"Let sex toys be sex toys, shame free"
In this week's comments update, readers are accusing the Consumer Electronics Show organisers of sexism.
Buzzkill: organisers of the Consumer Electronics Show have disgruntled readers after revoking an award given to sex toy startup Lora DiCarl. The show claims its design, the Osé massager, is immoral.
"If they allow heterosexual male items into the show and displayed on the floor then this beautiful product should be allowed and celebrated," argued Luc Helterbrand.
Jon agreed: "It's a design object, why should it not look as good as it presumably feels""
"Love the brass detail, like an attempt to make it classier. Let sex toys be sex toys, shame free," continued The Nicolas.
HeywoodFloyd was particularly riled up: "You can tell conservatives are getting really jammed up on something when they start stringing together synonyms like, 'immoral, obscene, indecent, profane'. The Inquisition used to pull that same kind of thing when they were banning books and burning heretics at the stake." One commenter thought the sex toy looked more like the design for a building:
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Screen time: MVRD's design for Taipei Twin Towers, which will be made from stacks of misaligned blocks wrapped in interactive screens to create a Times Square for the city, haven't gone down well with some readers.
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