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Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> link “According to local laws and regulations, this item could not be shown.” Dare I ask?

Reminiscent of the medieval pear of anguish.

For those that are intrigued, here is image of the device (nothing graphic). It’s only partially open...

https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads...

Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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I didn't see what type of battery it has, but imagine having a non-solid state lithium based battery locked to a part of your body - anywhere. That type of device failing in an epic way with flames and no way to remove it in time - just seems like that's a latent headline just awaiting. Even worse - most people would panic and chuck water upon it. Wondering what is the safest thing to put upon a lithium based fire household McGyver wise and more go to would be flour (layer coating to starve oxygen and non conductive), or some aerosol can I can turn upside down and blast with cold non flammable gas.

Though like most as a rule of thumb - I try not to get that attached to my gadget addiction.

Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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post #35

I didn't see what type of battery it has, but imagine having a non-solid state lithium based battery locked to a part of your body - anywhere. That type of device failing in an epic way with flames and no way to remove it in time - just seems like that's a latent headline just awaiting. Even worse - most people would panic and chuck water upon it. Wondering what is the safest thing to put upon a lithium based fire ho…

Flour is a very very bad fire retardant! It would do the opposite.

Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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Serves them right for literally locking their penis in a vice. What have we come to as a species?

I mean, this chastity thing is weird to me too, but "serves them right?" Assuming consent, I feel the answer to badly implemented sex gear should be well-implemented sex gear, not no sex gear at all.

"What have we come to as a species" is an expression of shock better saved for things like our species' propensity to torture and kill unwilling victims. That's fucked up.

Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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Serves them right for literally locking their penis in a vice. What have we come to as a species?

I mean, this chastity thing is weird to me too, but "serves them right?" Assuming consent, I feel the answer to badly implemented sex gear should be well-implemented sex gear, not no sex gear at all. "What have we come to as a species" is an expression of shock better saved for things like our species' propensity to torture and kill unwilling victims. That's fucked up.

It was more an expression of dismay at the lack of evolutionary fitness these actions are displaying. Your fitness is literally measured by your ability to reproduce, and here are people locking their penis inside a device that a) it intended for somebody else to control (weird) b) is actually defective and they ended up being stuck inside it, and worst case could've set their member on fire. Somebody give them a Darwin award.

So no, I don't think such an expression is better saved for other things, though of course I agree it could be applied to those things too.

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