"Sex Robot" -- What do you think of this?

[Sparkly]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100110/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_sex_robot



Sex robot focuses on appealing to the mind

By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer – 1 hr 32 mins ago
LAS VEGAS – A New Jersey company says it has developed "the world's first sex robot," a life-size rubber doll that's designed to engage the owner with conversation rather than lifelike movement.

At a demonstration at the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas on Saturday, the dark-haired, negligee-clad robot said "I love holding hands with you" when it sensed that its creator touched its hand.

Another action, this one unprintable, elicited a different vocal response from Roxxxy the robot. The level of sophistication demonstrated was not beyond that of a child's talking toy, but Roxxxy has a lot more brains than that — there's a laptop connected to cables coming out of its back. It has touch sensors at strategic locations and can sense when it's being moved. But it can't move on its own, not even to turn its head or move its lips. The sound comes out of an internal loudspeaker.

Douglas Hines, founder of Lincoln Park, N.J.-based True Companion LLC, said Roxxxy can carry on simple conversations. The real aim, he said, is to make the doll someone the owner can talk to and relate to.

"Sex only goes so far — then you want to be able to talk to the person," Hines said.

I think it's the "talking to the person" part that squicks me most. Your thoughts?

(Edited to add photo.)

[rcrush]

1. I dont buy a sex robot to talk to it.

Just sayin.

[brooklynite]

119. You buy it for the articles?

[Generic Other]

177. This stuff is serious! Quit trying to make me laugh!

:puffpiece: :spank: :smoke:

[mmonk]

145. .

:rofl:

[nvme]

171. How do you hide it in your night-stand?

[Bucky]

174. You send it over to Fox News studio for its weekly commentary on current events.

[Joe Bacon]

149. It's a CYLON!

Somebody gat a hold of Adama, FAST!

[Generic Other]

175. ROTFLMAO at the expression on his face

and what you said! You should be writing for the Daily Show!

[Jackpine Radical]

2. To put it simply,

Yeccccccch!

[LuckyTheDog]

67. I agree, plus...

If you are designing a sex robot, why make it look like a total skank?

[MattBaggins]

73. Umm what would you suggest

should they make it look like our mothers?

[LuckyTheDog]

75. I'm thinking...

Jessica Alba.

[progressoid]

130. What if your mother looks like Jessica Alba?

[Tesha]

140. No, that's the Republican version. (NT)

[ipfilter]

151. I though it looked like Steven Tyler.

[FormerDittoHead]

156. It might work if it came with 5 beers and a 2 shots of tequila...

I've had worse..

:-)

[DontTreadOnMe]

3. Flashback!

"One warranty card for Swedish-made penis enlarger pump, filled out by Austin Powers"

[SpiralHawk]

51. "Shall we shag now, or shag later?" - AP

[Jackpine Radical]

90. And then there's the redneck version…

[panader0]

4. Sometimes the most conversation I can get is

Go ahead.

[leftstreet]

5. I can't believe I clicked on this thread

:rofl:

Although I did learn they have an 'Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas,' which I didn't know.

[eShirl]

24. And it always coincides with the Consumer Electronics Show - they get a lot of crossover traffic.

[kayakjohnny]

92. Yes, I met the Duracell rep there.

His commissions were on fire!

[ProgressiveProfessor]

108. They were even in the same hotel

CES overflows the Las Vegas Convention Center and the had the high end audio suites in the same hotel and the SeXpo (or whatever it is called). Some of the attendees stopped traffic in the casino.

[ismnotwasm]

6. Reminds me of the documentary "Zoo"

About the guy who was killed having a relationship with his horse


This is probably safer.

[blondeatlast]

7. Let me repeat my support for licensed, legalized prostitution and, well, ICK on this. nt

[Hello_Kitty]

161. Really? I prefer this to prostitution. No risk of a real person being harmed. eom

[LostInAnomie]

8. Great! Now, I'm going to have to act like I care what this one has to say too.

Why not invent one with a 4th hole?

:yoiks:

[EOTE]

25. It's only visible if you look at it at exactly the right angle, like the entrance to Hogwarts.

But you've got to believe that it's there.

