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Telenoids
Alright, so these things are supposed to add more of a human element to telephone conversation, by giving the person talking a bit more of a presence with some doll taking the second person's place.
It's also as fucking creepy as Ghost in the Shell's Puppetmaster sans the tits.
Oddly enough, they look like haniwas.
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Someday, people are going to get it right and not drop their human-imitating technologies into the uncanny valley. Someday.
Today is not that day.
Or just turn towards actual humans rather than cheap imitations.
Some people are trying to add a human element to this dehumanized society through dehumanized methods, and are obviously failing at it.
err
do they not have Skype in Japan, or....
Schitzo,
Maybe your Ghost in the Shell comparison is a more accurate one, but I thought they kind of gave off a Neon Genesis Evangelion vibe. I definitely agree about the creepiness factor though.
Do you think the idea is have some sort of physical presence for the other person in the room? Otherwise, it seems a bit weird to me, given the existence of Skype (as Super Lazuli mentioned) and other videophone type stuff. That said, if people actually find the telenoids useful, I cannot really fault them for that.
...I just noticed that they have an I Know That Feel Bro face.
Wouldn't want one of them to hug me like that though.
I would not wanna get within 20 feet of one of these creepy-ass mermaid phone babies.
...What? Do you mean phone sex?
It would be creepy, but it will be done
Jeez, at least you thought this out.
Long distance + No sex at all can make a brain creative...