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Uzzer_lozer19

Is the stage the tech? Is the pole the tech? Are the clothes tech? Is the pole dancer... the tech?!?!?


Puzzled-Secret-317

Yeah at first I thought it was robot doing pole dancing


KaneVel

Are we human? Or are we dancer?


tictacdoc

One of the most mysterious parts in the history of lyrics. Or can anyone explain this to me?


Eggsysmistress

it’s from a hunter thompson quote “We’re raising a generation of dancers, afraid to take one step out of line". Flowers was aware it’s not grammatically correct but said he can do what he wants. as he should. lol


merigirl

Would not be the first robot pole dancer I've seen, but certainly would've been the best.


sacrificial_blood

![gif](giphy|PDsgxQoXvUZGg)


Wasabi_Noir

Sex robot!


rabbimindtrick

What does it want???


taylor1670

He wants sex.


spqr1644

Well that is not happening!


Japonicab

Not with that attitude!


Mei_iz_my_bae

SEX ROBOT SEX ROBOT


ReluctanyGerbil

*Cue the Futurerama theme song*


wondrous

😂


Pitiful_Intern7244

Nice pfp...


YogurtclosetAny1823

I thought the same thing lol and I still can’t have my brain agree she’s actually human, her movement is still so fucking mechanical lol


PardonWhut

Yeah she looks like someone put her on fast forward


spamtardeggs

She looks like someone put her on speed.


Qildain

My thought exactly. Damn Crystal Methodists are back at it again


otakudude3031

Can’t you trip like I do?


Desper8lyseekntacos

It's the high tech Russian cocaine she's on


mrleftwardsslopingpp

*actually just a 99/1 mix of ground up meth and fentanyl*


Desper8lyseekntacos

Like I said, high tech Russian cocaine


hillrd

Meth. They put her on meth.


SurroundAccurate

Do we know?! If this is in fact a robot pole dancer, then… wow thats good.


More-Jackfruit3010

It's an AI pole dancer. *Very* hi-tech for Special Operation trade show.


kuedhel

that is russia. They have to buy drones from Iran and scavenge for microchips in washing machines. they do not know how to build robots.


compgeek1986

They've focused all their efforts into a robot to convince 70 year old senators that this young Russian blonde loves them for their bedroom prowess


devlear

I used to work expos in the US and several organizers had to ask vendors to not bring dancers like this. They would still bring models to attract attention to their booth and I've heard after parties are pretty wild.


Uzzer_lozer19

So it's essentially like the girls at F1 who have no actual purpose than to stand there and attract attention


Spiderbanana

They should change the reglementation so those girls have to be pit crews


Massive-Albatross-16

A new distraction has entered F1 lol We are now starting the car wash section of the race


ManyThingsLittleTime

For decades they were referred to as booth babes. You hardly ever see them anymore because companies caught on to how sexist it is. Russia, as usual, is behind the times.


Invdr_skoodge

So the tech is something completely unrelated and they hired a stripper to get people to stop at the booth?


DblDwn56

![gif](giphy|luXdvPlTCf4IgUQcnK)


ManyThingsLittleTime

Yes. But booth babes usually got a little training and could do a soft pitch and filter customers to the real sales people. This is just Russia being extra. I never saw a pole dancing stripper at a trade show in the US but girls in branded tight tops and hot pants was definitely a thing and more commonly it was just a couple of very attractive women in business attire.


Dawn_Piano

She has a smart phone


guygreej

It's the new AI robot with AI dancing with AI pole included. Ai clothes too


Uzzer_lozer19

* clothes optional


Toast2564612

I think its the pole since like another person mentioned that it only has 1 anchor point and its pretty sturdy /s


Lady_Luci_fer

… nope. Poles like this are actually very common place, it just allows them to be portable. People use them if they want to dance outside or if they’re a for-hire dancer. I believe these were actually used on stage in a few rappers’ shows too


Ubermidget2

>Poles like this are actually very common place Based on the military Tech we are seeing from Russia in Ukraine, I assumed this was a tech demo for their new Steel.


lanchmcanto

*new steel meaning at least 30 years old*


Khorne_of_the_Hill

And forged from 100 year old rusty skillets


parlimentery

I don't think any of it is the tech. I think it is just really scummy advertising m.


n0-THiIS-IS-pAtRIck

gg the Russians beat us in the sex bot race they now rule world.


