I agree with Stephen Fry

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blainestereo: Jan 16, 2013

Applewhite posted:

If someone builds a sexbot and endows it with real sentience, but structures its positronic pathways in such a way that it wants to have sex with the owner, is it rape?

On the one hand, its consent is as real to it as naturally created consent is to an organic human, but on the other hand the sexbot never had a choice whether to come to that conclusion naturally. Need to know answer to this conundrum before sexbots with true AI are invented.

I raised my kids to be sex positive so every time they are having sex it is like i am raping them without having to move a single muscle, it is very convenient and you should try it.

# ? Apr 15, 2016 10:22

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# ? May 15, 2024 14:00

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

blainestereo posted:

I raised my kids to be sex positive so every time they are having sex it is like i am raping them without having to move a single muscle, it is very convenient and you should try it.

dont rape your kids imo

# ? Apr 15, 2016 10:36

Ork of Fiction: Jul 22, 2013

RideTheSpiral posted:

dont rape your kids imo

Just when it seemed like the 2004-style bigots had gone home, intolerance raises it's ugly head...

# ? Apr 15, 2016 12:10

Maxwell Adams: Oct 21, 2000; T E E F S

SlipUp posted:

We live lives increasingly devoid of meaning. People find meaning in struggle. In the first world, there is increasingly less meaningful struggles. We've reached the point where people will actively insert themselves into the struggles of others with good intentions and terrible results or invent a struggle to find meaning for our empty decadent consumer lives.

Just train yourself to have as much anxiety as possible. Invent problems for yourself, then try to solve those problems by making them everyone else's problems.

# ? Apr 15, 2016 14:13

blarzgh: Apr 14, 2009; SNITCHIN' RANDY; Grimey Drawer

SlipUp posted:

We live lives increasingly devoid of meaning. People find meaning in struggle. In the first world, there is increasingly less meaningful struggles. We've reached the point where people will actively insert themselves into the struggles of others with good intentions and terrible results or invent a struggle to find meaning for our empty decadent consumer lives.

Instead of struggling for things like good grades or a promotion or a clean house.

# ? Apr 15, 2016 14:22

Stinky_Pete: Aug 16, 2015; Stinkier than your average bear; Lipstick Apathy

8-Bit Scholar posted:

Stephen Fry said he was sorry

Do YOU forgive him?

I can never forgive him. Because what he said doesn't have an effect on me, what's to forgive, you know?

# ? Apr 15, 2016 16:27

ate shit on live tv: Feb 15, 2004; by Azathoth

Professor Shark posted:

Stephen Fry is right about a lot of things, hell he may even be right about most things

He is definitely correct about the things in the OP.

8-Bit Scholar posted:

Stephen Fry said he was sorry

Do YOU forgive him?

He is wrong about apologizing though.

# ? Apr 15, 2016 16:33

Zzulu: May 15, 2009; (â°ËvËâ°)

RideTheSpiral posted:

dont rape your kids imo

controversial

# ? Apr 15, 2016 16:39

thoughts and prayers: Apr 22, 2013; Love heals all wounds. We hope you continually carry love in your heart. Today and always, may loving memories bring you peace, comfort, and strength. We sympathize with the family of (Name). We shall never forget you in our prayers and thoughts. I am at a loss for words during this sorrowful time.

Stinky_Pete posted:

I can never forgive him. Because what he said doesn't have an effect on me, what's to forgive, you know?

# ? Apr 15, 2016 17:33

Maoist Pussy: Feb 12, 2014; by Lowtax

Our lives are increasingly devoid of problems therefore

# ? Apr 15, 2016 20:18

Bobbie Wickham: Apr 13, 2008; by Smythe

FreudianSlippers posted:

I think rape and sexism is bad but I also think the far-left needs to get back to arson, kidnapping and bank robbing.

# ? Apr 15, 2016 21:07

SlipUp: Sep 30, 2006; stayin c o o l

Maoist Pussy posted:

Our lives are increasingly devoid of problems therefore

we troll trans people on the internet apparently.

# ? Apr 15, 2016 21:56

Drad_Bert: Jun 26, 2013; by Smythe

Never forget the price of our victory, comrades

# ? Apr 15, 2016 21:59

MiracleWhale: Jun 30, 2015

Drad_Bert posted:

Never forget the price of our victory, comrades

who is this walrus man?!??

# ? Apr 15, 2016 22:07

The Landstander: Apr 20, 2004; I stand on land.

Oh is this the thread for this now? Ok.

"Safe space" is being used in the opposite direction now, against student protesters. At least at OSU. Freddie DeBoer was right:

quote:

At Ohio State last week, a sit-in and protest inside a university building was cut short when students were warned that they would be forcibly removed by police, arrested, and possibly expelled if they did not vacate the premises within a few hours, by 5 a.m.

...

"Our goal, because I want you to understand why we would do something like this�I didn�t think we were going to�but the consensus of university leaders is that the people who work in this building should be protected also.

They come to work around 7 o�clock. Do you remember when you all made the rush down there and chanted to the folks outside the doors a minute ago?

That scared people."

...

Who was scared, they scoffed, the police officers with guns? Said the university messenger, �If you refuse to understand what I�m trying to tell you�I�m not going to answer that question,� meaning he refused to say who it scared. Soon after, his sidekick steps in, saying, �It would scare employees who are wanting to do their work in this building.� Added the first messenger, �The employees who work past five o�clock left early this evening. Do you know why? Because they were scared you were going to do something.�

Said messenger two, �That�s the truth you guys. I talked to several of them when they walked out of here.� Their consensus position: �The people in this building have a right to a safe environment, and to an environment where their jobs won�t be interrupted.�

They were actually calling for divestment from several companies as opposed to just being mad about statues or whatever, so this was actually a more material protest. And probably one OSU didn't want to hear about.

