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06/03/09
And then he does a double backflip for a herring.
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Now if your talking about having virtual sex with an AI character, then I would have to say no. Because you can't really leave your partner to be with an artificial character. So there shouldn't be anything for your partner to really worry about.
At least not until we can connect all our sense to virtual reality and the AI is good enough. Then yes, those artificial characters are close enough to being human for it to be considered cheating. Heck, that would pose a serious threat to girlfriends all over the world haha. Guys able to have their own custom built girlfriend of which they can live their wildest fantasies out with? SIGN ME THE FUCK UP!
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Bish plz, as they say.
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What a horribly flawed article.
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It does need to be a lot more specific.
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As to question #3, it's usually the other way around: people from online are referred to as "my imaginary friends". If we meet IRL, then they're not imaginary any more, of course.
But I've never done virtual sex, and I flirt much less online than IRL. Sex is the one thing that no virtual experience can ever replace, and you shouldn't even try IMHO.
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because she doesn't put out.
because even when she does put out its on her terms.
because no amount of love will make that extra 30 pounds attractive.
because sex without some element of danger is like warm non-alcoholic beer.
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because he can't get it up
because he has a beer gut
because he spends all day at work
because he's watching sports all the time
because he's given up grooming
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Still problematic if you're ignoring your IRL partner.
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*wipes brow*
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Slow news day.
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If you're actually doin' it with the phone, it's some kind of odd fetish, but not cheating.
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Salads are HAWT!