1:49 p.m. - 2004-10-22
Wistfully dreaming of Utopia...or at least an angel
Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird (.871)
WEEK OF OCTOBER 17, 2004
LEAD STORY
A new computer gadget enables someone to apply direct physical stimulation sexually to another person over the Internet, thus advancing "cybersex" far beyond its previous limitation of mere words and pictures. According to a September report on Wired.com, the vibrating "Sinulator," with wireless receiver, can be activated remotely at different speeds and force by a spouse or anyone else who uses the device's password at Sinulator's Web site, and that manipulation can be done not only by keyboard and mouse, but by a male placing the Sinulator's transmitting sleeve ("Interactive Fleshlight") over his penis and thrusting at his (or the recipient's) preferred speed and force. "Thus," summarized the Wired writer, "a man can be thrusting in Cleveland while a woman is penetrated in Seattle." [Wired.com, 9-24-04]
.oO(what a coincidence on the locations they mentioned ;-) )
"Yet remote interaction technology -- or, as I like to call it, teledildonics -- has as much potential to bring people together as it does to drive people apart. If you travel often, or if you're in a long-distance relationship, this technology provides another avenue for intimacy, especially if it's harder for you to use toys with a partner than have sex au naturel." (More on that in a future column.)
Oh, think of the wonderful possibilities! I'd rather our society invent and perfect Star Trek level technology such as transporters replicators; and holodecks; but I guess this will have to do in the meantime. The internet has bridged the gap in starting or sustaining many long distance relationships. Transporters would ensure that no one has to waste their time in transit to or from work, leaving more time to spend with the family. Replicators would eliminate starvation and also monitor a person's diet for them. Holodecks would keep people entertained in an interactive environment instead of sitting in a chair staring at a movie, they could live one of their own devising.
Of course none of these things would matter without that special someone in our lives. As selfish as I may seem, I would like a utopia for everyone. Failing that I must take comfort in the arms of my love. The world seems nicer sharing it with someone special. Why can't everyone have that kind of feeling without having war, pestilence, famine, and the ever present death crowding in on them?
.oO("nobody gonna slow me down, oh no,I've got to keep on moving" is on the radio. At the pseudo-rave last weekend they played a techno version with a woman vocalist...such a happy song) Word of the day: teledildonics
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