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    Re: Whatcha thinking about now?

    Quote Originally Posted by monsno_leedra View Post
    Wondering where society is going to when people are actually producing and selling Sex Dolls that are modeled after children. Got a petition today via change.org about them unreal but there they were and modeled after young girls, probably pre-teens for most of them. Will the petition do anything to stop it? Don't know but had to sign it
    Meh, if dolls keep people from going after children (and if this doesn't ever reach the point of sufficiently advanced AI being involved) then I'm not gonna get worked up about it as long the things aren't near me. It's mildly stomach turning but at the end of the day, a doll isn't a person (again barring application of sufficiently advanced AI), so I'm not that worried about them. My only real question is do they increase or decrease the number of actual children abused. If they lead to a decrease then subsidize the damn things with tax payer money. If they lead to an increase then purge them with fire and sword. If there's no measurable effect then I don't care as long as I'm not hearing about it.
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    Re: Whatcha thinking about now?

    This brings to mind the movie A.I., just a bit
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    Re: Whatcha thinking about now?

    Quote Originally Posted by MaskedOne View Post
    Meh, if dolls keep people from going after children (and if this doesn't ever reach the point of sufficiently advanced AI being involved) then I'm not gonna get worked up about it as long the things aren't near me. It's mildly stomach turning but at the end of the day, a doll isn't a person (again barring application of sufficiently advanced AI), so I'm not that worried about them. My only real question is do they increase or decrease the number of actual children abused. If they lead to a decrease then subsidize the damn things with tax payer money. If they lead to an increase then purge them with fire and sword. If there's no measurable effect then I don't care as long as I'm not hearing about it.
    About the only thing I've seen from the little bit I've researched is the dolls appear to be coming from China and a few "new" people have been revealed by the purchase of the dolls. As to increase or decrease I guess not enough data to suggest one way or the other. However, one of the marketing slants is that they do hope it will save a real child by having a perp purchase a fake child.
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    Re: Whatcha thinking about now?

    Quote Originally Posted by MaskedOne View Post
    Meh, if dolls keep people from going after children (and if this doesn't ever reach the point of sufficiently advanced AI being involved) then I'm not gonna get worked up about it as long the things aren't near me. It's mildly stomach turning but at the end of the day, a doll isn't a person (again barring application of sufficiently advanced AI), so I'm not that worried about them. My only real question is do they increase or decrease the number of actual children abused. If they lead to a decrease then subsidize the damn things with tax payer money. If they lead to an increase then purge them with fire and sword. If there's no measurable effect then I don't care as long as I'm not hearing about it.
    My thought as well. If it is true that sexual attraction children is inherent, and attempts to change it would require mental mutilation, then the dolls would be a reasonable surrogate, if it reduces the number of actual molestations. I, personally, find it distasteful, but much less so than actual child molesting.
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    Today was a better day. Thinking about going to see Jigsaw tomorrow. I've been wanting to see it since it came out.
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    Re: Whatcha thinking about now?

    Quote Originally Posted by anunitu View Post
    This brings to mind the movie A.I., just a bit
    I remember looking forward to that movie and then liking the first half of it. Then it kinda fell apart for me. The kid was good though.

    Haley Joel Osment worked with Kevin Spacey in "Pay It Forward". I wonder if we'll hear anything from him.

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    I found out that I was accepted to West Virginia University. I'm going back to school one last time to get my dream degree in paleontology. I have to take geology as my degree but specialize in paleontology. WVU is a big school here in Morgantown and in West Virginia generally, so it's really exciting for me to be accepted before the Spring quarter comes. I can't wait!
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    I found out that I was accepted to West Virginia University. I'm going back to school one last time to get my dream degree in paleontology. I have to take geology as my degree but specialize in paleontology. WVU is a big school here in Morgantown and in West Virginia generally, so it's really exciting for me to be accepted before the Spring quarter comes. I can't wait!
    Congrats! That should be cool!

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    Went to the clinic today to see about a sinus infection. Had to wait about two hours to see a doctor and she confirmed I have a sinus and ear infection. Gosh I hurt so much. On the plus side, I got my WVU letter and I am calling tomorrow to set up an appointment to see an advisor from the geology department. Pray for me that I get in soon.
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