[LostInAnomie]

31. I was hoping someone knew that line.

:thumbsup:

[Speck Tater]

9. My predictions...

Most men will think "Cool! Where can I buy one."

Most women will think "Yuck! That's disgusting!"

Almost all men will not admit what they think if there is any possibility that a woman will overhear them. So, women, if you think you can find out what hubby thinks by asking him, forget it. He WILL NOT tell you what he really thinks. He will only tell you what you want to hear.

Almost all men, in the company of only men, will chuckle and make crude jokes about it, but secretly wish they had one.

[seabeyond]

12. ok men... so all men want this, really. this man tells us this is who you are.

wow

and you say women dont think much of you.

i am thinking there are SOME men that dont think much of you

[Speck Tater]

26. Men don't tell women the truth. They tell women what they want to hear. Here's my data:

If you don't believe it, eavesdrop on men when they don't know that you are listening.

I know every woman wants to believe (and many women DO believe) that they know certain men who are exceptions to this rule (hubby, daddy, brother, ...), but that's probably just self-deception.

That's why women, as a general rule, will NEVER know how men feel about things like robot prostitutes.

Being a male, retired from the field of computer engineering, this subject has come up in both all-male, and mixed company conversations with fellow engineers going back to the 1960's when I first started working in the field. (When the Apple computer first came out, the joke making the rounds among engineers was when will they have an accessory called the "Apple Jack". I won't explain what that accessory was meant to do.)

My observation is that 100% of the time, when no women are present the reactions to the idea of robot prostitutes has been positive and enthusiastic. If, however, any woman is present, or within earshot, the reaction to the same subject is "Yuck! Who would want such a thing?" The latter reaction is clearly being said ONLY for the benefit of the woman or women within earshot, since that is, in my experience, something men have said ONLY when women are present.

[leftstreet]

32. Nonsense

You're not talking about how men react in the absence of women - you're talking about how men react to each other in a culture that devalues male to male emotional connection and expression.

Unless you're actually talking about pre and teenage boys (which is what it's sounding like) and their connections in the absence of parental/authority figures.

[Speck Tater]

36. I'm talking about my 46 years experience in a male dominated engieering field.

Not my opinion or my judgment, just the raw data as I observed it.

Certainly there will be men who are exceptions to that rule. I'm not saying all men are that way, I'm only say all men that I worked with were that way.

And don't forget, there are women present in this forum, so there are many men who will act all indignant to conceal the truth that that is, in fact, they way they, too, feel.

[Odin2005]

101. Engineering, a field dominated by CONSERVATIVE men.

No wonder you ran into so many sexist jerks.

[ddeclue]

141. Hey I'm male, I'm an engineer and what's the point in robot prostitutes?

It's just stupid.

The whole point is HUMAN interaction is it not?

Can't get that from a ROBOT.

EPIC FAIL.

[NashVegas]

137. He's Also Talking About Engineers

God love 'em, but they're not exactly renowned for their emotional skills.

[seabeyond]

37. all men want prostitutes. all men want to fuck kids. all men want to fuck animals. all men rape

i have only heard this from men

one of the things you dont factor in. when a group of men are together they never challenge. they always go with. doesnt mean they really want to fuck a plastic doll. it means group behavior. and some men want to and need the validation that the behavior is norm, so they say all men

[Speck Tater]

41. The first is true. The other claims are ridiculous and false.

All men do not want those other despicable things.

But wild generalizations are always easier to sling around when you want to hide from the truth.

"The truth will set you free. But first, it will really piss you off." -- Gloria Steinem

[seabeyond]

43. you claim all men want to fuck prostitutes/rubber dolls. had a man on tv say all men want animals

have had people on du say all men want 10 yr olds and have heard that in many other places

and

did a study of college males on rape

btw, when these men claim these things, they ALWAYS say that the men will never admit it to women, ergo.... leaving themselves in a really fine position of not being challenged

so yes.... there have been men that say all men in all those instances.

all men with prostitutes and dolls works for you. and you need the validation to the behavior by lumping all men into your want

same thing with fuckin animals. but wait.... that doesn't do it for you. so no, not all men, my imagination

are you connecting the dots yet?

