M.S.: Yes.
Rob: What is it?
M.S.: It's essentially technology developed solely for sexual purposes. So we used to laugh about blowup dolls but it's essentially there are attachments that you can buy for your computer that you attach to your genitals so you have essentially touch experiences along with the visual experiences. It's very graphic and it's a huge industry now.
Rob: Wow. I never heard of the genital accessories.
M.S.: Yep, it's a changing world. But I'm really hoping for, and what I feel now is my social duty is to really disseminate information while we still have again my generation and older that can talk about what people are potentially missing but without pontificating. Nobody likes a pontificator, that's really important and to essentially learn how to embrace all of the positives, really open our eyes to the negatives and start a full discussion. And what I'm seeing, I don't want to end this whole thing on negative, there are little pods occurring, there are individuals for example who are opting out of Facebook. So they've canceled all of their accounts. There are individuals who are opting out, there are individuals who are choosing not to carry cell phones so it's happening a bit and one of the things I try to promote is just deciding what your personal boundaries are and, Rob, you're familiar with this because you and I have a professional relationship and you said hello on Facebook and I kind of went Ha-Ha back and responded but I have a very overt rule in terms of my Facebook, I don't have many friends. I don't want many friends because anybody who's on my Facebook, I have a personal relationship with. I have a known from my past or know in my presence and that's the way I choose to use my Facebook. It really is my personal connection with distal relationships. I have a couple of exceptions and again when I meet people in conferences and they Facebook me, I'll say apologies but this is my personal space. Now I might choose to get a professional Facebook, I might choose to have a Dr. Mari Swingle Facebook and use it professionally.
Rob: Do you have one?
M.S.: I don't yet.
Rob: It sounds like you should.
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