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INTEREST: Make Your Hug Pillow Experience More Pleasurable with Rub-Activated Talking


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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 5:48 pm Reply with quote
Oh there's plenty of "harm" here, or isn't Japan's birth rate low enough already?
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Touma



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:07 pm Reply with quote
People who are engaging in reproductive behavior are not going to give it up for a pillow.
I really do not think that merchandise like this has any effect on the birth rate.
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Hoppy800



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:18 pm Reply with quote
Top Gun wrote:
Oh there's plenty of "harm" here, or isn't Japan's birth rate low enough already?


The low birthrate is mostly the fault of the Japanese government. They aren't expanding childcare at a quick rate, nor making it affordable.
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bobob101



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:43 pm Reply with quote
Well thank goodness there are other models other than blonde loli. Now it isn't creepy anymore.
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ThisJustThis



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:12 pm Reply with quote
jl07045 wrote:
drifty wrote:
Everyone, no matter how liberal they are (or think they are) has to draw a line somewhere...mine is well before this. C'mon, this is just creepy.

Liberals have a well-recognized and and quite clear line called Harm principle. That line is well beyond this despite how opinionated you are about what others do in their bedrooms.

I think the line that needs to be considered is the one between 2D and 3D, fiction and reality. I have no problem with hentai of any kind depicting anything, but something like this is promoting physical interaction with what's basically a stand-in for a physical human child. Sure, most people are capable of understanding the distinction, but it's a distinction that should be respected and emphasized, not diminished. I have no problem with "just a talking pillow". I have a problem with a voice encouraging sexual behavior towards children and providing positive reinforcement for it. But I guess if it keeps these people to their bedrooms, that would be a good thing.
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Seiru



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:21 pm Reply with quote
Well,huh.That's just advanced technology I gotta admit.It can even respond when you're too rough?Wow.I must say I haven't heard of anything like that.They are really stepping up the technology on these body pillows pretty fast.I feel like the next thing is they'll add blush on the faces when they're embarrased I can just feel it coming.

Anyways,I'm not into these things but the technology they are making for things like this is quite amazing imo.Hey kids,shoot for the stars.
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Cecilthedarkknight_234



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:57 pm Reply with quote
no oniichan that's a bad touch~ Embarassed
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flackenstien



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 1:42 am Reply with quote
Ok, so.. normally I try to cut Japan some slack.. but this time I've been thoroughly creeped out.
Hug pillows are one thing, but rub-activated talking ones?..

Not that I wouldn't grab a pickaxe and head to the coal mines for a Hasegawa Chisame rub-activated talking dakiwhatchamacallit, but still..
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Shadowrun20XX



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 2:18 am Reply with quote
Eventually females will be a thing of the past eh Japan?
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Cutiebunny



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:09 am Reply with quote
(sheepishly raises hand) I would like to voice the English version.

What? It would be fun. Smile
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jl07045



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:50 am Reply with quote
ThisJustThis wrote:
I think the line that needs to be considered is the one between 2D and 3D, fiction and reality. I have no problem with hentai of any kind depicting anything, but something like this is promoting physical interaction with what's basically a stand-in for a physical human child.


It's promoting physical interaction with a pillow that depicts a loli character. If someone buys that pillow, because it serves as a stand-in for a physical human child, that person is already a paedophile. There's your line. Or are you suggesting that pillows like these make people into paedophiles? If you have proof any non-dogmatic liberal would shut that production down.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:56 am Reply with quote
Murder, She wrote:

Touch her crotch and she'll say things like, "Not there!" but her heart meter will still raise, so you don't feel too bad about it.


Teach them when no don't mean no. Laughing


_Cyphon_ wrote:

Oh yay, so when will we be getting touch sensitive humanoid pillows with huge breasts and an artificial vagina? Soon?


Pillow here: Laughing




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Kadmos1



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:30 am Reply with quote
A way of looking at this is the Japanese are finding a way to essentially do something akin to a sex crime without actually doing it,
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_Cyphon_



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:46 am Reply with quote
@enurtsol, damn it, seriously, they've got that already? I shudder at the thought of them being used. Shocked I wonder if there are versions for a female audience...
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A way of looking at this is the Japanese are finding a way to essentially do something akin to a sex crime without actually doing it,

Or if you want to say it euphemistically, the Japanese are proactively looking for an alternative source for the release of the male carnal instincts in preparation for a day when the female race becomes extinct. Laughing
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Broly The Saiyan



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:33 am Reply with quote
aisuru113 wrote:
Because these weren't creepy enough by having minors for a majority of the pillows sold, hey lets encourage the buyers to touch them! Ugh. What is the average age of the people buying these things again?


if you are meaning minors as the cover of the dakimakura who cares they are fictional nonexisting characters and plus the only reason they may have young looking characters on them is because it is for the people that like that character it is like wanting to have your favorite character on your pillow nothing wrong with that if it is a normal looking cover that is
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