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I don't think that disgust is explainable, so I can't give you an answer. The best analogy I could make is that if I had a roast chicken, but it had a giant sm

by throwaway22032 4y ago

I don't think that disgust is explainable, so I can't give you an answer. The best analogy I could make is that if I had a roast chicken, but it had a giant smelly turd smell, and somehow I knew that it was totally clean and edible, it'd still disgust me. Even if the turd smell went away after a few minutes. It's just weird. There are real humans out there, put down the phone man.

pulvinar 4y ago
Disgust is a strange sense. How often do we stop and think about what all those real humans out there are walking around with in their guts? We're at most only 50% human cells by count, after all.
porkshavings 4y ago
Just to offer a different perspective, this line > There are real humans out there, put down the phone man. was the part of this thread that actually provoked disgust for me. It's akin to telling a person suffering from depression "you should just be happy!" as if they haven't tried. There are people out there who will never succeed in finding human companionship, it's a fact of life. I see it as a positive that they can at least find some form of companionship, because the alternative is a dark path that can lead to self-loathing, radicalization, and in the worst case scenario, violence.
- throwaway22032 4y ago
  Your premise is invalid to me. I wouldn't tell a person with depression to "just be happy", but neither would I allow them to humour the idea of giving up on life. They certainly won't find companionship by giving up and deciding to mess around with bots instead. It's more like telling a depressed person to get some sunlight in the morning or whatever. Is it going to fix everything? No, but you do it anyway, because behaviour is sticky.
  - _piif 3y ago
    I don't think anyone mentioned giving up though. It could very well just be a temporary measure until they find a real partner. Or maybe they never will find one (which could very well be an unfortunate reality for some) in which case they will at least die having experienced some kind of satisfaction.

pulvinar 4y ago

Disgust is a strange sense. How often do we stop and think about what all those real humans out there are walking around with in their guts? We're at most only 50% human cells by count, after all.

porkshavings 4y ago

Just to offer a different perspective, this line > There are real humans out there, put down the phone man. was the part of this thread that actually provoked disgust for me. It's akin to telling a person suffering from depression "you should just be happy!" as if they haven't tried. There are people out there who will never succeed in finding human companionship, it's a fact of life. I see it as a positive that they can at least find some form of companionship, because the alternative is a dark path that can lead to self-loathing, radicalization, and in the worst case scenario, violence.

throwaway22032 4y ago
Your premise is invalid to me. I wouldn't tell a person with depression to "just be happy", but neither would I allow them to humour the idea of giving up on life. They certainly won't find companionship by giving up and deciding to mess around with bots instead. It's more like telling a depressed person to get some sunlight in the morning or whatever. Is it going to fix everything? No, but you do it anyway, because behaviour is sticky.
- _piif 3y ago
  I don't think anyone mentioned giving up though. It could very well just be a temporary measure until they find a real partner. Or maybe they never will find one (which could very well be an unfortunate reality for some) in which case they will at least die having experienced some kind of satisfaction.