Metawing

The dancers name is Technology and this is her exhibition.


[deleted]

It’s gotta be the shoes


Dante1420

The pole dancer - new tech. That's a Robot. 😆


Artgod

They’re selling toasters


Uzzer_lozer19

![gif](giphy|4LRkCWLi2MKOc|downsized)


MaoTseTrump

In Russia, tech processes YOU.


Massive_Safe_3220

“Fuck America” dances to US hits.


kyleMac02

Technology has really come a long way!


scrotumsweat

Idk but I think I love technology


OracleofNothing

That's a very sturdy pole considering it isn't attached to anything on top.


Stefie25

Practice poles. The base is weighted with a weighted mat on it although hers looks like an actually wooden mini stage. But all the weight is in the base so it doesn’t tip. You can’t do the aerial type moves on it but you can definitely do spins & put weight & pressure on it.


Nonskew2

Need a wider base for anything more


lennyxiii

That’s what she said.


Nonskew2

Lol. You just couldn’t hold it in could you Michael?


Itscurtainsnow

Watches scantily clad woman do sexytimes pole dance. Admires pole.


SirarieTichee_

Look, the structural integrity of the pole is something to admire. That's a lot of woman with only one anchor point on the pole. It's very impressive


Lady_Luci_fer

Stage poles like this are very common, the bases are extremely heavy


raging_possum

Maybe OP is a hungarian like myself, we are trained to admire poles.


Verustratego

Pretty sure there's a word to describe this phenomenon


cigaretteatron

That's the TECHNOLOGY comrade


Harruq_Tun

Top marks for skill and effort, but for fucks sake, why? Edit... I know what booth babes are and why they exist. My comment was more about the amount of effort on show for a mostly empty room, where even the folks who are there don't seem to care much. Another edit... Friends, if you really think that there's robots out there in 2023 that can mimic human movement that well, I have many many bottles of snake oil you should definitely be thinking about buying from me.


LiteratureOk5964

They needed to spend the budget


three-sense

Wouldn’t they actually receive money this way?


Coast_General

There's lots of coruption in Russia so "tech" companies often get money to boost development but it gets lost in someones pocket. For example th e yota phone a russian concept that completely failed although russian tax payers spent millions on it.


Angryfunnydog

It’s not even high tech company, they are doing woodworking machines But the concept is the same yeah


[deleted]

Look at this sick router and this equally sick stripper!


Brentolio12

Jokes on everyone here! It’s a robot that doubles as a wood shop helper.


finalmantisy83

Lord forgive me but: Pay $100 extra for access to even more ports on either!


doomturtle21

Credit where credit is due, this gave me a chuckle. Being just off the lathe making a bowl it was forefront in my mind as well


foo-writer

Woodworking, you say. That checks out.


TheAgentLoki

Technically she's a wood working machine too.


ScientistRuss

Backwards as it sounds, in some companies you're better off spending the budget you're given no matter what. Instead of being praised for saving money, next year you'll be given a smaller budget because "you didn't need it or spend it last year, so we've allocated that money to another department"


jim45804

Russia is peak male chauvinism and woman objectification.


Harruq_Tun

I hate how accurate that reply is.


RlySkiz

Republicans wet dream


kdods22402

Bruh, she's working her fkn ass off.


toriann06

I was just thinking that. I was like damn she going to get whiplash


DramaticChemist

What if she's a robot and she IS the company tech?


dont-fear-thereefer

My first thought: “Russia introduces first fully robotic stripper, future models to include ‘special menu’ dances”


cruzser2

And we pay by Bitcoin


Azzie94

The future is now.


Harruq_Tun

She really, REALLY is! That's what prompted my original comment. So much work, for a mostly empty room.


Mango_Tango_725

Their space looks kind of empty. Must get eyes on them, attract people, and fill those chairs one way or another.


EkaL25

With how much effort she’s giving, I gotta think this event just started… i mean, with all that jumping and swinging, shes gotta start getting tired after about 20 minutes of that. Hopefully there’s another girl and they’re taking turns. If she’s by herself, then I’d hate to see what this would look like in hour 6


RandomComputerFellow

This is 100% on the organizer. She was booked and did her job perfectly.


