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Is 'your friend' a virgin by any chance? It does sound like 'wishful thinking' more than a realistic proposition. The idea strikes me as something only someone

Is 'your friend' a virgin by any chance? It does sound like 'wishful thinking' more than a realistic proposition. The idea strikes me as something only someone never having had a sexual relationship with someone they love could ever come up with, as I dare say the emotional connection between two persons having sex vastly outmatches any physical expertise when it comes to the satisfaction one gets from the act. 'Virtual sex' could never replace that, at best it could perhaps eradicate the need for prostitution. Also it's not as if people having kids is just a by-product of having great sex ending in a contraception malfunction. People in general want kids, even turning to artificial insemination or adoption should they need to. Why would this change in the extremely hypothetical situation of virtual sex being more satisying than real sex?

icebraining 14y ago
Parent just said 'virtual sex', not 'virtual sex with strangers'. It could provide a better experience with the same person you already share a deep emotional connection with.
saturdaysaint 14y ago
At best it could perhaps eradicate the need for prostitution As silly as the parent posts' hypothesis is, this is actually an interesting speculation. You don't need to go too sci-fi to imagine a point where the quality and ease of video chat outweighs the risks of a lot of riskier sexual behaviors. Heh, as distasteful as ChatRoulette could be, I wonder if it's a portent of an actual positive change.
- stcredzero 14y ago
  Well, Japan's birthrate and rates of marriage are falling, while "dating sims" are popular enough to warrant their own manga and anime series.
tomjen3 14y ago
There are properly tens of thousands of people alive today who are born only because their parents didn't adequately protect themselves.
- GFischer 14y ago
  You're probably underestimating the number by an order of magnitude or two :)
tomjen3 14y ago
Even allowing for the increased benefit for emotional sex, the question will quickly become, do I stay home tonight and am certain to get good sex with a hot (but perhaps virtual) chick or do I go out and try to find a real partner?

icebraining 14y ago

Parent just said 'virtual sex', not 'virtual sex with strangers'. It could provide a better experience with the same person you already share a deep emotional connection with.

saturdaysaint 14y ago

At best it could perhaps eradicate the need for prostitution As silly as the parent posts' hypothesis is, this is actually an interesting speculation. You don't need to go too sci-fi to imagine a point where the quality and ease of video chat outweighs the risks of a lot of riskier sexual behaviors. Heh, as distasteful as ChatRoulette could be, I wonder if it's a portent of an actual positive change.

stcredzero 14y ago
Well, Japan's birthrate and rates of marriage are falling, while "dating sims" are popular enough to warrant their own manga and anime series.

tomjen3 14y ago

There are properly tens of thousands of people alive today who are born only because their parents didn't adequately protect themselves.

GFischer 14y ago
You're probably underestimating the number by an order of magnitude or two :)

tomjen3 14y ago

Even allowing for the increased benefit for emotional sex, the question will quickly become, do I stay home tonight and am certain to get good sex with a hot (but perhaps virtual) chick or do I go out and try to find a real partner?