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Re:The history of sex toys and what they tell us about ancie... by rsynnott on Monday January 13, 2025 @05:06AM (#42681868)
> But our ancient relatives did indeed use sex toys before the modern development of what would become the vibrator in the late 19th century

Of course, in those days, more forward planning was required, as it would take the steam engine at least an hour to get up to pressure.

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Re:The history of sex toys and what they tell us about ancie... by dylan604 on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @05:45PM (#42718228)
that's a steam punk concept I never thought about
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Re:The history of sex toys and what they tell us about ancie... by rsynnott on Friday January 17, 2025 @09:08AM (#42737641)
Steampunk authors typically assume that that one got solved, I think (I believe, before small steam engines became irrelevant, that there _was_ some progress in that direction).
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Re:The history of sex toys and what they tell us about ancie... by bot403 on Thursday January 16, 2025 @03:47AM (#42722981)
Of course living by a river and powering a waterwheel was vastly preferred to the steam engine here until steam technology caught up through miniaturization and tighter manufacturing tolerances.
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