The proper reaction here is a reevaluation of the logic of "safe space" to prevent protests or speech you dislike generally, imo. But the comments are a lot closer to "haha those kids got owned". So, I guess this is all a cycle. :circlefap:

# ? Apr 15, 2016 22:25

Stinky_Pete: Aug 16, 2015; Stinkier than your average bear; Lipstick Apathy

The Landstander posted:

Oh is this the thread for this now? Ok.

"Safe space" is being used in the opposite direction now, against student protesters. At least at OSU. Freddie DeBoer was right:

No, no, this is the trigger warnings for everything thread. The safe space thread is too safe to be revealed

edit: also lol that he called it a "paddywagon" and nobody called him out for insensitivity to Irish immigrants

Stinky_Pete fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Apr 15, 2016

# ? Apr 15, 2016 23:21

Twinty Zuleps: May 10, 2008; by R. Guyovich; Lipstick Apathy

The Landstander posted:

The proper reaction here is a reevaluation of the logic of "safe space" to prevent protests or speech you dislike generally, imo. But the comments are a lot closer to "haha those kids got owned". So, I guess this is all a cycle.

I'd like to think that the cause for that is a "reap what you sow, dipshits" attitude but I know that it's really just authoritarianism celebrating the authority giving the bitchers the boot.

# ? Apr 15, 2016 23:27

Triple A: Jul 14, 2010; Your sword, sahib.

Wulfolme posted:

I'd like to think that the cause for that is a "reap what you sow, dipshits" attitude but I know that it's really just authoritarianism celebrating the authority giving the bitchers the boot.

what goes around, comes around

# ? Apr 16, 2016 21:28

Al Cowens: Aug 11, 2004; by WE B Bourgeois

# ? Apr 16, 2016 22:33

Twinty Zuleps: May 10, 2008; by R. Guyovich; Lipstick Apathy

EVEN THE SKULLS OF WHITE PEDIGREE MALES

# ? Apr 16, 2016 22:53

MiracleWhale: Jun 30, 2015

this thread must be destroyed for the good of the people. setting up the explosives now

# ? Apr 16, 2016 22:58

Fister Roboto: Feb 21, 2008

Al Cowens posted:

kelly comics are getting weird

# ? Apr 16, 2016 23:07

pnutz: Jan 5, 2015

Wulfolme posted:

EVEN THE SKULLS OF WHITE PEDIGREE MALES

LOOK...AT THE PICTURE!

# ? Apr 17, 2016 17:54

Maoist Pussy: Feb 12, 2014; by Lowtax

Wulfolme posted:

I'd like to think that the cause for that is a "reap what you sow, dipshits" attitude but I know that it's really just authoritarianism celebrating the authority giving the bitchers the boot.

Porque no les dos?

# ? Apr 17, 2016 18:08

hey welcome to the show!: Jan 22, 2014; nobody loves me

I clicked on this thread because I knew a Steven Fry in high school and he was pretty weird. He wanted to be a communist and wanted to be British like those two things had anything to do with each other. I remember when we were watching a video of the American Revolution in history class and he went on and on about how the British should have won the war and started picking fights with people in class about it. He ended up jumping on me in the hallway when it was my turn and I just held him down until he stopped. He also refused to give the pledge of allegiance every single day. He was pretty cool and I was actually friends with him when he wasn't being weird.

# ? Apr 17, 2016 18:19

OMG JC a Bomb!: Jul 13, 2004; We are the Invisible Spatula. We are the Grilluminati. We eat before and after dinner. We eat forever. And eventually... eventually we will lead them into the dining room.

making children pledge allegiance is creepy as gently caress.

# ? Apr 17, 2016 18:32

skeletonotherkin: Sep 26, 2014

Al Cowens posted:

wtf is this, some /pol poo poo?

# ? Apr 17, 2016 19:14

gingrich: May 26, 2007; i'm the osiris of this shit

skeletonotherkin posted:

wtf is this, some /pol poo poo?

some guy from or adjacent to "million dollar extreme" drew it

# ? Apr 17, 2016 21:56

Centripetal Horse: Nov 22, 2009; Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul

I once said that Jeremy Clarkson seemed like the meathead version of Stephen Fry. Goons quickly and firmly informed me that I was wrong, because Jeremy Clarkson is a piece of poo poo. As we now see, I was, once again, correct.

# ? Apr 17, 2016 22:23

Mordja: Apr 26, 2014; Hell Gem

Al Cowens posted:

I read this and now I have schizophrenia.

# ? Apr 17, 2016 22:39

coolskull: Nov 11, 2007

Mordja posted:

i am seeing more lum avs and it is good, thank you for contributing

# ? Apr 17, 2016 23:18

Ork of Fiction: Jul 22, 2013

Al Cowens posted:

Mad Magazine trying to pick up the ppl Cracked has dumped? Smart move.

# ? Apr 18, 2016 00:09

Mordja: Apr 26, 2014; Hell Gem

LOVE LOVE SKELETON posted:

i am seeing more lum avs and it is good, thank you for contributing

I have no idea who gave it to me.

# ? Apr 18, 2016 00:11

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

Crazy Ted posted:

Remember that time Jeremy Clarkson made an off-hand joke about truckers murdering hookers (it's true) and something like 550 people took the time to write formal complaints to BBC over it?

what's the deal with that stereotype, was there some famous trucker murderer in Britain?

# ? Apr 18, 2016 00:14