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Half of this article is this woman seriously personifying her "robot" Correct, because it is her eyes and ears in her workplace, and she sees and talks through
by untog 11y ago
Half of this article is this woman seriously personifying her "robot"
Correct, because it is her eyes and ears in her workplace, and she sees and talks through it every weekday. I find an exploration of what that means to a person to be absolutely fascinating, I'm really not sure what's creepy about it.
- jklinger410 11y agoPersonifying inanimate objects is usually either a metaphor or signifies something unsettling. This article borders on the latter of those two. Sorry, that was just the way I took it. Between the passive aggressiveness >Sam cuts me off. “Em,” she says, “can you control the volume? You’re very loud.” >“I am?” I ask. >“YES,” the entire bullpen yells. And then the obsessive literalness of the personification of the ipad this was a weird read for me.
- mystikal 11y agoWhy is that passive aggressive? Because she asks "I am?" instead of just adjusting the volume?
- jklinger410 11y agoThe entire bullpen yelling YES as if an loud ipad is disturbing their sanity. You know what though? I'm just expressing how the article made me feel. As a reader that's my right. You obviously don't agree with me so let's leave it at that.
- mystikal 11y agoShit man, I just genuinely didn't understand. I haven't even read the article. I would probably call the yelling straightforward aggressiveness, but I'll agree that it's childish, overblown, and reactionary.