[Speck Tater]

49. That's a good argument.

I concede the point. It doesn't really matter to me. I've been single and celibate for 16 years, and for my money, deep meditation is way better than sex anyway.

[seabeyond]

84. ah, now dude

this i can be with you on

deep meditation

there was a period not so long ago i got into this and is awesome stuff, and i have to get back to it.

[Odin2005]

99. LOL, one word: Jhana. HOLY SHIT!!!

:wow:

[seabeyond]

103. could be

and so much more, not that we will get into it on du..... lol

no way, no how

:thumbup:

you scaRED me before i googled on what i had stepped into, lol lol

[Odin2005]

106. LOL!

:rofl:

[MindPilot]

52. Thank you.

Lordy I get irritated by the comments from men about how we are all uncontrollable animals driven to fuck anything and everything by our own testosterone. I think the men who make those statements are hoping that by appearing to be sensitive male feminists it will help them get laid.

[seabeyond]

56. .

i am glad you feel that way and responded cause i read your post below and felt bad. it is a powerful story. and gave me shivers in the emotion of it. i was so harsh in this thread, didnt feel i could then turn around and thank you for that story.

so

thanks

[Odin2005]

104. I hate these idiots telling me what I think based on their psychological projections.

Sorry, I prefer to be a GENTLEMAN, thank you very much, not a crude troglodyte.

[Warren Stupidity]

53. "robot prostitutes" - uh wait

how exactly does a machine sell itself for sex?

[Forkboy]

76. Speak for yourself.

I'm way more open with women than men. If I told men what I thought of them I'd be a fight per night. :)

[Odin2005]

100. I guess I'm not "most men".

I want a nice relationship with a soul-mate, not a sex machine.

[Kalyke]

116. My observation is that you're an idiot.

I know many men who would think this is disgusting.

They would make crude jokes about it, of course, but they would never purchase one or wish they had one.

Most men want the real thing. I don't care how "animated" this doll is, it's not real and pretending it is makes for some very sick behavior.

[Hello_Kitty]

160. Bull fucking shit on "men tell women what they want to hear"

If I had a dollar for every movie or TV show that portrayed men as grunting farting pigs who will stick their dicks in anything and women as boring marriage-obsessed nags I'd be able to buy a yacht. And if I had a dollar for every random dude who sought to "educate" me on how men really are (supposedly grunting farting pigs who hate women) I'd be able to afford a crew for the yacht. Who do you think you're kidding here? The culture is steeped in that stupid binary gender narrative.


Jesus Christ.

[sudopod]

163. "retired from the field of computer engineering"

"since that is, in my experience, something men have said ONLY when women are present."



Something tells me that you compile most of your code one-handed, if you know what I mean.

[Bucky]

169. You do understand there's a difference between joking and jacking, right?

No, apparently not.

[Warren Stupidity]

50. I guess I am not most men.

The robot had better be a closer approximation to reality than that stupid thing in that picture before 'most men' are going to have any reaction other than laughter.

On the other hand, what exactly would be wrong with an actual convincingly realistic robotic sex machine?

And as a tossup question, are vibrators also 'wrong'?

[varelse]

63. Most men would likely rather have faith in their ability to attract a live partner (nt)

[LanternWaste]

64. your statement would be valid if you applied it towards...

"Almost all men, in the company of only men, will chuckle and make crude jokes about it, but secretly wish they had one."

I think your statement would be valid if you applied it towards only yourself and those few you know well enough, rather than justifying your own opinions re: the doll by stating "almost all men"-- an absurd generalization that speaks more of you as a person than it does your intended target demographic.

[flvegan]

79. You are SO only speaking for yourself.

No thanks.

[dysfunctional press]

113. they aren't going to want to clean it when they're done.

at least a crunchy sock you can throw in the washing machine every so often.

[TroglodyteScholar]

143. Perhaps you could find a website dedicated to ridding the world of men...

...since we're all so predictably deceptive and disgusting.

Your attitude is ugly at best.

[Hello_Kitty]

159. Thank you. His comment was as insulting to men as it was to women. eom

[Hello_Kitty]

158. Women: The useless bags of meat surrounding the pussy.

You poor thing for having to tolerate our presence.

[sudopod]

162. Uh...no.

Not really.

