots of homosexuals commit
suicide on purpose in these parts of the country as well.

I think there are also those who are not religious, but would prefer
sexbots or virtual sex or remote sex just to avoid the possibility of
getting a sexually transmitted disease. AIDS is still pretty damn
frightening.

Finally, there are the healthy sexual relationships of people who are
separated by distance, such as the folks in the armed forces. Serving
this group would be my justification for working on teledildonics, if
I were inclined to do so.

> For that small subset of humanity, the sexbot would be just the E-ticket
> ride they have wanted all their lives.  I can imagine a religious objection
> to that, the Judas argument: if anyone has money for that kind of silliness,
> then they should be giving it to their church.  Of course, Jesus gave Judas
> a smackdown for that notion (Matthew 26: 6-11.)  I can imagine the learned
> theologians would shy away from the Onan argument.
>
> So, if we recognize it's a limited market, it looks to me like it would work
> out OK for the religious.

Religious people are just as horny as the rest of the people out
there... it's just all bottled up.

> That being said, I thought the whole episode in Matthew 26 sounded weird.
> This other woman was in there fooling with Jesus' feet while he was in the
> process of copulating with Simon's friend Bethany.  Hey I didn't make it up.
> It says right there in Matthew 26 verse 6: "Now when Jesus was in Bethany,
> at the home of Simon the leper..."

LOL...

> But I digress.

There is also the expense. Hiring a prostitute twice a week would burn
through a lot more money than buying a completely legal realdoll.
While it seems weird, fucking a big rubber doll is legal, while
fucking a totally willing babe for money is not. Strangely, if she
gives it away, it's legal again. These rules make the sex laws of
Terre Haute, Indiana seem normal. There, it is still illegal to show
one's ankles in public, or keep ice cream in your pocket.

-Kelly