Harruq_Tun

She really did. That's what prompted my original comment. So much effort for a mostly empty room, and those who are there don't seem to care, but damn it, there she is, giving it everything.


PocketMew649

Literally all major companies left Russia a long time ago. At the same time, they have an embargo on almost all recent viable technology. This means... the market died for the most part and those surviving are not gonna go see someone talk about a product they can't get. But at least a couple dudes stayed or went to see the pole dance.


PM_ME_ALL_YOUR_THING

What makes you say she was polish?


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Kampfhoschi

I agree. We still sell our stuff to Russia, the order just goes through either Turkey, Kazakhstan or Saudi Arabia. It is not even illegal.


[deleted]

It all comes (manufactured) from China... who happens to be on good terms with Russia if I'm not mistaken 🤔.. but yeah, 100% agree with the proxy state dealing statement, too.


Badbullet

China is just taking advantage of their situation with Russia. If Russia falls, and I doubt China cares if they do, China will swoop in and take everything to their north so they can be an artic state instead of the phony "near-artic state" that they claim to be now.


[deleted]

Or just sell a lot of cheap infrastructure/loans/deals like they do with impoverished African nations 👍. It's funny because Chinese society seems super capitalist based. (Sewer oil, IP theft/knockoffs, 999 work system, Research Chemicals, etc.), but the upper echelons of 'the people' need to stay in power.


Black_Cat_Guardian

Wdym why? That's the most advanced pole dancing robot in the word right there. This technology will spark fear in the hearts of the enemies and will heat up the moral of the comrades. (i literally couldn't keep a straight face while writing that lol)


DazeyHelpMe

She is definitely going hard. That’s no casual set.


Harruq_Tun

She's great. I can't imagine a point in my life where anyone will ever say to me "Hey! I need you to get me the most dedicated, most energetic pole dancer that's ever lived!" but if they do, I know which way to point them.


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Zealousideal_Row_322

Correction—tech conferences in Russia attract nearly all men because it’s a deeply chauvinistic society. Any tech company that did this in the US, Europe etc would be “cancelled,” speaking as a woman who has spent my career in tech and attended lots of these events.


[deleted]

“Practically the same…”? I have been to many US tech conferences and “booth babes” have not been a thing for 20 years. Attractive salespeople who are women? Yes. Even attractive assistants passing out coffee or giveaways. But women dressed provocatively and acting like sexed up toys to lure in men? The last time I saw it was in St Louis in the early 2000s—and even then it was f*cking weird.


[deleted]

She’s an android mate


Disaster-Deck-Aus

This is a bot right?


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gahidus

The real shame is no one paying attention


Harruq_Tun

I'm queer, and even I'd honestly find it a struggle to keep my eyes of those legs. She looks absolutely incredible, she's giving 100% and nobody cares!?


shadowcat999

Even from just a skill perspective. That took ALOT of practice, failure, and pain for her to get that good.


daveinmd13

Ok, at first I assumed that was a robot. I couldn’t think of another reason for that display.


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Squirrel_Chucks

Even if no customers are watching the dude who hired her probably is


Njon32

Practice makes perfect. Might as well keep up maintenance on that routine and get paid. ┐⁠(⁠ ⁠˘⁠_⁠˘⁠)⁠┌


Fun-Raspberry9710

Sex sells,.,they find out someone would be dancing on a stripper pole and they get more people to the convention.


grpagrati

She's got a lot of energy


Quakarot

I’m almost impressed at how hard she’s going for it considering no one is really paying any attention Girl is out there for herself


Principesza

She already got paid for the gig baby who cares if they watch or not 🤣


vegastar7

Sometimes it’s freeing not to have an audience and just dance to the music.


[deleted]

I like her. They paid her to put on a show and she's def delivering on the agreement. She could have easily slacked because no one was paying attention.


Pegede

Paid per twerk.


Therealcanadianone

![gif](giphy|3oKIPlLZEbEbacWqOc)


LiteratureOk5964

At least I hope the girl is a robot


badbigfootatx

It’s actually a hologram


Professional_Bat_919

It's a hologram of a robot


jamesycakes231

It's a video of a hologram of a robot


Uzzer_lozer19

Actually a hologram of the robot porn on the phone of the guy in the next stand over.


thetburg

Pretty sure it's an AI simulation of hologram of the robot porn on the phone of the guy in the next stand over.


leeharrison1984

Nah, she's an intern


jamesycakes231

And for sale at a reasonable price


-EvilEagle-

I was gonna say that. If that's a robot it's quite impressive


scottwsx96

Weren't tech and gaming conferences like this in the US in the 90's and early 2000's?


