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Sex in self-driving cars: Passengers are reportedly hooking up in San Francisco's driverless taxis (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's nearly impossible for people in their early 20s to have enough privacy to have sexual relationships with each other. Most are living with their parents or in shared apartments that afford little privacy. I don't see why society seems to be so against giving young people enough privacy so they don't have to resort to fucking on the streets. This was a massive reason why my last relationship failed.

[–] rapscallion@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like it’s time to convert some of that empty San Francisco commercial real estate into Japan-style love hotels.

[–] spriteblood@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Anything but affordable housing! Not in my backyard.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

You can have sex almost anywhere you want just not in my backyard.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I mean that too, but it's a decent use between now and when we finally get the land rezoned for residential. the state of california should allow housing of any density with no parking minimums in all office zoned land in the state by right, overriding local zoning laws. also allow fourplexes in all residential land

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Some day, if it hasn't happened already, we're going to have a situation where a driverless car is driving around a dead body. Eventually I think the technology will get to a point where a self-driving, electric car will be able to drive itself to a charging station, initiate the recharge, and drive off afterwards. At that point we'll have "ghost cars" that are perpetually driving around the country on some weird repeating loop where it's just endlessly driving around with a rotting corpse inside.

[–] Magrath@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Transporting dead bodies across the state lines haha. Good thing that is all tracked.

[–] whataboutshutup@discuss.online 4 points 2 years ago

An elder person

driving to their birtday party

trapped with a stroke half-way in.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This brings up a serious issue once these things become ubiquitous. If there’s no driver then who will make sure these things are clean? Over time these will become smelly vomit-filled cabs with litter if it’s a completely automated 24 hour cab system.

[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's a guy who wipes down the loads.

[–] JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sounds like they need to make the interiors waterproof and send them through some automated wash between fares.

[–] cloaker@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Hopefully public transport gains over them then, you can imagine how awful it'll be for the environment; and you'll likely get wet pants or socks where the car didn't dry quick enough 🤣

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I imagine it will be like those electric Lime scooters. They won't bother to take care of them other than charging them, and we will soon find automated cabs in the river.

[–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Amtrak gives you room and privacy. Fuck cars, build more trains.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuck cars... in trains?

[–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Brings a whole new dimension to Amtrak® Autotrain™ services.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Train cars are a lot more expensive.

And a lot of places not especially accessible. The nearest Amtrak station is a 70-minute drive away for me. I'm married, but if that was what I had to resort to to have sex, fuck it, I'm becoming a monk.

[–] doomkernel@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well.. I'm not gonna fuck someone with the taxi driver looking. People have standards you know.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It never stopped New Yorkers!

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I would totally do it if they were ok with it.

[–] SuperIce@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Do they know that the cars have 360 cams recording the interior at all times? I'm pretty sure they tell you that immediately when you get in the car

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do they sell you the tape after, like a ride at Disney Land?

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Get a ride in the ride. Gonna have to pay twice for that.

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

That just makes it hotter 😉

[–] Seraph@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Not sure how many people really want to see bobbing man ass! I doubt the camera sees much, this ain't a porno.

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

That was my immediate thought / question too.

[–] girlfreddy@mastodon.social -1 points 2 years ago

@SuperIce @YoBuckStopsHere

Waiting for that cloud to gets hacked in 3...2...1

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Good for them! At least someone around here is having sex. It sounds kinda hot too 😋 🥵

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, get a room. Now we have to deal with stinky cabs?

[–] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You think the occasional sex will smell worse than a cabbie sitting in his seat for 12 hours straight living on hot dogs and mountain dew?

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 years ago

The thought of minding my own business on a street corner, looking up, and seeing a taxi with some people clapping cheeks rolling by me is a big source of amusement for me today

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Not a surprise, much easier thanks to not having to drive.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Soon you will just jump in and ask for lovers lane and the car will take you on a nice long scenic route.

[–] demlet@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

That took a whole two seconds.

[–] markr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

As a former taxi driver in nyc I can assure you that a driver is in no way an obstacle to people fucking in taxis.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you're going to have sex in the waymo, please clean up well after yourselves.

[–] Beelzebubba@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Who knew autonymous cars would be the catalyst for the development of self sanitizing car interiors.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

“Hey boss found more Mayo in the Waymo.”

[–] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Yes, we've all seen the videos. You get more hits if you say it was your step sister.

[–] PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Well that's what they're there for. Duh. ;)