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Houston Officials Temporarily Halt Company's Plans to Open a "Robot Brothel"

posted by takyon on Monday October 01 2018, @06:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-fake-vag-for-the-incel-lad dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

Country's first 'robot sex brothel' set to open in Texas prompts backlash: report

The first so-called 'robot sex brothel' in the U.S. slated to open in the Houston area this month has prompted a massive backlash from residents and activists who say it will ruin the neighborhood. The company opened its first location last year near Toronto, where $60 buys a half-hour alone with a robot sex doll, according to the Washington Examiner. The dolls start at $2,500 to buy.

Update: Houston officials halt plans to open first US 'robot brothel'

Houston city officials have ordered at least a temporary halt to a Canadian company's plan to open a so-called "robot brothel" in the city. The Houston Chronicle reported that building inspectors ordered the halt after determining that the company, Kinky S Dolls, lacked the permits required for demolition and construction at a former 2,500 sq ft hair salon in the Galleria area of the city.

takyon: Change.org petition aiming to "Keep Robot Brothels Out of Houston".

Also at ABC7.

See also: 'Robot sex brothel' slated to open is not wanted, Houston's mayor says

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Thexalon on Monday October 01 2018, @07:39PM (4 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Monday October 01 2018, @07:39PM (#742435)

    Single people who have a hard time getting partners for whatever reason? People who are mostly happily married but their spouse isn't into sex anymore? Couples who would like to experiment with adding a third? Somebody who wants to try BDSM? These are all fairly common activities with real people, so I don't see why switching the partners in question to robots would make all that much of a difference in terms of how freaky people will get.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 01 2018, @08:41PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 01 2018, @08:41PM (#742469)

    I don't know what kind of sex doll you're talking about, but mine always has a headache.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by bob_super on Monday October 01 2018, @08:57PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Monday October 01 2018, @08:57PM (#742475)

      Turns out that they don't enjoy being on the receive side of electro play.
      Lots of original ways to be on the giving side, though.

    • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Monday October 01 2018, @11:37PM

      by krishnoid (1156) on Monday October 01 2018, @11:37PM (#742537)

      And in this case, a testbed for headache and possibly migraine treatments, with the motivation to solve the problem and none of the ethical considerations! My medical research group would like to order 5 of these, please.

  • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Monday October 01 2018, @09:19PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 01 2018, @09:19PM (#742488) Journal

    I think you're taking my posts far more seriously than me in this thread.

    You're seeing "ew gross" where "haha gross" is the implication I was after.