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[mojotastic]

Also on more weird news.


‘Transgender’ sex robots are coming to a bedroom near you
https://nypost.com/2018/01/12/transg...ium=SocialFlow

“Transgender” sex robots could be a new and exotic way to spice things up in your bedroom.
The Sun has learned that the Californian startup responsible for the female Harmony sex droid is now considering a trans version too.

Realbotix has been constantly in the news in recent months thanks to its revolutionary robot sexual companions.
Powered by artificial intelligence software, the lifelike bots have their own personalities and can even have a conversation with you.
The female Harmony model was launched last year, and a male version was recently announced to be in development.
But a senior Realbotix director has told The Sun that a “transgender” model could be the company’s next big project.

“We do believe there is a market not only for transgender, but for any other sexual preferences of gender,” said Guile Lindroth, who heads up AI at Realbotix.

Lindroth said a trans robot is “not out of our plans” once the male robot is in production later this year.

He also told The Sun that it’s “not difficult” to re-design the physical robot design for a mixed-sex version.

The AI whiz explains that Realdoll, the company that started Realbotix, “already offers the option of transgender” sex dolls – without robotic functionality, of course.

Realdoll currently offers penis attachments for female sex dolls.

And the company will create custom-built “trans” dolls for anyone willing to pay.

The challenge, Lindroth admits, is adapting the actual robot software to be compatible with “variations” of Realbotix dolls.

“So we are starting with female and male before going further.”

Realbotix recently revealed a new male version of its flagship Harmony sex robot, promising “bionic penises” that would be “better than a vibrator.”

[mojotastic]

Someone anime dreams just became true.

[TheInvisibleMan]

Someone anime dreams just became true.

just add some tentacle attachments and many out there will be all set

theyll never leave the house

[Darkspellmaster]

Not sure if this has bern mentioned, but Trump seems to be on the war path against my Rep. Dick Durbin.

Also, WBE, not sure if she counts but State Rep Jeanne Ives, decided to put her foot in her mouth a few days ago during a debate, and said, when asked what can be done to stop gun violence, that there needs to be more dad's in the home. All while sitting next to the son of Bobby Kennedy and Nephew of Jack Kennedy. Both who were killed by gun violence. Chris was disgusted enough to walk out.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbc...3.html%3famp=y

[mojotastic]

just add some tentacle attachments and many out there will be all set

theyll never leave the house

Which bring me to the question, what is everyone opinion on sex bot? is this the next step in robotics or do you have any criticism on it?

I say that if they dont get free will they are fine by me.

[CaptCleghorn]

Which bring me to the question, what is everyone opinion on sex bot? is this the next step in robotics or do you have any criticism on it?

I say that if they dont get free will they are fine by me.

I recall seeing a story in the WSJ years ago about many advancements in internet commerce being developed and perfected in the porn industry. Payment, security, etc. all needed working out there. I imagine sex robots might provide a similar testing ground for actual artificial humanoids.

[4saken1]

"Yes, a homophobic, Latino-hating, Muslim-hating, racist, sexist pg won the US presidency, but for a beautiful moment I got to stamp my feet and help push through one of the most hated and unappealing political candidates of all time who was going through a political scandal that resonated with the American people and was virtually the only person in the world who could of lost to Trump all while feeling superior for calling supporters of her primary rivals "Bernie Bros" and implying they were misogynists right before I begged them to ignore all that and act like it never happened to vote for her too. You'd understand if you saw how many people on twitter liked and retweeted all my #WithHer hastags.

A large percent of the population based their opinions on biased, skewed, or blatantly untrue information. Whether it was Benghazi, Uranium One, blaming her for Bill's sexual misconduct, DNC anti-Bernie e-mails sent by staffers that she got blamed for, Whitewater, Clinton Body Bags, Comey's pre-election statements, etc. None of that crap was anything Hillary actually did herself, but helped make her an 'unappealing' candidate to many. When you get done sifting through the bullshit, though, what little is left has been over hyped. It's easy for people to accept these exaggerated stories, too, because look at all the other stuff that's been 'reported' against her!

