I was hoping when I clicked that it would be Rosie!
This made me giggle.
And I too am afraid. Okay, I know, I’m female, so this isn’t for me, but that thing is STILL making me shudder. It’s Uncanny Valley cubed.
It looks like a dude in drag, to me. Is that what it’s supposed to look like?
Hey if it’s good enough for MCR, it’s good enough for an engineer.
Actually, I while it’s not a very sexy story, I don’t think the origin’s all that creepy. They couldn’t sell the doll for its original purpose so they turned to sex, completely understandable. Now if they could do something about the looks…
Instead of the pointless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the government should have plowed billions of dollars into the development and production of sex robots. Imagine, instead of dropping bombs, we dropped sexbots. The wars would have ended years ago. What an opportunity missed, but it may not be too late.
That was exactly my first thought! Now if it looked more like Liv Tyler…
Ya know, I came in here fully prepared to say, “Yes I probably would.” but after reading the article and seeing the pictures I’m not so sure anymore. Personally I think having it talk would be a turn-off. Simulated conversation is not exactly what I’m looking for when I am in the mood to fuck a Real Doll.
So on the subject of Real Dolls, no I probably still wouldn’t be able to. The libido might be saying, “Why aren’t you fucking it yet god damn it?” and my logical and conscious mind probably just would not be able to allow me to.
Make haste, ye would-be lovers of Liv Tyler, for I have seen the future, and it ain’t pretty.
So basically they figured out how to make a robot version of a Real Doll?
They’ve also figured out how to make it infinitely creepier.
And I thought Lars and the Real Doll was the ultimate doll experience that made me want to vomit. I need my eyes gouged out after that link in the OP.
See now, this is where that whole Cylon business began. :eek:
Maybe if they came out with a male version . . . and if I didn’t already have a partner . . . and if I were really old and ugly and repulsive and never left home . . . even then . . . NO.
What really bothers me is: I lost two female friends on 9/11. Damn, why didn’t I come up with this idea? How many guys would love to have two lesbian love dolls to play with? And mine would do much more than talk!
I’m not a guy either, but the article makes me think of something I occasionally ponder: if nano techology becomes really good, could there be human/robot hybrids, with nano substituting for human DNA? Don’t look at me like that, Dean Koontz obviously wondered it too.
Hmmm…
Lantern jaw: check
Massive underbite: check
Ears sculpted by Nick Park: check
Full-body sallow complexion: check
Choker to disguise the fact that the head isn’t attached: check
Yeah, I’m gonna have to go with a no on this one.
I can only imagine that this robot’s creator sculpted her facial features based on what turned him on, and not what he thought the majority of people would like.
An approximation of my thought process:
“Sure, maybe, I guess? opens link Hell no. That is one unattractive sexbot.
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It can’t move, not even its lips or eyes? It would be like fucking a corpse!
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Dear god, what is it wearing? Is that supposed to be sexy?”
Reading the comments I realise why the latter is the case, but that hardly makes a better impression.
nasty piece of work. no
Speaking of Chrissie Hynde:
No way. She looks kind of high maintenance.
Also, I think this guy has seriously misunderstood his potential audience:
No, I don’t think he has actually. His audience isn’t men who are perfectly normal but might entertain the idea of fucking a robot given no other options. His audience is men who can’t seem to interact with other people in such a way to have friends or lovers. That weird guy in your office that you think might go nuts and shoot the place up someday and blushes in such a way when women walk by that you just know he has never touched a boob? That is this robot’s audience.