# Is this the best job ever? A professional sex toy tester. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547 "2014-08-01T02:48:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/41 "2014-08-04T19:57:50Z")
I repeatedly misread the title of this thread as “sex toy _taster_.” :eek: Don’t know if that’s better or worse than a tester. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/42 "2014-08-04T22:58:42Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I repeatedly misread the title of this thread as “sex toy _taster_.” :eek: > > Don’t know if that’s better or worse than a tester. Just hope it pays more. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/43 "2014-08-04T23:26:03Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Wouldn’t her body become desensitized to the stimulus’s like vibrations after awhile so they would require stronger settings? No, not really. That was a rumor spread by anti-masturbation, anti-feminist nitwits who were afraid that they’d be replaced by vibrators once women learned to open pickle jars and kill our own damn spiders. In fact, women who regularly masturbate, with and without sex toys, experience more orgasms when with a partner, too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/44 "2014-08-04T23:42:43Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I repeatedly misread the title of this thread as “sex toy _taster_.” :eek: > > Don’t know if that’s better or worse than a tester. Well, if it’s a flavored lube, one could be taste tester, so both would apply. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/45 "2014-08-05T00:28:16Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Well, if it’s a flavored lube, one could be taste tester, so both would apply. I heard it tasted like [bacon](http://www.baconaddicts.com/products/bacon-lube-bacon-flavored-personal-lubricant). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/46 "2014-08-05T01:57:06Z")
It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it. A dirty, dirty, filthy job… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/47 "2014-08-05T07:54:22Z")
That’s $32.05 per orgasim. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/48 "2014-08-05T10:18:51Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > No, not really. That was a rumor spread by anti-masturbation, anti-feminist nitwits who were afraid that they’d be replaced by vibrators once women learned to open pickle jars and kill our own damn spiders. In fact, women who regularly masturbate, with and without sex toys, experience more orgasms when with a partner, too. 😉 No, not the same. Their is a big difference between someone who uses one once a day from a person who uses one 15 times a day. I think it would be like cooking. You see professional cooks all the time work with hot pots and pans and over time their fingertips become desensitized to the point they often can handle hot objects without or with fewer hot pads and such. Or similar to guitar players who develop calluses on their fingertips so they can finger guitar strings easier. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/49 "2014-08-05T13:36:29Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > No, not the same. Their is a big difference between someone who uses one once a day from a person who uses one 15 times a day. 15 a week, not day, according to the article. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/50 "2014-08-05T14:37:18Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > You’re forgetting “loss of use”. ☹ > Yeah, lets see the actuaries calculate that dollar figure out: > “She’s blonde… 26… non-smoker… and can’t use her hoo-ha. Use the chart on page 46?” Actually, the chart is on [page 113](http://www.genexservices.com/Portals/171716/docs/1996%20fl%20impairment%20rating%20schedule.pdf). 🆒 > [@Urbanredneck](#): > > No, not the same. Their is a big difference between someone who uses one once a day from a person who uses one 15 times a day. If I may suggest: don’t try to tell people of the opposite gender how their reproductive systems work. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/51 "2014-08-05T14:46:12Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > 15 a week, not day, according to the article. 15 orgasms, not uses. Some of those toys are bound to not…measure up. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/52 "2014-08-06T14:17:35Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I must be old. My first thought was “No way am I getting by on $25k a year”. Uh…wait, wait, wait… $25K for 7 hours a week… (25000/7)\*40 = $142,857 per year before taxes. I wouldn’t mind making half that per year (working 4 hours a day?). I wonder what she considers a benefit package and if she has to pay for it. And that’s 15 orgasms/week for 7 hours of work = averaging 2 orgasms per hour. I wonder if she sets a timer and counts orgasms; nice ratings system. “This one gave me 3 in the alotted hour; this gave me only one.” Or maybe she works twice a day and maintains a cool-down time in between tests. “This one succeeded in only 21 minutes; test #2 with that one in 6 hours.” —G! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/53 "2014-08-06T14:29:11Z")
The article says she lives with her boyfriend’s mother. Hope her office is well-insulated. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/54 "2014-08-07T01:04:46Z")
I could live on $25k if I had a job like that. No wardrobe, entertainment, or transportation expenses. Just food and a roof. > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > The article says she lives with her boyfriend’s mother. Hope her office is well-insulated. Ew! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/55 "2014-08-07T01:34:35Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > She’s also not single, and it’s implied that her partner also works. Even 25k USD isn’t too bad for a second income. > > And the picture in the article is making use of forced perspective, same as that famous picture of the camel spiders. The toys aren’t as big as they look. Camel Spider Sex Toys. Yummmmmmm… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/56 "2014-08-07T18:19:12Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > The article says she lives with her boyfriend’s mother. Hope her office is well-insulated. Does she get to write off her power bill as a business expense? ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/57 "2014-08-07T22:20:34Z")
Read the article. Do you think they worked in the fact that she is a mother often enough? Sheesh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547.md?page=2)