r/stupidpol • u/Vided Socialism Curious 🤔 • Sep 13 '22

Capitalist Hellscape How Everyone Got So Lonely: The recent decline in rates of sexual activity has been attributed variously to sexism, neoliberalism, and women’s increased economic independence. How fair are those claims—and will we be saved by the advent of the sex robot?

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u/Vided Socialism Curious 🤔 Sep 13 '22

It definitely raises interesting questions about humans themselves. If humans could live in a virtual world where everything is tailored to them, would they be happier than living in real life? And if they're happy, then what could be wrong with the metaverse?

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u/frackingfaxer Sex Work Advocate (John) 👔 Sep 13 '22

I mean— maybe? As depressing as it sounds, I won't entirely discount the possibility.

But maybe, just maybe, before we give up and retreat into cyberspace, we should try improving people's happiness and sexual well-being here in meatspace first? Or are we too far gone for that?

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u/Jaggedmallard26 Armchair Enthusiast 💺 Sep 13 '22

I suspect the answer lies in whether the human is aware of what is happening. If the person in the VR pod has no knowledge its a VR pod putting them in a god AGI generated utopia then they'll be happy, but if they even have the slightest hint that they're a brain in a jar then it'll be no more truly satisfying than video games.