A lot of people seem to think the robot in “Lost in Space” is hot.

there's literally NO REASON the lost in space robot should have a butt that nice. this was intentional

— aura (@microwavedjets) May 1, 2018

@aurastarss, who was not the only person who had some feelings of attraction to the robot in Netflix’s sci-fi reboot “Lost in Space.” Many others had the same thought. “The ‘Lost in Space’ robot is kind of hot and he could protect me, I’m not ashamed anymore,” @stairwellspirit tweeted. And @AlmondRoboPanda tweeted: “Good morning to the Lost In Space Robot’s butt and no one else.” Netflix even put together a video of all of the “hot robot” takes and shared it with the line “Ya’ll need Jesus.”

In other news about robots and sex …

Here's the deal: getting to fuck robots won't make incels happy because their unhappiness isn't rooted in lack of sex. It's rooted in misogynist anger at not being able to control women.

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) May 2, 2018

@HeerJeet, critiquing the premise of New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat’s column “The Redistribution of Sex.” Douthat explored the idea of redistributing sex (through robots or other means) — a goal of the “incel,” or involuntarily celibate, online community. The piece was angrily critiqued by many on Twitter. 

Ross Douthat makes a grave mistake taking incels at their word that they can't get laid and conflating them with marginalized groups considered unattractive for bigoted reasons. Incels could get laid if they didn't hate women and feel entitled to *hot* women.

— ella dawson-wambsgans (@brosandprose) May 2, 2018

CAN PEOPLE JUST STOP FUCKING SAYING THE PHRASE “REDISTRIBUTION OF SEX” LIKE IT IS AN ACTUAL THING. Sex is not a commodity. Women are not a commodity. Sex workers are not a commodity. Sex is an ACTIVITY. You can’t “redistribute” sex any more than you can “redistribute” dancing.

— Jaclyn “Sexual Anarchist” Friedman 🩸🦷 (@jaclynf) May 2, 2018

Twitter hashtag counters Kanye’s assertion that slavery was a “choice.”

@norek_miller, sharing a picture of the memorial for victims of lynching in Montgomery, Ala., with the hashtag #IfSlaveryWasAChoice. The hashtag emerged as a counterpoint to Kanye West, who told TMZ on Tuesday that slavery “sounds like a choice.” 

12 YEARS A CHOICE just doesn't have the same ring to it.

— [kie.ran] (@danblackroyd) May 1, 2018

Macron’s translation was a diplomatic gaffe.

@workmanalice, joking after French President Emmanuel Macron  committed a diplomatic faux pas — he accidentally called the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s wife “delicious.” The French word for delicious — delicieux — also translates as “delightful.”

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This gorl meme has everything.

@RobertLaing_, sharing an excellent version of the “Gorls” meme that is popping up all over the internet. It’s inspired by Gru, the villain in “Despicable Me,” who pronounces “girls” as “gorls.” People have gotten creative replacing faces with Gru, like this reference to Katy Perry’s song “California Girls.” American Girl dolls, Gwen Stefani’s song “Hollaback Girl” and “The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl” have all gotten the meme treatment.

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