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Re:“I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I mig... by loceng on Friday January 23, 2015 @08:57AM (#8934800)
There's a fine line (maybe not so fine) as to when something becomes manipulation IMHO - though if someone's paying $25 monthly for someone(s) to chat with to feel connected then I suppose they've applied an added bias or value; makes me feel a bit sad if the people aren't doing it just for fun.
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Re:“I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I mig... by tormeh on Friday January 23, 2015 @09:16AM (#8934889)
People are doing sadder things than this to keep the emotional lights on. At least it's cheaper than prostitutes.

You know the saddest first-world thing I've ever heard? A prostitute doing a reddit AMA had a client once that wanted her to sing "happy birthday" for him. It was his birthday and no one else was going to.

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Re:“I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I mig... by testboo on Friday January 23, 2015 @09:47AM (#8935056)
Agreed.
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Re:“I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I mig... by aerialcombat on Friday January 23, 2015 @09:22AM (#8934926)
I totally agree with this.
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Re:“I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I mig... by Roodgorf on Friday January 23, 2015 @01:47PM (#8936478)
> At least it's cheaper than prostitutes.

I think there are a few more moral issues with prostitution than its market value.

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Re:“I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I mig... by oldmanjay on Friday January 23, 2015 @03:14PM (#8936990)
That's rather broad. There are moral issues with sex slavery, for instance, but prostitution as a concept is fairly amoral unless you mistakenly believe the sexuality of others is something you have a right to judge.
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Re:“I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I mig... by scrollaway on Friday January 23, 2015 @04:49PM (#8937509)
You really think there are more moral issues with selling sex than selling lies?
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