[Bucky]

168. Um, no.

Your generalizations are based on what? Watching Porky's style movies? Listening to stand up comedians? Some form of exaggerated fiction, no doubt.

In reality most men prefer real breasts to fake breasts, real sex to fake sex, real partners to phony partners, and real relationships to make believe relationships. Why you'd think most men would secretly want to have something that's so patently fake and icky says more about your attitude than external reality. You're right that men would joke about something like this, but that's only because of how patently absurd the idea of actually using one of things would be.

Don't believe me? Try posting a poll here in DU.

[Hello_Kitty]

178. Yep, And, oddly enough, men like to have conversations too. With boring stupid women, even. eom

[lumberjack_jeff]

180. Ask me again when they get to version 9.0.

Want one? Not *that* one.

[woo me with science]

10. A single friend of mine said,

(referring to the earlier body/sex robots, not necessarily this one...)

"I am for anything that keeps some people happy and out of the dating pool."

[scarletwoman]

11. Er... Um... I guess the bright side is, whoever the guys are that think a pre-recorded message from

a sex robot is the equivalent to "talking to a person", they are probably better off with the robot -- at least they'll be sparing some poor HUMAN woman the disgust of dealing with such a psycho.

sw

[Sparkly]

14. Right.

At first I wondered how this might impact a person's social skills, interactions with women, etc.

Then I thought, if he is even drawn to the idea of talking to a doll, there's probably already a problem there.

Then I wondered, would this make such a problem worse? And what's the result of that, if any?

[scarletwoman]

33. I honestly, literally can't imagine.

Hopefully, they would just quietly keep to themselves and enjoy their perversion in solitude.

[Stinky The Clown]

35. ...

:-X

[SaveOurDemocracy]

54. Heh ... smart move. ;o)

[seabeyond]

59. lol. nt

[hootinholler]

70. SNARF!

:rofl:

-Hoot

[Hekate]

42. Scarletwoman and Sparkly, you said it better than I. This is for the *seriously* socially challenged

[BlueCollar]

13. Is it passable in the HOV lane?

:shrug:

[Bucky]

172. !

:)

[Hekate]

15. Gee, they won't even have to blow the doll up first. Will it look like one of those anime...

... pillows some Japanese men like?

To each his own, but --- ew.

Hekate

[seabeyond]

16. the man in the picture looks like he is in love. hm. and married. nt

[hughee99]

122. Of course he's in love, this thing may make him rich! n/t

[DJ13]

17. I want my money's worth

Less talk, more action.

[hfojvt]

18. "so my husband says he wants me to talk more during lovemaking"

"so he reachs towards me and I scream 'NOOOOOO!!!'" Roseanne Barr

[hootinholler]

19. MEH

I'm holding out for the orgasmatron!

-Hoot

[hlthe2b]

20. Well, maybe it will keep the sheep safe...

Sheep "conversation" is probably too complex for these guys, anyway...

[TheWraith]

21. Am I the only one here thinking, "Cylon?" nt

[progressoid]

131. Which one?

[TheWraith]

136. Maybe both. :D

This bot could only hope to someday match the sex appeal of the one on the left.

[Odin2005]

22. LOL

[Jeroen]

23. Here is someone who would be interested...

[tridim]

27. It's an improvement..

And it's inevitable.

[eShirl]

28. Kind of like a cross between a Real Doll and a Furbie.

"Open your legs, HAL."

"I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that."

[anAustralianobserver]

93. hehe

[xchrom]

29. Is there a Jeff Stryker version? Nt

[MindPilot]

38. Not exactly, but close.

http://www.realdoll.com/cgi-bin/snav.rd?action=viewpage§ion=mrealdoll2

[xchrom]

86. Oh my god! That is without a doubt the

FUNNIEST goddamn thing I have ever seen!

[psychmommy]

132. i am in.

[MindPilot]

30. I'm not sure it rises to the level of "robot".

Especially if it has to have a cabled connection to a laptop.

Why do the writers of these kinds of articles always have to be so titillated? "Another action, this one unprintable, elicited a different vocal response from Roxxxy the robot." You can't think of any "printable" words?

