Why Tracking Hookups and Orgasms Like Footsteps and Calories May Not Provide You with Personal Insight

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A new sex tracking app, Nipple, made waves with its controversial ad at South by Southwest, but will it really teach us anything new or useful?

Published Mar. 27 2014 5:45AM EDT

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Scissoring for less than five minutes without orgasm with “Hunky,” a non-binary gendered Indian person from Cyprus, while using Nutella, earned me 110 points. At least according to the sex-tracking app, Nipple, it did.

Emily Shire

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Why Tracking Hookups and Orgasms Like Footsteps and Calories May Not Provide You with Personal Insight

A new sex tracking app, Nipple, made waves with its controversial ad at South by Southwest, but will it really teach us anything new or useful?

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Emily Shire