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Letting 'studies' determine the course of your life seems pretty robotic to me.
And dismissing your own biological impulses as 'fluffy puffy feelings' doesn't strike me as the best way to enjoy the human experience either.
I'm not talking about settling for something less than ideal, I'm talking about the way you choose what's ideal in the first place.
Maybe you can't read, but I pick the ones who fulfill my criteria who ALSO give me the fluffy-puffies. Its not either-or.
That's what you seem to fail to understand.
Are you like in your 20s or something?
Newsflash: All you need is love is a total lie.
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Haven't had that problem.
I agree the man/woman thing was a bad example. But the showering thing? Is.
You haven't. But loads and loads of people do.
And I don't know what to say about the showering thing. I can't recall meeting women that don't seem to shower. Not since my punk squat living days, that is.
My "checklist" is not necessarily what I want or must have in a mate, like income or looks as it is based on past relationships and a list of attributes designated: don't make that mistake again.
Also, I am not good with technology, cant master my phone even. I prefer outside, being in the woods, walking the creeks and watching wildlife to sitting in front of a computer, playing candy crush on a smart phone or watching TV so I don't know what the heck Id do with a robot.
Although I do have one of those robotic vacuum cleaners, I call her Rosie, and as handy as she is she is still one big pain in the arse.
Maybe you can't read, but I pick the ones who fulfill my criteria who ALSO give me the fluffy-puffies. Its not either-or.
That's what you seem to fail to understand.
Are you like in your 20s or something?
Newsflash: All you need is love is a total lie.
No I'm not like in my 20s.
Yes, once again I failed to grasp your complexity, so I obviously can't read.
Newsflash: I didn't say all you need is love.
And talk about making it either-or... apparently you need to be all about criteria and scientific studies (with fluffy puffy 'feelings' simply being another item on your romantic wish list) or you're a child who thinks that your first crush is going to last forever. How very binary!
Only if it has real feelings and emotions, eat and poop and age like I will. No need to charge battery and can fly like Superman
A real puppy is way better than the soft toy pet that barks.
No I would not. I would miss the human touch with imperfections and all, and I think it would get monotonous and boring after a while. I'm also not a checklist person, I've always just gone with the flow.
Since this is the same subject matter though, I really enjoyed this film:
No. I want to be loved. A robot can't really love me. I prefer being loved by real people. And my real husband is more perfect for me than a robot because he is real. And an imperfect person is so much more interesting than a perfect robot.
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If someone invented a supersmart superfunny supersexy robot who was all about you, was physically attractive to you (and could be customized to suit your preferences) behaved exactly how you would want your partner to behave (I don't mean perpetual acquiescence, I mean it would also draw up boundaries and have self-respect), made a good salary (or not, if you find that too threatening), boosted your confidence/elevated your social status at every turn, and could also reproduce... would you choose it over an actual human?
I'm just asking because I've read so many threads on this forum where people are looking for/selling themselves based on specific qualities that they possess and I'm wondering if those qualities are somehow more important than actually connecting with a person. I mean, I hear a lot about how people are becoming more narcissistic and everything so it doesn't seem all that implausible to me.
Of course, this isn't something that people would be readily open to admit, so I'm expecting most people to say no... but at the same time, it's something that interests me and I'd like to hear what you think and also what you think other people really want from their SO.
Some people are okay with just a regular mannequin; others prefer the actual robot.
Some people just don't understand what genuine connections are these days. They're too consumed with video games and materialism that feeds into their narcissistic tendencies they lose touch w/being human themselves. In a way, they are a bunch of drones looking for a robot mate. For them that's better than having to grow old with someone.
How could I not be threatened by someone so unbelievably awesome? I'm pretty sure most of the other people on this board would feel the same way-- you're that great.
Part of my point is that the idea of having a list in the first place means you're choosing someone based on a very narrow view of yourself and other people, much like how a robot would choose his or her SO.
the OP does have a point
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