# "Demolition Man", did \*anyone\* find the "Kinder, Gentler" society of San Angeles appealing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373 "2010-11-30T04:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/21 "2010-11-30T20:34:49Z")
As someone who doesn’t drink or like spicy food, I’m not seeing too much of a problem there. Plus they did have sex, it just wasn’t physical. Oh who am I kidding, a life without getting porked is no life at all. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/22 "2010-11-30T20:37:45Z")
Undercity all the way. I want to live life with blow jobs and alcohol. “I want to run through the streets naked with green Jell-o all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to, okay, pal?” ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/23 "2010-11-30T21:14:33Z")
Remember Bullock’s character had all that 20th Century paraphinalia in her office, and Bratt’s character asked her in there wasn’t anything in the office that wasn’t on the banned list. The most popular radio station only plays the happy happy tv-ad jingles of nearly a century earlier. Verbal Morality Statute. (Misdemeanor, sure.) According to Bullock’s character, “bad language, chocolate, gasoline, uneducational toys and anything spicy. Abortion is also illegal, but then again so is pregnancy if you don’t have a licence.” I think it was meant to portray a nanny-state and/or politically correct society in the extreme. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/24 "2010-11-30T21:48:28Z")
Hey, once you get the hang of the three shells life ain’t so bad! and with Taco Bell being your only dining choice your gonna need the three shells… I’ll go with cryostasis. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/25 "2010-11-30T22:11:05Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Hey, once you get the hang of the three shells life ain’t so bad! and with Taco Bell being your only dining choice your gonna need the three shells… Not even that. No spicy food. We wouldn’t want to inflame the passions, now. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/26 "2010-11-30T22:34:10Z")
Also I’ve always wondered about the 3 seashells and so I went looking and found this. Apparantly Stallone finally had a chance to ask one of the writers and according to Stallone: > [@](#): > > “…it was explained to me by the writer is you hold two seashells like chopsticks, pull gently and scrape what’s left with the third. …” > > – by Sylvester Stallone, on [aint-it-cool.com](http://aint-it-cool.com) > **[Yahoo Search - Web Search](https://search.yahoo.com/)** > > The search engine that helps you find exactly what you're looking for. Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web. And a diagram. > **[I-Mockery.com - How To Use The Three Seashells! The Three Seashells Project!...](http://www.i-mockery.com/shorts/three-seashells/default.php)** > > I-Mockery.com - How To Use The Three Seashells! The Three Seashells Project! Demolition Man! I think I’ll stick to TP. EDIT: PLus what if you had diarrhea? I don’t see the seashells working in those instances ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/27 "2010-11-30T23:21:13Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > Undercity all the way. I want to live life with blow jobs and alcohol. > > “I want to run through the streets naked with green Jell-o all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to, okay, pal?” Your’re right, Denis Leary’s schtick _would_ get old. Still San Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/28 "2010-11-30T23:53:06Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > I can see myself fitting in in KGSA. I’d live about 2 minutes in Undercity. You are an incredibly sensitive person, who inspires joy-joy feelings in all those around you. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/29 "2010-12-01T03:50:22Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > You also can’t have sex You can have sex. Maybe not _fluid exchange_, though… ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/30 "2010-12-01T08:51:07Z")
Sure, but I don’t buy that the weird virtual sex they demonstrated was as good as the real thing, personally (even though I understand the reasons why it was desirable as a way to end what sounded like pretty horrible STDs). ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/31 "2010-12-01T09:04:27Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > Also I’ve always wondered about the 3 seashells and so I went looking and found this. Apparantly Stallone finally had a chance to ask one of the writers and according to Stallone: > > [Yahoo Search - Web Search](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071017014951AA3B8P9) > > And a diagram. > > [http://www.i-mockery.com/shorts/three-seashells/default.php](http://www.i-mockery.com/shorts/three-seashells/default.php) > > I think I’ll stick to TP. :eek: HOLY FUCK! Methinks the writers were just screwing with Stallone to see if he’d actually talk about their explanation in public. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/32 "2010-12-01T14:39:22Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Sure, but I don’t buy that the weird virtual sex they demonstrated was as good as the real thing . . . Unlike the [Orgasmatron.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeper_(film)) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/33 "2010-12-01T22:31:10Z")
Why would any healthy person have to remove large chunks of feces or have much to scrape off. I always envisioned the three seashells as more like whelks anyway. And I never thought about exactly how you’d use them, though now that you’re talking about it…I’d rather not think about it. Anyway, I chose “put me in cryostasis,” but if I had to choose, I’d take the undercity. And I’d build a Statue of Liberty out of rat bones while I was at it. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/34 "2010-12-01T22:35:45Z")
Huh. I always assumed the three shells were control buttons for some kind of futuristic bidet. Pre-wash, wax, air dry? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/35 "2010-12-01T23:35:50Z")
Who’s so afraid of getting murdered that they’d give up everything that’s fun in the world? I’ve never even been punched in my life and I’m sarcastic and love to argue. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/36 "2010-12-01T23:57:03Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > \ > I’m sarcastic and love to argue. No, you’re not and you don’t… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/37 "2010-12-02T00:08:02Z")
Isn’t pornography also illegal in San Angeles? Videophone sex is apparently allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/38 "2010-12-02T00:29:34Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Isn’t pornography also illegal in San Angeles? Videophone sex is apparently allowed. Come to think of it, that’s pretty weird. Not that videophone sex is allowed, but that the woman would be naked for it. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/39 "2010-12-02T23:18:14Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > :eek: HOLY FUCK! > > Methinks the writers were just screwing with Stallone to see if he’d actually talk about their explanation in public. Yep. The whole point of the three seashells joke is that it doesn’t make any sense. If you could come up with a plausible explanation, they’d have chosen something else. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373/40 "2010-12-02T23:23:39Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Come to think of it, that’s pretty weird. > > Not that videophone sex is allowed, but that the woman would be naked for it. She’s not, it’s videophone sex, but with clothes on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demolition-man-did-anyone-find-the-kinder-gentler-society-of-san-angeles-appealing/562373.md?page=3)