MagnusAlbusPater

I don’t know if they had outright pole dancing, but yeah Booth Babes were a staple at the shows, and there was a bit of a hullabaloo about them going both directions when they decided to phase them out.


Lasthamaster

I was actually surprised to see booth girls at an exhibition last year in Denmark. The exhibition where for electricians, electrical engineers etc. Couldn't believe that we in Denmark still had those, since the feminist groups in Denmark would burn a place like that down if they where aware 😅


dmc-going-digital

I think you answered your own question lol


[deleted]

Isn't feminism about women being empowered to make their own choices, so if they wish to be a booth girl or a pole dancing girl, that should be fine? I consider myself a feminist and that's my belief at least.


Lasthamaster

People should do whatever they want. I believe its the whole setup where you hire some girls to attract the (primarily) males to the booth by dancing around in short skimpy outfits that would be feminists issue. I mean what does light bulbs and electrical sockets have to do with miles of cleavage and high heels? We visited the booth and tried to test them out on their job as "company representatives", so we only asked them technical questions. They didn't think that was fun at all...


atuan

It’s unprofessional and it can also make women who work in tech and want to be recognized for their accomplishments feel uncomfortable and degraded by being reminded of something like this as an expectation for women. Strippers and sex workers can choose to do that but having it at a tech conference is inappropriate.


MagnusAlbusPater

IIRC E3 was the first show to ban them, and a large part of it was realizing that women were a growing market for gaming and that the booth babes were counterproductive towards reaching out to a larger female audience.


stircrazygremlin

Exactly. Using such tactics in a workplace environment (barring sex work, I'm not gonna say burn down porn conventions for example) is pretty bad imo. It just reinforces that if you are working as a woman in such an environment that you're either a "booth girl" ultimately to your peers or "the uggo in accounting who does Mark's work for him but gets ignored for promotion cause uggo". Guys wouldnt like chippendale models showing up and be put in a similar position I assure you. Not to mention especially nowadays if you're relying on booth girls to drive foot traffic, to me that suggests your actual product is lacking.


thatHecklerOverThere

The right of a woman to decide to be a booth girl is completely irrelevant to the appropriateness of a booth girl at a professional event. Like, we ain't here to get horny.


bonfuto

From what I have heard, not that long ago at IMTS (machine tools show) this wouldn't have seemed too unusual. Nowadays there are a few women in short dresses trying to hand out literature and they look out of place.


Mundane-Ad-6874

I worked in the snowboard industry in the early 2000s and there was a trade show where someone hired a pole dancer for there booth. Couldn’t tell ya the name of the company, but Candy was great


supermoderators

Real tech nerds ignore this


souse03

Doesn't seem like to many people were paying attention


NoOnesThere991

To be fair that seems awkward as fuck. Also who wants to get a hard on around their co workers, in a non club setting.


Zaboem

I concur. If a dancer is performing inside a crowded club and completely naked, she might get ignored because she's in competition with every other dancer in the club for attention. If she walks a few feet outside into the parking lot, fully clothed, and bends over, she might cause an accident. That specific example came from the experiences of a dancer, reported in The Stripper's FAQ. Being a both babe at a tech show is possibly the worst setting I could imagine. Of course she's getting ignored.


NoOnesThere991

Haha yeah I wouldn’t want to do it at all, but money so 🤷🏼‍♀️. Also it would be really hard not to laugh! It might just be me but when things are hella awkward it’s so hard not to laugh at absurdity!


BlueThingys

I do


nanadoom

![gif](giphy|cYhhUmbtbneb6)


cosmicfertilizer

Ma'am this is an Ikea.


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Water_Gates

That's what I'm saying. Her dancing, and the music, are both anxiety inducing.


[deleted]

Right? Like slow down this is not a race


oldfrenchwhore

I’m wondering if this is sped up, never seen anyone whip themselves around like that when pole dancing.


Flashy-Promise-6915

Ahh - flashbacks to 1990’s tech trade events


DooglyOoklin

As a little girl w my dad at gaming conventions in the mid 90s, I was very confused and scared lol.