Despite the trope that keeps being repeated about her being unappealing, it was a high turnout year, in which she got more votes than her opponent or any other white candidate in history, for that matter. Despite population growth, one candidate or the other gets less votes than the candidate did in the previous election about 50% of the time. If what you state was in fact the case, would she not have fared worse than something that happens half of the time?

Given what we've seen in 2016,, I think that in 2020 it will be just as easy to convince most of the people who didn't vote for Hillary that the Democratic candidate, whoever it may be, isn't worthy of their vote. Because more than likely that will be what they really, really, really want to believe!

[Mecegirl]

When i say meme is that for some reason this became trending in 2018 along with a bear yelling who touched their spaguetti and the Uganda knuckles.

No lie. A friend of mine sent me this 30 minutes ago.

[mojotastic]

No lie. A friend of mine sent me this 30 minutes ago.

hahahahaha

[Ragged Maw]

hahahahaha

Seriously, what's making people think their bodies' are THAT resilient? What's next? The Cyanide Challenge?

[CaptCleghorn]

No lie. A friend of mine sent me this 30 minutes ago.

It's much more common than you think.

Attachment 60766

[Mister Mets]

Jared Kushner was warned by US officials that one of his friends could be used to push the interests of the Chinese government.

The friend is Wendi Deng Murdoch, ex-wife of Rupert Murdoch.

Interestingly enough, this story broke in the Wall Street Journal, which is part of Newscorp, a conglomerate founded by Murdoch.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...ushpmg00000009

A large percent of the population based their opinions on biased, skewed, or blatantly untrue information. Whether it was Benghazi, Uranium One, blaming her for Bill's sexual misconduct, DNC anti-Bernie e-mails sent by staffers that she got blamed for, Whitewater, Clinton Body Bags, Comey's pre-election statements, etc. None of that crap was anything Hillary actually did herself, but helped make her an 'unappealing' candidate to many. When you get done sifting through the bullshit, though, what little is left has been over hyped. It's easy for people to accept these exaggerated stories, too, because look at all the other stuff that's been 'reported' against her!

Despite the trope that keeps being repeated about her being unappealing, it was a high turnout year, in which she got more votes than her opponent or any other white candidate in history, for that matter. Despite population growth, one candidate or the other gets less votes than the candidate did in the previous election about 50% of the time. If what you state was in fact the case, would she not have fared worse than something that happens half of the time?

Given what we've seen in 2016,, I think that in 2020 it will be just as easy to convince most of the people who didn't vote for Hillary that the Democratic candidate, whoever it may be, isn't worthy of their vote. Because more than likely that will be what they really, really, really want to believe!

Historically, parties tend to lose support in presidential races, and it's been hard for a political party to hold on to the White House for a third term.

However, Hillary Clinton ran against a guy who is probably the worst presidential candidate in generations. AND he had a major sex scandal about a month before the election, when he was caught on tape bragging about sexual assault.

Her campaign screwed up badly to lose that one (it doesn't matter that she won the popular vote by two points since it shouldn't have been that close, and the way the existence of the electoral college was something the campaign and candidate were presumably aware of.)

[4saken1]

Her campaign screwed up badly to lose that one (it doesn't matter that she won the popular vote by two points since it shouldn't have been that close, and the way the existence of the electoral college was something the campaign and candidate were presumably aware of.)

No to say there weren't mistakes, but most of them had NOTHING to do with anything she did so much as what was attributed to her. She lost for many, many, many fucking reasons. Most of them were not her or her campaign's fault. The fact that she lost to a predator says far more about this country as a whole than it does about Hillary!

[Kirby101]

And people refuse to consider voter suppression, Russian interference and Comey in her loss of the EC.
No, she should have won by 5 million if she wanted to be President.

[numberthirty]

And people refuse to consider voter suppression, Russian interference and Comey in her loss of the EC.
No, she should have won by 5 million if she wanted to be President.

If the whole "Elevator Pitch" for HRC being President was "I Am One Of The Most Qualified Savvy Politicians Ever To Run For President...", letting those things get to me before they get considered says a lot.