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I don't know why people pay for cable or Netflix when the best three-ring circus exists in the form of Silicon Valley.

Related to discussion, Japan actually has something in this vein where you can book an appointment with someone and engage in non-sexual intimacy (hugs, etc.) I believe Vice also had an article or video on this.

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There have been a few such documentaries. I even saw one that followed a woman who worked at one of those cafes, and she would in turn spend large amounts of the money she made at another intimacy cafe.

They have this in Portland, OR, as well: https://cuddleuptome.com/

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