[Robb]

34. Looks like Mick Jagger in drag. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

39. "Security to the museum's Neanderthal exhibit. One of the wax figures is missing."

[Bigmack]

40. You damned techno-weenies...

Buncha whippersnappers!

In my day we didn't need any damn high-tech machines for sex.....
We just talked a good line of shit and plied 'em with alcohol... and jerked off a lot.

Yer just carrying the iPod and cell phone thing too far.

I ain't screwing no machine!

[Tim01]

44. They think guys want it to talk more?

Must be a joke.




The best part of sex is 10 minutes of not talking.








j/k

Sort of.

[seabeyond]

45. lol, this is what i was thinking. probably such anti social men, they dont do a lot of talking

with women.

not what the normal guy that already interacts with women are looking for.

[ismnotwasm]

55. You are no fun sir

It's not the "talking" part but what is said, yes?

[Tim01]

61. Oh, no! You're trying to get me to talk to you, aren't you?

Look, how about this. I'll was dishes for you wearing nothing my my apron. Then I'll give you a pedicure afterwords, and I'll put on a nice pot of deer stew. Now, doesn't that sound like a lot more fun than talking?

[SaveOurDemocracy]

68. Sounds like a plan!

:P

[Tim01]

82. It's s date. *kisses*

:loveya:
















*Now do I also invite ismnotwasm and hope for the best.3 people, it could be a spectacular night. :dilemma: What could possibly go wrong?*

[TheWraith]

115. You obviously haven't been having sex with the right people. :D nt

[Botany]

46. I can think of a number of problems that future units might have.

On board optical scanners sends information to the robot's brain @ which point "she" points and laughs and says "Let's wait until your unit
grows in size."

On board sensors can tell lubricant for other sex robots or from the lesser female human units. Sex Robot locks it's self into the bathroom where it tears the room apart.

A software glitch causes different openings to powerfully constrict @ the wrong moment.

Female sex robot dumps the man and hooks up w/ another female sex robot because "she" understands what another robot needs.

Female sex robot becomes a non stop talking machine after sex.

The machine has an automatic "not tonight" default setting.

[Warpy]

47. It seems like an unnecessary expense.

Every once in a blue moon, BBCA will run a documentary on men who own "Real Dolls," lifelike plastic sex dolls. Some of these guys develop relationships with the dolls, taking them along on trips to "watch" them play sports. Conversation from it would probably break the mood.

I have watched a couple of times, both times feeling grateful that those guys were off the dating market. The only part that squicked me out at all was the feminine hygiene done via bottle brush. Apparently dollies tend to get crusty.

Maybe some of the geekier owners might go for the new and improved model, but I really don't see that much of a market for it. These are guys who really don't want conversation, interaction, and all the messy stuff that comes with being around real human beings. I think there's a limit to the reality most of them want and that the Real Doll has probably achieved it.

[Sparkly]

58. I think I've seen that documentary.

One guy was distraught to send his doll off for repairs? Another one had about 10 of them and introduced his (real-life) girlfriend to them? That one?

[Warpy]

62. That's the one

They'd invested in wheel chairs to transport the dolls to and from their cars.

I think for some men, a doll is probably the best companion.

Hell, it might be for some women, too. I understand there are realistic infant dolls that are provoking the same general reaction among baby besotted women.

Like I said, the only part that squicked me out was the feminine hygiene. Ouch. Good thing she's made outta plastic.

[blogslut]

123. Not plastic

Silicone

[MindPilot]

48. Let me tell you guys a story.

While you make snark about the kind of men--not always men, and certainly not always perverts--who might want a silicone fuck doll, here is a tale from the trenches.

Let's say I have close contacts in this industry.

A doll is ordered; they are all custom made and quite expensive, about $6000 for a base model. In this particular situation, the doll is for a Marine. The man has been badly disfigured from his injuries in Iraq, and his family chips in to buy him a doll. The unspoken reason of course is that his war-torn body makes him, well, undesirable. When the client comes to pick up the doll, it is only the man's father. Why is the father picking up the doll? Because the Marine has been sent back to Iraq!

[anAustralianobserver]

94. WOW. there's always online chat and hopefully one day he'll even find a partner in real life.

That would be a triumph of real romance.

