• That is exactly what the aspies need: a discreet, portable device that will allow them to hugbox themselves in public shortly before being arrested.

• It is a sad, sad thing that Anton LaVey isn't alive to see this day, because it has brought us that much closer to sex robots.

• and the hissing of the pneumatics.  It went from sand and slightly creepy to a scene from Alien.

•  In Ghost in the Shell, the in-universe explanation for Motoko's preference for lesbian sex is that the linked feedback systems in cybernetic bodies are best suited for similar anatomy. I had once dismissed that as BS since the author admitted he just didn't feel like drawing naked men. Somehow, though, technology found a way to make it true.

• Does...does it look like that guy is enjoying himself just waaaaaaaaaaay too much there? DX

• There are times when I have to take a step back and examine what kind of lonely geek I must be.  Looking at that and thinking it's awesome is one of those times.  Of course, I'm totally up for the force-feedback realdoll so I might actually need to evaluate what kind of pervert I am.

• first the kiss now the hug... soon phone sex will never be the same!

• This is exactly what I was thinking. He throws it on like a superhero and then hugs the dummy like he's going to die.

• Other hand I belive there is a type of autism that a hug box is used to allivite some sort of over stimulation symptoms. This could be a less cumbersome alternative.

• What is that hissing noise? Have the Shadows returned for Z'ha'dum? =O

• You know those moments where I think erotic fanfic authors actually seem well-adjusted? This is one of them. Also, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH

• The dude dons the jacket in an overly dramatic manner. 

• Reality is veering far too close to satire for comfort, these days.

• Combine the dinner video with this vest and this http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/05/super_terrific_japanese_thing_kiss_transporter.php , then throw in an onahole and you've got a night on the town without ever leaving your room. Is it any surprise Japan's birthrate is falling?

• If you've been to Japan, and Akihabara in particular, none of this is particularly surprising or strange after you've been soaked in the culture for a few hours. It is remarkably amazing how a photo of a nude manga character on a giant pillow is striking in hour one, but by hour four you're cheerfully pawing through a bin of automatic masturbation cans that are scented to real-life schoolgirls who have signed and contributed used panties to the package. Perspective: Japan provides it.

• I... I'm so sad now. My tears have tears.

• I could hug myself before, what's so revolutionary about this device? Perhaps... perhaps the device has the innate ability to darken rooms in order to produce a melancholy atmosphere perfect for sorrow and self-loathing? In that case, sign me up for four; my enemies shall never know what hit them!

• Agreed. The room and the lighting is the worst part. I think.

• I NEED A HUG

• "Soon afterwards, the user notice that you are actually hugging and stroking YOURSELF," Oh, I'm sure...

• Awww! When you're done having dinner with your DVD-only girlfriend, you can get a tender hug from a headless robotic torso. What more could anyone in Japan ask for?

• "Passionate tactile communication with yourself"?  That's my new favorite euphemism.  "Honey, what the hell are you doing in the shower?  Having passionate tactile communication with yourself?  Because if you are, my downtown dining and entertainment district is OPEN, you know!"

• Perhaps the most alarming part of this whole system is the "I'm a badass" way he roughly throws on that jacket, and then stares into the camera with a hateful glare.

• You know, back in May of 1996 Eric Harry put out a book called 'Society of the Mind' that detailed a system that was just like this.  Pretty Freakin awesome.

• creepy

• FOREVER ALONE

• Once again, an expensive high tech solution for a problem that would probably won't cost much money to have a a person do.  ROBOTS R TAKIN R JERBS.

• oh crap...it's just so sad..and lonely so sad and lonely. and that's coming from a sad and lonely nerd. but like people hug me.

• It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the room where they filmed creepy hugging guy.  If it was a brightly lit lab, it probably would be less creepy. Maybe.

• I like how he puts on the vest like he's some badass action star, and then the very next thing he does is go to town in the dummy.  Is so surreal.

• Jesus....<i>Jesus.</i>

• Cheer up, emo kid.  You have someone to hug you now.  -www.awkwardengineer.com

• The technology is interesting.  The video is downright terrifying.

• Have we learned nothing from the Space Pope's words of wisdom?!

• Now I'm imagining someone wearing this while watching that DVD that simulates eating meals with women, and that makes me tear up. T.T

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