Comments on: Fake vaginas sold as powerful Chinese medicinal mushrooms

By: bloopeeriod

bloopeeriod — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:11:00 +0000

I was afraid too until I found a particularly handsome specimen. I called him Gus. Turns out he was fun.

By: chris jimson

chris jimson — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:01:00 +0000

I find it hard to believe this guy, or anyone who actually touches them, does not realize they are made of man made rubber/silicone/whatever– you’re not gonna slice them up and toss them in a frying pan. Hence I suspect this guy is well aware they are not mushrooms, and is trying to scam people, hence the absurd price tag (you only have to sell one to make a huge profit.)

By: fyer

fyer — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:08:00 +0000

Oh they mistook it for Taishui / 太岁(http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%82%89%E7%81%B5%E8%8A%9D ), not Lingzhi /灵芝(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingzhi_mushroom ).

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 02:52:00 +0000

So replace rhino horns with dildos is what you’re saying?

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 02:51:00 +0000

I think they failed that step when they bought it

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:42:00 +0000

Perhaps the vendor knows they’re only likely to find a few rubes to purchase these and need to get in and out quick before they get arrested

By: petsounds

petsounds — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:17:00 +0000

Well, based on precedent they could have mercury in them, so depending on which Chinese emperor you talk to, you might have a shot at an immortal vagina.

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:57:00 +0000

But do fake vaginas have anti-aging properties?

By: Mitchell Glaser

Mitchell Glaser — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:45:00 +0000

For years I wondered about the little roses in a glass tube that they sell at 7-11. I happened to mention it to a friend while we were there one day, and he told me that they were crack pipes! Then his burrito, which he had neglected to unwrap, exploded in the microwave and we made a hasty exit.

By: jerwin

jerwin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:12:00 +0000

This seems relevant Dai Mahou Tenge: Wild Mushrooms (Does this count as the Unicorn Chaser?)

By: Øyvind

Øyvind — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:39:00 +0000

So many jokes about “pussy power”. But i’ll dismiss those, and instead try to see the positive in the situation. If the Chinese now are turning to sex toys for magical effect, maybe that’ll finally have an impact on poaching on tigers and rhinos.

By: Aaron Swain

Aaron Swain — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:30:00 +0000

The word “vajayjay” should be banned from the English language and its users should be buried alive.

By: Sigmund_Jung

Sigmund_Jung — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:59:00 +0000

On the other hand, that Chinese fake vagina I bought tasted great with butter.

By: KWillets

KWillets — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:36:00 +0000

I’m worried they’ll start going after the real thing.

By: Moriarty

Moriarty — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:22:00 +0000

I think it would work exactly as well.

By: jahxman

jahxman — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:14:00 +0000

I don’t think the Chinese are really that prudish about sex as to make sex toys quasi-legal – and any way what a markup! US$2,800 for a fake vajayjay!

Pretty sure you could rent a real one for a lot less in most places in China, if you wanted to.

By: angusm

angusm — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:09:00 +0000

Do people need to buy sex toys in China? I hear they grow wild, and you can just dig ‘em up.

I saw it on the TV, so it must be true.

By: Kibo

Kibo — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:02:00 +0000

Is it possible that this is just a way for people to buy sex toys discreetly? (How difficult is it normally to buy them in China?)

After all, in the US, selling quasi-legal things discreetly by officially mis-representing their purpose is common — “bath salts” that are really synthetic drugs, “video head cleaner” that’s really poppers, tiny fake roses that are really crack pipes (you throw away the rose and keep the glass tube), etc.

…to say nothing of “massage” businesses that are really prostitution…

By: Quiche de Resistance

Quiche de Resistance — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:45:00 +0000

“1 up”, indeed.

By: P Hirlehey

P Hirlehey — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:41:00 +0000

This is a viral ad for the next American Pie movie.

By: malindrome

malindrome — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:38:00 +0000

The rule is simple: don’t mention any of the “Three Ts and an F” (Tibet, Taiwan, Tiananmen + Falun Gong). Otherwise, it’s all good.

By: Joshua Bardwell

Joshua Bardwell — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:09:00 +0000

To be fair, lots of plants and fungi look like penises and vaginas.

By: Editz

Editz — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:03:00 +0000

So Xi’an TV reporters can just broadcast anything all by themselves without supervisory review? Pretty neat business model!

By: Adam Greenfield

Adam Greenfield — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:53:00 +0000

You think they’d notice it looks like a vagina too…

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:43:00 +0000

You think they’d notice something was amiss when they were trying to hack their way through something with the texture of hard rubber vs every other mushroom they’ve ever eaten.

By: jerwin

jerwin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:42:00 +0000

I wonder if a dildo would work just as well as rhino horn/human horn.

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:41:00 +0000

I just glanced at the article. So they have vaginas growing out of the ground in China? I’m changing my vacation plans.

By: Deidzoeb

Deidzoeb — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:28:00 +0000

I’m frightened about the idea of some people taking this story in the opposite direction: finding big mushrooms, heating them for a few seconds in the microwave, cutting a hole . . .

By: Adam Greenfield

Adam Greenfield — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:24:00 +0000

I wonder how sick you would get if you actually tried to cook and eat one of these.

By: Mitchell Glaser

Mitchell Glaser — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:12:00 +0000

Never buy mushrooms from a novelty store. So chewy.