[seabeyond]

98. wouldnt it though..... nt

[rockymountaindem]

102. Man, you can learn some sad stuff on the internet

:(

[AspenRose]

114. Wow.

[dugaresa]

57. Gosh that robot looks like Brenda from the tv show Rhoda

[GreenPartyVoter]

60. I think of the Japanese men who have pillow girlfriends, and I wonder if this is their next step.

[surrealAmerican]

65. It's kind of pathetic ...

... but I guess there are a lot of sad, lonely men out there.

[rug]

66. It's cheaper to date a republican.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

69. Given a choice ... I'll take the doll. n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

71. lol! This reminds me of Lars and the Real Girl!

[Gormy Cuss]

164. That was my first thougth too ! n/t

[hootinholler]

72. How long before teh talibornagin use this as an aid to cure teh gay? n/t

[BreweryYardRat]

74. The AI component is downright disturbing.

If it's a choice between that and the ol' hand, the hand wins.

[Marr]

77. A chatty sex robot... doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose?

Why not just date? :p

[Forkboy]

78. I think my weekends are looking up!

:hide:

[gleaner]

80. I think that people ....

who buy sex robots are not looking for a good conversation. Maybe they should work on improving the robot's sexual skills instead of making her into a kind of strange talking doll.

[immoderate]

81. The sex version of ELIZA.

Updated!

The original is here.

--imm

[spanone]

83. is that lily tomlin?

[comrade snarky]

85. By the time those things are good enough to be interesting

They'll probably be hooking up with each other and rejecting humans like me as unappealing.

The sex bots will look at me and be all;

"Ewww! He's hairy, his nails grow and there's no vibratory functions!"

[SaveOurDemocracy]

87. LOL ... too funny.

Vibratory functions are a MUST!

[XemaSab]

88. God help me...

She's a dead ringer for my ex-Bf's new girlfriend. :o

[DutchLiberal]

89. She's ugly.

[flvegan]

91. If I wanted an inanimate "partner" to tell me unfelt phrases, I'd get married again.

:hide:

[roamer65]

97. LOL...Good one.

[MisterP]

95. related subjects from YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O-YlGDMxrU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mYPBbz2QXU (SFW, but you'll need brain bleach anyhoo)

[caitxrawks]

96. jesus, what a scary looking woman.

Makes me glad I'm married.

100 posts! WOO!

[Stevenmarc]

105. This wins The fool and his money are soon parted prize

[jmm]

107. The award for worst exploitation of 9/11 goes to...

An engineer, Hines said he was inspired to create the robot after a friend died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. That got him thinking about preserving his friend's personality, to give his children a chance to interact with him as they're growing up. Looking around for commercial applications for artificial personalities, he initially thought he might create a home health care aide for the elderly.

"But there was tremendous regulatory and bureaucratic paperwork to get through. We were stuck," Hines said. "So I looked at other markets."

Nothing like the untimely death of a friend to make you want to go out and invent a talking sex doll.

[ZombieHorde]

109. Great idea, but does not seem workable yet. nt

[johnaries]

110. doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of a sex robot?

:evilgrin:

[Yavin4]

111. When They Come Out With A Model That Looks Like Her

Let's just say, I won't be posting on here so much.

[dysfunctional press]

112. who cleans it up after you're through using it?

real-life women generally take care of that themselves.
generally.

[Ganja Ninja]

117. If they can get them to take care of that plus ..

get a beer and make a sandwich they might have something there.:evilgrin:

[Warren DeMontague]

133. That would be what is known in the industry parlance as the "end user"

Thank you, thank you folks, yes, I'm here all week. Tip your server.

[dysfunctional press]

144. i don't care what hole they use- it'll still have to get cleaned up at some point...

:rimshot: i'll be here for Two weeks...try the veal.

[slampoet]

118. This is a sex ANDROID for men. Sexual ROBOTS have been available to women for over 20 years.

Look up the Sybian.

It has been on the market since 1987.

[dustbunnie]

120. That's what I was thinking. n/t

[slampoet]

121. PS i might have said this before but I was in a band called "The Dustbunnies" back in the 80's

[dustbunnie]

125. No, I don't think you mentioned it to me, but it's a good name for a band. :-)

Not sure where you're at, but if you've been on the music/performance/poetry art scene around NYC anywhere in the early 2000s, it's possible we have mutual acquaintances or maybe even floated past each other.

