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This is very close to being a real life form of the "PetStuffers" radio ad in Grand Theft Auto [0]! Highlight: Petstuffers: when you just can't let go,

This is very close to being a real life form of the "PetStuffers" radio ad in Grand Theft Auto [0]! Highlight: Petstuffers: when you just can't let go, and coming soon: Grandparents forever! [0] Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xpZbQsHSHU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xpZbQsHSHU [1] Full Transcript + original longer rant I wrote because this $100K to clone your pet thing rubs me the wrong way: https://gist.github.com/jaytaylor/92a52144d1fec39ef41a6fb94118ca9a https://gist.github.com/jaytaylor/92a52144d1fec39ef41a6fb941... --- P.S. Does this fall under the category of "it's okay to do creepy shit, as long as you're R$CH"? Consider these 2 scenarios: 1. Some guy clones his deceased dog in his garage. Reaction: That sounds creepy 2. Barbra Streisand pays $100,000 to clone her deceased dog. Reaction: Socially acceptable

taneq 8y ago
I think it's more that it's OK to do creepy shit if you're in a clean, brightly lit, sciencey looking place and you have attractive smiling people advertising your expensive services. "Rule 1: Be attractive." applies to companies as well as people.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  > I think it's more that it's OK to do creepy shit if you're in a clean, brightly lit, sciencey looking place and you have attractive smiling people advertising your expensive services. I wonder if it is still, though. The spacious, sterile looking, brightly-lit white rooms inhabited by attractive, perfectly dressed and groomed staff have been a synonym to "some sick dystopian shit is going on here" in books and movies for quite some time now.
  - taneq 8y ago
    Fair point, there's a pretty strong association in pop culture between that kind of science-lab-stock-photo type place and morally questionable scientific experiments.
  - vinceguidry 8y ago
    This is in Asia, which doesn't really share the same pop culture tropes. I seriously doubt this would ever fly in the West.

taneq 8y ago

I think it's more that it's OK to do creepy shit if you're in a clean, brightly lit, sciencey looking place and you have attractive smiling people advertising your expensive services. "Rule 1: Be attractive." applies to companies as well as people.

TeMPOraL 8y ago
> I think it's more that it's OK to do creepy shit if you're in a clean, brightly lit, sciencey looking place and you have attractive smiling people advertising your expensive services. I wonder if it is still, though. The spacious, sterile looking, brightly-lit white rooms inhabited by attractive, perfectly dressed and groomed staff have been a synonym to "some sick dystopian shit is going on here" in books and movies for quite some time now.
- taneq 8y ago
  Fair point, there's a pretty strong association in pop culture between that kind of science-lab-stock-photo type place and morally questionable scientific experiments.
- vinceguidry 8y ago
  This is in Asia, which doesn't really share the same pop culture tropes. I seriously doubt this would ever fly in the West.