itsme wrote:people know H/S is a ass, but they do not care they still like him.
Yeah,
some people realize that being a complete scumball is just Stern's M.O. to garner ratings, but others do not. They'll see him degrading that doll and think, "Oh, that's what sex dolls are for." It can only reinforce their assumption that doll owners are misogynists seeking a means to treat women like objects (as opposed to us lonely nice guys who wind up treating objects like women
)...or for those who got a kick out of it, that's it's perfectly normal to want to treat women that way if only they could get away with it.
stacy718 wrote:I can assure you all that Matt M. did NOT know that howard stern would do this to the doll.
Surely he didn't expect Stern to be all tender and loving with it either?
But you're right. I know if I gave a guitar I built to a famous musician known for off-the-wall antics, I'd nonetheless be greatly disappointed if his reaction were to play a few cheesy songs on it and then smash it to bits.
A few people might think, "That was a pretty cool-sounding/looking guitar; I'll have to check them out," but most will likely decide "Mr. Offthewall thought it was crap, so I'll never waste my money on one." I said earlier that, while Stern may inspire some people to head for the RealDoll site, other people who might've been considering a silicone doll could instead be put off by his reaction to it and think that wanting one somehow makes them less of a person. And as I also said, anyone who claims they don't care what other people think is either lying or severly emotionally stunted. I know it took me over a decade at the bottom of the social ladder at school to
consciously realize that it's those who arbitrarily dislike me who have the problem, but it could indeed take my entire lifetime for my
subconscious to finally accept it...pardon my digression.
And has no one stopped to think how jessica drake herself might feel about this? Keep in mind that this doll is not just an idealized depiction of a fantasy woman, but is in fact the likeness of a real, living person. While I doubt that Ms. drake is naive enough to think that everyone who buys her doll will treat it with the utmost respect and affection, seeing it so blatantly degraded like that can't be pleasant for her...