[The Midway Rebel]

124. Nah. Technically speaking, Sybians are automatons.

Robots are programmable. Automatons are like washing machines. They only do one thing.

[slampoet]

128. Programming on the Sybian is done through analog dials and it has cycles.

[The Midway Rebel]

134. Awesome!

Just like my washing machine! That spin cycle was some of the best sex I ever had and I came out cling-free and with a fresh-spring-time scent!

[tomm2thumbs]

126. This would have been cheaper for Fox than Palin - and twice as informative

and come to think of it - more lifelike

[Matariki]

157. do the DUzy 's still exist?

'cause your post is one. :rofl:

[Enrique]

127. is that supposed to be Chrissie Hynde?

:crazy:

[Ignis]

129. ...

:spray:

Uncanny!

[juno jones]

135. Why does the image of Katherine Ross in Stepford wives flash before me? n/t

[vincna]

139. I thought of Daryl Hannah in Blade Runner - nt

[juno jones]

150. Weeeell...

That's a little scary. One moment she's holding your hand, the next moment, she's crushing your clavicles with her bio-engineered thighs.

Of course, some might like that....:D

[KillCapitalism]

138. There is quite a potential market for these in China.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100111/hl_afp/chinapopulationmenmarriage

[hunter]

142. Okay, I've got it idea... ditch the computer and set it up with a real person on the internet..

Like phone sex.

Some bored person, maybe even in another country, could be looking at a computer monitor with a schematic of the doll that lights up when the doll is touched in certain places...

"Ooooh baby, I like that..."

Okay, I'm really of sorry I thought of that.

:yoiks:

[debbierlus]

146. I would rather not have sex then have sex with a rubber robot doll

How lonely must one be to buy one of these thing?

[Warren DeMontague]

147. Way cheaper to just draw a face on your hand.

[beevul]

148. "Cherry I'm home"

[Javaman]

152. Meh, she's faking it.

:rfol:

[Name removed]

153. Deleted message

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[Matariki]

154. Cool and kind of sad at the same time.

[Hello_Kitty]

155. You know, it's creepy but then again it's sparing a real woman from him. eom

[Bucky]

173. My guess would be that it probably isn't.

Think about the guy who buys this freakshow--either sex addicted or ridiculously lonely.

[Hello_Kitty]

176. True, he probably annoys as many real life women as he possibly can. eom

[Bluebear]

165. Her first words out of the package: "Not tonight, I'm tired."

Kidding, kidding.

[fascisthunter]

166. never understood having sex with blow-up dolls

Some people have a terrible time finding others to have sex with, I guess. Certain people who are unable to find a person to have sex with them may go this route. That's the only reason I can think of...

[Bucky]

167. My first thought was "Las Vegas?! I thought for sure this story would be datelined Japan."

Do people really have trouble getting laid in Vegas?

My second thought was that women have been doing this for years, but men insist on having an battery operated partner with an entire body. I don't know what that says about us, but I sure wouldn't trust this thing not to short out at the wrong moment.

[Hello_Kitty]

181. Actually, getting laid in Vegas can often be a logistical nightmare if you're single.

Groups of single men and groups of single women tend to go there and share rooms. So when you get good and liquored up and meet the "love of your life" at the nightclub and there are no empty rooms available you're pretty much SOL.

I met many a "love of my life" in Vegas but never once got laid when I was single.

[Bucky]

182. Damn. If only that stupid town had a few decent hotels...

PS, sorry about your luck in Vegas, must feel tragic hittin' the jackpot and not having a bucket to catch all your gold coins in.

Of course I'm so old I'd probably just go for the lobster buffets and a Cher show.

[Hello_Kitty]

183. Lobster buffet and a Cher show?

I'd call that a jackpot! :)

[NaturalHigh]

170. I think it's a great idea.

In fact, this might be a great way to slow the growing world population.

[Generic Other]

179. Does this one look like the sarah palin version to anyone?

Wanna touch my Fox news show with a ten foot pole? You betcha.