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		ethbro on Jan 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google’s Project Soli radar is sensitive enough to... To expound, why people are taking issue with word choice: fet·ish·ize - verb - Make (something) the object of a sexual fetish. Ergo, fetishizing the technology prolly isn't what you meant.

mc32 on Jan 8, 2019 | [–]

I think it's pretty clear that they meant using the technology to fulfil a (sexual) fetish.

Granted, it's not ordinary usage, but in context, I think the meaning was decipherable.

darkpuma on Jan 9, 2019 | [–]

s/fetishize the technology/fetishize the product of the technology/

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