What Sex is Your Robot? 263
Ant writes "Technology Review has an article about how the more robots interact with humans, the more important their apparent gender becomes."
After Goliath's defeat, giants ceased to command respect. - Freeman Dyson
Do you have to ask? (Score:5, Funny)
This is the first time... (Score:5, Funny)
my robot (Score:2, Funny)
It's another kind of Transformer. More than meets the eye.
This way I can expand my sexual horizon.
you can tell how disturbing this is (Score:5, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:2, Funny)
Of course ... (Score:2, Funny)
I want a gay robot (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Check the article... (Score:4, Funny)
Flip it over and check.
Umm (Score:5, Funny)
Although, I suppose with good enough pseudo-randomness it might work.
For the last time ... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:If the robots were categorized by sex... (Score:3, Funny)
Hm.. let me think (Score:3, Funny)
Well, you have to ask yourself some questions
Does it have a 'probe'?
Does it have a connector for input devices?
Imho, determining the sex sounds quite easy.
When it comes to what kind of sex my robot is..... (Score:1, Funny)
Easy (Score:3, Funny)
My robot is neuter... (Score:4, Funny)
That's funny, though. The interior kind of smells of blood. And everyone's really secretive about how they actually built these things.
And I'm sure it shouldn't have gone off on its own like that that one time.
Those two times.
OK, those three times. And that one ended up messy. And hang on... that's just armour plating! It's not a robot at all! What's going on here?
OH MY GOD IT'S MY MOTHER! AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH! AAAAASUKAAAAAA!
Cue the Futurama quotes (Score:5, Funny)
"Hey, great idea!"
*gasp* "But those girls don't wear cases! You can see their bare circuits!"
Oh (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It's a Unic (Score:5, Funny)
[Snicker] [Chortle] [Coffee-out-the-nose Snort]
You would have to post this right after the "This is going to be the best prom, ever!" comment.hah (Score:2, Funny)
Research.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:If the robots were categorized by sex... (Score:1, Funny)
This is just great! (Score:5, Funny)
Great idea! Let us intruduce sexism to robots!
I ask you, is this really a world we want our robots to live in?!
Re:my robot (Score:5, Funny)
Today on Dr. Phil, "Me and my trans-sexual robot, are we healthy"?
Re:I want a gay robot (Score:3, Funny)
Queer (Robotic) Eye for the Straight (Scientist) Guy?
its the same as computers (Score:5, Funny)
The women decided that computers are masculine because:
-In order to gain their attention, you have to turn them on.
-They are full of data, but are still clueless.
-They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but most of the time they are the problem.
-As soon as you commit to one, you realise that if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better one.
The men decided that computers are feminine because:
-No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
-The language they use to communicate with each other is totally incomprehensible.
-Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
-As soon as you commit to them, you spend half your disposable income on buying accesories for them.
Equal rights for female robots! (Score:3, Funny)
HK-47 (Score:2, Funny)
Only you quivering meatbags worry about such things.
Neither (Score:3, Funny)
re: this is the first time... (Score:5, Funny)
[looks at keyboard]
"ain't that right, betty?"
ed
Re:Easy (Score:1, Funny)
Technofetishism (Score:2, Funny)
This is nothing... I read it first as "What Sex is [Best With] Your Robot?" and have even started to write quite an interesting essay on the subject, entitled "Robosexualism and Technofetishism in Modern Academia," only to have it deleted later in utter embarrassment, after one of my coworkers has read what I was just writing... I don't know which part of "No, it is not my diary, for God's sake! It is a scientific anallysis for Slashdot community!" he doesn't understand...
Why, they're... (Score:5, Funny)
(sayonara karma)
Vibes? (Score:1, Funny)
(I guess this is the point where I mention I'm off getting the vibe for my wife out of the toychest and bringing it back to bed for a mechanical threesome)
(Dammit, that's not a good enough excuse, now I'll have to post this anonymously.)
this mirrors a Star Trek TOS quote (Score:4, Funny)
Anyone else read this (Score:0, Funny)
yes.
Sorry (Score:2, Funny)
I'm sorry but I stopped reading right here, for I am not quite sure whether I want to read about it...
From the article (Score:2, Funny)
Guess he's not running AMD then?
Re:I want a gay robot (Score:5, Funny)
Wouldn't you be afraid that "loving a gay robot" might make your backdoor somehow vulnerable to his exploit, so to speak?
Neither...They're too expensive for me to have one (Score:1, Funny)
The "Interactive sensory response system" is another $1500, and the "hip gyration" is god knows how much more!
scroll to the bottom of this page [realdoll.com] to see these options.
femail, dah (Score:3, Funny)
That sounds like a woman to me. And no, I am not single...
Re:Umm (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Check the article... (Score:5, Funny)
Me: So you're saying this thing will vacuum all the floors in my house?
Sales associate: Yes
Me: Will it also give me a blowjob when it's done?
Sales associate: Uh, no.
Me: Looks like I'll be getting back together with my girlfriend after all.
Re:Do you have to ask? (Score:4, Funny)
Macs are the best gay computers (Score:3, Funny)
Disclaimer: I am a very happy Mac owner (iBook) - this is in no way an anti-Mac post.
Satanic Robot Chicks (Score:2, Funny)
Not that anyone reading Slashdot would want to disengage from human society and take solace with a bunch of anthropomorphic circuits.
*thinks*
Oh dear.
Re:Umm (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Do you have to ask? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Umm (Score:4, Funny)
Transgenders: more than meets the eye (Score:3, Funny)
I removed my robot's nuts, and it just totally fell apart.
Re:Sex shops (Score:3, Funny)
Re:my robot (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, as long as you remember to always clean up afterwards with a mild cleanser and lint-free cloth, you will avoid all sorts of nasty bacteria buildup, and stay healthy.
Oh, you meant mentally and emotionally? Wait, I didn't really mean to come on this show, I thought it was 'Springer'. No, I don't want to talk about it, let me out of here!!
Re: this is the first time... (Score:5, Funny)
They hate it when you do that.
[this joke wasn't "stolen", it was "shared"]