Comments on The Phoenix: Do We Live In "The Age of the Pussyfoot?"

Butlerian Jihad, anyone?

2006-12-11T14:17:00.000-06:00

In typical Yawning Anus fashion I skipped the link...

2006-12-08T02:03:00.000-06:00

In typical Yawning Anus fashion I skipped the links and cut right to the author's own words. What if the owner of such articial companions is drunk and likes to get his pets drunk. What if the owner hates animals and somehow abuses Rity?

Many movies have hinted at the concept, but it sure would be interesting to do a study in the year 2145 on virtual/robotic pets/partners/companions who have suffered, possibly existed, for the sole purpose of receiving the harshest of treatment from humans who keep them around as victims of the darker, baser of desires. Then again, perhaps having a virtual punching bag could cure many of the ills of the world. For instance, I violently sodomize and mercilessly beat my R-2000 model who is capable of screaming, crying, and feeling victimized so I can go home and be at peace with my wife.

African slaves used to fulfill that purpose in the U.S. and single women in many countries fulfill that purpose for others to this day. It's good to know we live in a civilized society that can substitute the virtual and/or robotic for real live humans so we as people can still do horrible things without hurting anything considered "human."

Someday we'll just be thoughts floating in the ai...

2006-12-07T19:32:00.000-06:00

Someday we'll just be thoughts floating in the air and then poof, we won't even be there.

that's a little creepy... it takes the mystery awa...

2006-12-06T22:34:00.000-06:00

that's a little creepy... it takes the mystery away from my mystique.

I think we all have our own personal "Joymaker."It...

2006-12-06T20:42:00.000-06:00

I think we all have our own personal "Joymaker."

It's incredibly fascinating how "science fiction" eventually becomes just "science."

It is getting kinda scary with all this technology...

2006-12-06T18:35:00.000-06:00

It is getting kinda scary with all this technology. The robots are going to take over the world, aren't they Phoenix? Please help me. What should I do? Maybe I will get my own version of a joymaker. I call it a 12-pack of Coors Light.

I've read enough pessimistic sci-fi to know that t...

2006-12-06T18:33:00.000-06:00

I've read enough pessimistic sci-fi to know that the human-obliterating disadvantages of the robot FAR outweigh any slight conveniences they may trick is with in the beginning.

I'm just waiting for those sick child molesters to...

2006-12-06T15:56:00.000-06:00

I'm just waiting for those sick child molesters to get hold of this technology. Ugh.

-- david

I'm just waiting for those sick child molesters to...

2006-12-06T15:54:00.000-06:00

I'm just waiting for those sick child molesters to get hold of this technology. Ugh.

-- david

It's enough to make you want to become a Luddite!

2006-12-06T13:18:00.000-06:00

It's enough to make you want to become a Luddite!

lol- first comes cencorship and now this, and they...

2006-12-06T12:18:00.000-06:00

lol- first comes cencorship and now this, and they call this a democracy..haha.

I want a joymaker! ...I don't think mankind will e...

2006-12-06T10:05:00.000-06:00

I want a joymaker!
...I don't think mankind will ever make it to that yr.

Hey Phoenix,you don't have to wait 'till 2527 for ...

2006-12-06T09:02:00.000-06:00

Hey Phoenix,
you don't have to wait 'till 2527 for some of this stuff. check out America: Freedom to Fascism for a look at the way we will be monitored in the next few years.

I think I'd rather slog through life Rity-less. If...

2006-12-06T08:03:00.000-06:00

I think I'd rather slog through life Rity-less. If I were to have a robot aide, I wouldn't pick a cutesy one like that.

JOYMAKER? LOL...I love that.This Rity creature so...

2006-12-06T05:56:00.000-06:00

JOYMAKER? LOL...I love that.

This Rity creature sounds like some kind of computer virus though? It mean, it can upload/download itself no matter where you are? UGH. No thanks. Isn't it bad enough that our employers can keep track of us day and night because of cell phones/crackberries, etc.?

Creepy! Not for me.Keshi.

2006-12-05T22:44:00.000-06:00

Creepy! Not for me.

Keshi.

oddly enough, "Joymaker" was my nickname in high s...

2006-12-05T21:56:00.000-06:00

oddly enough, "Joymaker" was my nickname in high school :(

don't know about this, you mean it tells you when ...

2006-12-05T21:36:00.000-06:00

don't know about this, you mean it tells you when to and then when to again? sorta like havin' the pointy headed boss with you 24/7, yikes!!

hmmmm...the joymaker idea gets me hot.can Rity com...

2006-12-05T20:37:00.000-06:00

hmmmm...
the joymaker idea gets me hot.

can Rity come in a headless chicken sort, or does he have to be a dog?

Hahahaha! CrAzYness!

2006-12-05T20:02:00.000-06:00

Hahahaha! CrAzYness!

Cool, but creepy for sure! I think technology is g...

2006-12-05T19:43:00.000-06:00

Cool, but creepy for sure! I think technology is gonna make us too dependent and we will evetually screw ourselves. We will end up in the matrix, or are we already? LOL

Ugh. It sounds kind of dangerous, giving up all y...

2006-12-05T17:49:00.000-06:00

Ugh. It sounds kind of dangerous, giving up all your wants and needs and such to a blue dog.
You're right.
Creepy is the word that best fits in.

metal mark: Walmart is Big Brother. They have that...

2006-12-05T15:41:00.000-06:00

metal mark: Walmart is Big Brother. They have that gigantic secret facility in Bentonville, AR storing millions and millions of hours of video footage. Scary.

pixie and KC: I think that pic was taken at Kohl's. They have those weird cloth carts there, and they usually only have 3 of them.

That's exactly what I thought, Pixie! She should'v...

2006-12-05T15:12:00.000-06:00

That's exactly what I thought, Pixie! She should've got a cart. She was only making things hard on herself with that babycarriage.

Do you think the Joymaker would pick up the dry-cleaning, do the laundry, and clean out the shower stall? Oh, and don't forget to clean the toilets, too. I hate that the most. I'd be very joyful if it did all that for me.

Couldnt she get a kart ?But I dont think I would l...

2006-12-05T13:17:00.000-06:00

Couldnt she get a kart ?

But I dont think I would like that much info about me being recorded somewhere, Big brother knows enough as it is...