# Humping Giant Robots **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 9, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049 "2010-07-09T01:43:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/1 "2010-07-09T01:43:10Z")
My wife was nagging me the other day about playing video games too much. This past week, I was playing through the scenarios for Supreme Commander again, but this time on “hard” difficulty level (Supreme Commander is like StarCraft mixed with MechWarrior.) I have already played through all 3 races in all scenarios already, so this is my 4th time through. I also am playing through MechCommander Gold again as well. I play through all the missions at least once per year, sometimes more. MechCommander is like Mechwarrior but at the squad level. Right after high school, I spent a ton of time playing Cyberball. I still have Cyberball on Mame and play it as often as I can (although not much since my sound card broke.) Cyberball is like American football but using giant robots instead of players. As my wife was nagging me, I realized: what is it about giant robots that makes me keep coming back to the same games over and over? Am I strange? Is my perversion for giant robots unique, or do other people seem to enjoy fondling giant robots as much as I do? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/2 "2010-07-09T01:48:01Z")
Fortunately, the first mental image to come to mind for me for “humping giant robots” likens them to [railroad cars](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/592/what-does-do-not-hump-mean-on-the-side-of-railroad-cars), which is much more mentally palatable than the alternative. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/3 "2010-07-09T02:11:11Z")
Made me think of Robot Chicken. There’s a part where a (man-sized, not giant) robot humps a washing machine or dryer repeatedly. There’s also giant robots in the series, but I don’t think the twain meet. You like giant robots because you are a 5-year old boy. That’s not a bad thing; it says you appreciate the finer things in life. The only think cooler is a Tyrannosaurus Rex in a mech suit. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/4 "2010-07-09T02:19:21Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Made me think of Robot Chicken. There’s a part where a (man-sized, not giant) robot humps a washing machine or dryer repeatedly. There’s also giant robots in the series, but I don’t think the twain meet. Yes, I was debating whether to add (I Enjoy) Humping Giant Robots to avoid this confusion, but wanted the most flexibility in consecutive threads threads. 😃 > [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > You like giant robots because you are a 5-year old boy. That’s not a bad thing; it says you appreciate the finer things in life. The only think cooler is a Tyrannosaurus Rex in a mech suit. No, no, the coolest is when 5 smaller giant robots combine to form a giant tyrannosaurus rex, and it wields a massive, phallus-like sword. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/5 "2010-07-09T07:16:17Z")
Voltron was cool, but I never wanted to hump him. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/6 "2010-07-09T12:54:15Z")
Maybe you’re Japanese. How do you feel about tentacles? ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/7 "2010-07-09T17:15:40Z")
Uh, what about this? [http://i.imgur.com/j5tMM.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/j5tMM.jpg) (NSFW if your boss is a giant robot, I suppose) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/8 "2010-07-09T18:48:35Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Maybe you’re Japanese. How do you feel about tentacles? Those are more fun, but I’d want a turn manipulating them. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/9 "2010-07-09T22:13:42Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Those are more fun, but I’d want a turn manipulating them. I don’t get the tentacle fascination. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/10 "2010-07-10T03:34:06Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Maybe you’re Japanese. How do you feel about tentacles? I’m not Japanese and I got bored of tentacles after like 30 minutes. Maybe if it was a giant robot tentacle, I might be interested. Seriously though, I dunno what it is about the robots…I just keep coming back to them over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/11 "2010-07-10T05:16:50Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > I don’t get the tentacle fascination. It’s a mixture of domination and being able to stuff every orifice full of squirmy goodness. Typing that last sentence makes me feel like I need a shower. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/12 "2010-07-10T05:22:39Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > I don’t get the tentacle fascination. They’re not allowed to look at penises, but 6 foot long green penises are A-OK. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/13 "2010-07-10T05:24:49Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > They’re not allowed to look at penises, but 6 foot long green penises are A-OK. Oh yes, and that too. It was originally a censorship work-around but has now mutated way beyond. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/14 "2010-07-10T05:57:24Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Oh yes, and that too. It was originally a censorship work-around but has now mutated way beyond. Right, but the fact that such a large audience decided that it was a great idea is just interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/15 "2010-07-10T06:01:57Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > …do other people seem to enjoy fondling giant robots as much as I do? Unfortunately, no. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/16 "2010-07-12T22:53:07Z")
So I’m playing through the MechCommander expansion pack right now, and this was the exchange between my wife and myself: Her: What the hell is wrong with you? Me: I love giant robots. Her: **Why don’t you get a model set or something?** My brother and I used to enjoy putting those together when we were young. Me: Why on earth would I want a tiny replica of a giant robot? So, seeing as how the general consensus in this thread is that “something is wrong with you,” is my wife making a mistake in encouraging this as a hobby to me? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humping-giant-robots/546049/17 "2010-07-13T13:15:51Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > It’s a mixture of domination and being able to stuff every orifice full of squirmy goodness. > > Typing that last sentence makes me feel like I need a shower. My advice is to scrub well and go watch _The Iron Giant_ for the 479th time.