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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

https://xcancel.com/altryne/status/1872090523420229780#m

The whole thread is terrible; controlling and borderline abusive behavior.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I feel personally attacked because I have a BELOVED dino plush that looks almost exactly like that one, only is, you know, a fucking plush toy not an eldritch horror. They took a perfectly fine toy and ruined it with a stupid chatbot, the girl did the smartest thing and just uses it as a normal plushy.

Also if you listen to the video at the end you can really easily figure out why kids don't like that toy, IT'S FUCKING ANNOYING. Kids don't want to deal with your bullshit and fortunately they don't yet know how to pretend to care.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

This guy's gonna be on whatever remains of Twitter in like 20 years vague posting about the missing missing reasons his kid doesn't talk to him anymore.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"In the meantime, would you like to play a game or maybe hear a fun fact?"
"No."
"That's okay! Is there something else you would like to do or talk about? I'm here to chat about anything you like!"

It's like a deliberately written comedy scene of a character who can't pick up on social cues.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Teaching the girl how to deadpan ignore annoying guys in her DMs for the rest of her life, I mean, valuable skill

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

The video is hilarious. The idiot AI man is so gpt-pilled he cannot figure out that this thing is just bloody annoying!!