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- From: quirke_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- Newsgroups: alt.industrial,alt.cyberpunk,alt.sex,alt.sex.bondage
- Subject: Re: Wire-Head Sex, VR sex, Sex with Droids and Noids.
- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:22:44 NZST
- Organization: Welligton City Council, Public Access.
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.172244.1@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz>
- References: <ednclark.724469380@kraken> <BzMCHu.2s0@cs.vu.nl>
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- Summary: Wherein our hero battles the hideous Mutant Thread from Hell
-
- In article <BzMCHu.2s0@cs.vu.nl>, mcvos@cs.vu.nl (Vos MC) writes:
-
- : : then maybe a brain implant for pleasure might be the way to go (then again
- : : addiction to crack might also be the way to go). However if you also want to
- : : live long and prosper (possibly a selfish notion requiring a far greater
- : : amount of the world's resources to keep you in existence) whilst seperating
- : : the stimulations of pleasure over a long period of time then reality is
- : : probably the way to go. Put in those terms it actually seems like a close
- : : decision! Hmmmm.
-
- : You only really talk about pleasure here. IMHO happiness is much more
- : important than pleasure. Addictions may give you pleasure, but they'll
- : never give you happiness. (sometimes I'm even worried about my computer
- : addiction.) If pleasure's the main goal in your life, it might be the
- : way, but as for happiness (or truth, in my case) definitely NOT.
-
- Ah, but note that this is getting cross-posted to alt.cyberpunk (as well
- as alt.industrial. What *IS* alt.industrial ? Is this thread appropriate ?)
- As such, given that addiction is a major part of the genre, the use of
- "wire-heading" as an addiction is a valid discussion point.
- And the point I wanted to make is that to many (those that would be
- addicted anyway, obviously not most of the people reading this) it would
- be a far more attractive option than real life, and real sex, in that it does
- not involve all those messy interpersonal problems. All you need is a wall-
- socket.
- Ok, so it doesn't apply to you. But think about it. Were the tech developed
- to allow this ultimate, easy high, how many people here do not seriously
- believe that there would be *millions* doing it ?
-
- Tony Q.
-