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Extra, Extra: Sex Robots Will Make Dating Spreadsheets Obsolete
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Ben Yakas
Published Apr 19, 2012
Modified Apr 19, 2012
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Published Apr 19, 2012
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- In the future, we’ll all have sex with robots.
- Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are teaming up for their fifth film together, The Wolf Of Wall Street.
- Bubba will not turn down a chance to look at VPL.
- Questioning the appeal of Corgis? You've gone too far this time, Atlantic.
- Thank you, Doritos shell: Taco Bell is on the upswing.
- Alec Baldwin's alleged stalker feels "like a hunted animal."
- Chris Christie SWEARS he didn't fall asleep during Bruce Springsteen's show last week.
- New York singles are not the most altruistic.
- We’re all in denial about how fat we are.
- Here's the first clip from Wes Anderson's next movie, Moonrise Kingdom.
- Dating Spreadsheet Dude is very sorry about everything now.
- And finally, a cheetah and labrador retriever are best friends forever, and all is wonderful:
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