I can't believe that we have reached the point as a civilization where I'm legitimately not sure whether or not this was intended as satire.

But like... couldn't she just be paying for Nitro on her own?

With a title like this, it's kind of disappointing that the answer is just "good infrastructure planning" and not something like "the land is cursed such that all who walk upon it shall rise again forever more."

Nah, it's the guy farthest back on the left. It may look small, but that's just foreshortening/perspective and also because it's curved.

There's a ton of wholesome consensual adult-angled 2D stuff out there. Like a ton. The concept of hentai as all underage rape fantasy is a myth. Plus if I stumble across some unmoderated creepy stuff when I'm browsing new, I can just close it and move on without the burden of knowing I saw a real thing that happened to a real person.

This is why I stick to hentai. No traficking or coercion or questionable consent there, just a bunch of nerds doing what they love.

I knew it. I felt it the second I typed it that there was something wrong with the analogy and someone who knows birds more than me would come along and point it out. I posted the analogy anyway. That's on me.

you have to specify what genders of nonbinary are/aren’t welcome

"Genders of nonbinary"

My friend, nonbinary is a gender. This is like asking what type of bird a chicken is.

Harley and Ivey don't deserve this!

This is a strange question. What do you think sexuality is? And what about your definition precludes fulfillment from an AI partner?

Yeah, but with the caveat that this will only make the world a better place if society chose to implicitly allow this, and actively chose not to disparage, mock, and exclude those people who want to go this path. Which, based on everything we've ever seen about society, is not going to happen.

If you want to skip Business Insider here, the "think tank" they're referring to is the Institute of War. All BI is doing is summarizing the July 7th ISW conflict analysis, which you can read directly from the "think tank" here: https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-7-2023