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What about sex? The author totally forgot about sex as a basic need. You can throw all the white paste and Occular headsets you want at the incarcerated population, but without the sex this plan will never fly.

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While rape is a huge issue, it's interesting that the author didn't touch on consensual sex in the prison system. I presume the answer would be simulated VR sex, but that, more than any of the other social replacements, would fail to suffice with current technology.

Also, the author hadn't paid for the computer to run a Rift yet.

yeah, add in another $10/year for a 4-pound can of Crisco. Delivered by WebVan, naturally. Also, that may double the cleaning expenses.

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Rape. The word is rape.

Whoa. Had to Google that. TIL there's a significant rhetorical distinction between the two. Edited and thank you.

Double the handy wipe ration, add a few bucks for lotion. Problem sorted! /s

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