Comments on: The Virtues Of Robot Sex

By: E3

E3 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:40:20 +0000

The downside to robot sex…

;-)

By: Wench

Wench — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:47:19 +0000

What really stood out for me was the sexism and heterosexism of the marketing. Not only are they marketing only to straight guys – because, you know, what, gay guys are icky? They don’t like blowjobs? – but they’re doing it by casting women as this big pain in the ass and even after all of that stupid woman stuff you put up with, you don’t even always get a blowjob! Ugh! It’s as if women only exist to give blowjobs and other sexual pleasure to men, but they make you spend all this money and do all of this other stuff, and just blah blah blah.

As for men who think that women are too much maintenance for a blowjob existing, oh, yes they do. But why can’t this ad just focus on what I agree with you would be the better market, the guy who for whatever reason isn’t getting blowjobs right now? Why can’t we say “Hey, this would feel REALLY GOOD, buy our product”, like is done with a lot (but not all) products aimed at women? Why can’t they focus strictly on the positive of it, instead of denigrating women to make their point?

By: Guy New York

Guy New York — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:54:44 +0000

I have somewhat mixed feelings about this. My gut says, “yuck” but then it says, “why should women get all the fun sex toys?”

We’ve gotten to the point where most progressive folks see sex toys as a fairly (if not completely) normal addition to most women’s sex lives. They’re fun, offer sensations the real thing doesn’t, and encourage exploration.

So where does that leave us guys? And on a somewhat related note, how would we feel if the thing really did give the best head we’ve ever had?

By: Beard

Beard — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:45:52 +0000

By the way, those robo-toilets are great! Once you get used to getting washed clean each time you use the can, you start resenting hotels that make you clean your ass the old-fashioned paper way.

By: TeratoMarty

TeratoMarty — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:16:21 +0000

So we’re being asked to pro-rate the cost of a relationship on a per-orgasm basis? Interesting but limited cost-benefit analysis; I’m pretty sure this thing wouldn’t go halvsies with me on the rent.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:09:33 +0000

Somehow I think that a marketing approach along the lines “the best blowjob you are likely to get is from a piece of plastic, you pathetic loser” might not cut it. Perhaps the marketers are fully aware of their demographic but are providing a face-saving alternative motivation.

Actually, there probably is a market segment that would respond positively to being addressed as “pathetic loser” :-)

By: yclept

yclept — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:12:16 +0000

I’m reminded of a cartoon I saw when I was young enough to blush about such things:

A salesman and gentleman customer stand facing each other across a glass case displaying assorted sizes of disembodied, hairy pudenda. Between them, on a sheet of tissue paper, is the customer’s selected item and he is saying to the clerk “…No thank you, I’ll eat it here”.