if you make a thing and the thing is going to be inevitably used for a purpose and you could do something about that use and you do not --- then yes, it exists for that purpose, and you are responsible for it being used in that way. you don't get to say "ah well who could have seen this inevitable thing happening? it's a shame nobody could do anything about it" when it was you that could have done something about it.

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jychang 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah. Example: stripper poles. Or hitachi magic wands.

Those poles WERE NOT invented for strippers/pole dancers. Ditto for the hitachis. Even now, I'm pretty sure more firemen use the poles than strippers. But that doesn't stop the association from forming. That doesn't make me not feel a certain way if I see a stripper pole or a hitachi magic wand in your living room.

	▲	pluralmonad 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I'm super confused what harms come from stripper poles and vibrators. I am prepared to accept that the joke might have gone right over my head.
	▲	blibble 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		how many front rooms have you walked into that had a stripper pole? (also: what city? for a friend...)
	▲	wizardforhire 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		To be fair to the magic wands, thats why “massagers” were invented in the first place. [1] [2] [3] [1] https://thefactbase.com/the-vibrator-was-invented-in-1869-to... [2] https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/m/ma... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_hysteria

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anonymars 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> you...could have done something about it

What is it that isn't being done here, and who isn't doing it?