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I like the spirit but the ugly righteous fervour has me seeking another sign.

• photonthug 3y ago
  That’s the joke, but also not a joke. Is it meaningful to hear thank-yous from objects? It is not, and dialing up to butler-level cautious deference won’t help, it just adds more noise. One can explain this stuff every time they get annoyed by a gps robot or incoming text message derailing actual human conversation, but it gets tedious. May as well explain in terms of divine beings and holy tongues
  • apsurd 3y ago
    I think I agree but that's because business-interests always take things to their gross extreme. Humans love anthropomorphizing things and I don't think that's a bad thing. A well placed smiley face really does spark positive ~vibes~
    • photonthug 3y ago
      Corporate aside, there’s also a question of what we want etiquette to look like between people, ie whether I want my own need for positive vibes from not-present others to disrupt or dominate interactions with people who are present. I wish it were generally recognized that if you have a robot you refuse to disable that is rudely thrusting itself on to me, then you are being rude to me. Listening to people negotiate with their malfunctioning alexa or ok-google is obnoxious, and that’s just the active annoyance, setting aside my consent to being recorded, etc.
• klyrs 3y ago
  Really? For me, it was "and I will NEVER speak to you." As if I can go five minutes without cussing at an inanimate object. We can't establish precedent that they're allowed to speak when spoken to....
• Terr_ 3y ago
  I think what I dislike about it is that it implies even actual non-human sentience must be oppressed. Being angry at chintzy fake stuff, on the other hand, is a much more limited and reasonable proposition.