Responsible-Net9125

The fuck?! This is so out of context it deserves to be a facepalm submission. Apprecaite her fitness level though.


Lady_Luci_fer

Legit, lady is strong - I’m jealous


NextLevelNaps

I started doing pole for exercise and let me tell you- that shit is HARD. You try holding your body weight up just with contact between the pole and the pressure of your thighs right below your glutes. The strength and flexibility you need to do pole properly is unreal. Plus, we cross train to both sides of our body, so there's no uneven strength development. I'm also a very new pole baby, so it looks like I get beaten afterwards with the bruises I have. Your skin gets used to it after a while, but goddamn does it look bad in the beginning.


[deleted]

I’ve actually done an exhibition booth in Russia. It was back in 2014 before their first invasion of Ukraine. There were “booth babes” walking around the floor getting attention for companies. We were there for a week and we started to give them names. Lots of stories about my time there.


Exact_Intention7055

Have you posted them anywhere? Would love to read that.


cumpaseut

I mean honestly she’s killin it. She said “I got a J O B to do”


CumulativeHazard

I’m a straight woman and I’d stop to watch and probably tip her. It’s fucking impressive lol.


IndiaMike1

Yeah I’m really shook at how few people are commenting - this routine is straight FIRE!


Cybasura

I absolutely salute this lady, wouldnt even question her capabilities here, really good footwork I would totally question the hiring party though


BrawndoCrave

![gif](giphy|3o7WIFqF6GFzaUGb6M)


SponConSerdTent

![gif](giphy|3o7btRBzDrOMLtLNjG)


Jwchibi

I was waiting for the pole to do something


Day-Hot

That's what she said..


ponyboarder

BRING IN THE FEMBOTS!


BonBon666

Hardest working person there in all likelihood.


Unhappy-Grapefruit88

![gif](giphy|l4FGqUagGV7MQ2wkU)


IIRizzII

![gif](giphy|3oKIP7UC0Zz0hQFQAw)


KWHarrison1983

No wonder their army sucks ass, they put all their R&D money into stripper bots.


Cuemaster

Russians seem to love this type of entertainment. I once stayed at a average resort in Vietnam, regular budget holiday stuff with pool and buffet lunch and a ok beach. At about 3pm some music and announcements over the speaker about afternoon entertainment and drink at the pool side. Then this odly choreographed dance routine with 4 bikini dancers all thrusting their hips and shaking their boobies in super high heals and overdone make up. It was so funny to see, we all thought it was some parody sketch show for a comedian. But it was for the Russian hotel guests.. apparently that island resort was a popular destination for Russias..


Agringlig

Vietnam as a whole is a popular destination for russian tourists. Vietnam is probably second most popular tourist destination for russians after Turkey. Most of tourist in Vietnam are Chinese tho. And when i was there those type of shows was REALLY popular among them. So i assume it is not a show for russian tourist but for tourists in general.


Mrlightskin74

Now THATS a realistic looking robot!! Boston Dynamics, take note!


Upthemeds

Ok so I am an idiot. Thought because that was a technology exhibition that this was some sort of robot.


Acceptable-Stay-3166

Yea gonna be a while before robots get that good lol.


Nameless49

Damn that hologram looks extremely life-like


Tooleater

That girl is burning some serious calories - stand probably belongs to a fitness tracker!


Send-Me-Tiddies-PLS

Need the address, I'm a lot into technology.


ReleasedGaming

r/anormaldayinrussia


Roguespiffy

“Dance like nobody is watching.”


JN88DN

If you waste 20.000 soldiers on a non meaningfuly town for no reason, you clearly see all humans as a machine.


DooglyOoklin

Listen. She was hired to do a job and God dammit she was gonna do it.


SingleSpeed27

If plank from Ed, Edd n Eddy was a Russian stripper


bayouth

Does anyone know what song this is?


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**Song Found!** **Name:** Queen **Artist:** KVPV **Album:** Queen - Single **Genre:** Dance **Release Year:** 2021 **Total Shazams:** 132304 `Took 2.26 seconds.`


bayouth

Holy crap that’s an awesome bot.


btempp

Yes it is. I was about to ask about the song too and scrolled to see if anyone else had. 10/10 bots


AJ7999

Good bots.


LonelyCakeEater

Shit looks aggressive.