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    Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot

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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    09/11/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    Oh my, there's just so many dieselsweeties strips I could post righ now I can't choose a single one
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    I resent you saying that Kirk falls in lust every other week.

    Kirk never had a 14 day dry spell in his life.
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    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    Watching Star Trek as a kid I always felt sorry for Flint. Here he worked so hard to create his girlfriend only to have Kirk come and make her 'die'.

    The Roger Korby one always creeped me out even as a child.

    On a Buffy note: having lovable John Ritter playing such vile character was a stroke of genius.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    As an aside, I've found that "They've returned from the dead" is an important signal generally.

    Alone, and without one of the other factors mentioned above such as dance style, it may not be sufficient to establish that your significant other is a robot, but it almost certainly signifies something that you should be aware of, and almost certainly, avoid.

    Also, if your significant other does not do any of the above except for having returned from the dead, but also does not do much of anything else and has a very stiff personality, he or she may not in fact have returned from the dead at all, and may, in fact, actually still be dead. This may or may not be a deal-breaker for you, but it's probably not something you want to find out on your honeymoon.
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    Image of geiko geiko
    09/10/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: necrophiliasy ftw?
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    One word: rivets.
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    Image of Renako Renako
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    Don't forget that their spines glow red during sex! Telltale sign, right there.
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    Image of B B
    09/10/09

    @Renako: This is why you should always do it doggy-style, that way you'll know.
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    09/10/09

    @B: the judges also would have accepted "reverse cowgirl"
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    09/10/09

    @jajbowler: What score would they give for 'extensive system of mirrors'?
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    09/10/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: if i had to guess, that would likely supersede any and all point-based value systems and proceed straight into "fist-bump" territory.
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/10/09

    @B: Or with the lights completely off; that should light the place up like a disco if your partner is a Cylon.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/11/09

    @jajbowler: Dont forget video taping.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    What is wrong with dating a robot? As long as he is not trying to kill you to stop you from giving birth to the savior of mankind, I see nothing wrong with a little robot love.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    09/10/09

    @LittleDragon: Clearly you've never watched the filmstrips about Electric Gonorrhea: the Noisy Killer.
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    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    09/10/09

    @braak: Hmmm, that explains the static shocks and the smell of burning insulation...
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    Well, that's two xkcd strips in one day. Go for three!
    Also, no Futurama?
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    Nobody I've ever dated has been Three Laws-compliant, so I've got that going for me. Which is nice.
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    09/11/09

    @redqueenmeg: I'd imagine it'd make any kind of BDSM a little ...problematic.
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/11/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Well, unless you made it clear at the beginning what your definition of "harm" was. I was using an expanded one to include mental harm, just for the sake of the gag. :)
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    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    09/11/09

    @redqueenmeg: I see what you did there.
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    Image of vinylrake vinylrake
    09/11/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: It's important to make sure your 'safe' word sounds a lot like the sound you involuntarily make as you are being crushed to death in a robot hug/gasping for air/bleeding profusely, etc.
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/11/09

    @VisibleHand: Which thing that I did?
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    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    09/14/09

    @redqueenmeg: I was referring to "just for the sake of the gag" line. Which was hilarious if it was intentional.
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    05/21/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    Ahem... Cherry 2000?
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    Image of jeremedia jeremedia
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    Can't forget these too (especially her): [www.stat.osu.edu]
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/20/09

    @jeremedia: Yeah, thought about them... but who do they kill?
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    Image of Barrie Corp Barrie Corp
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    Galaxina (with Dorothy Stratton) wasn't a sexbot. She was a pilot that reprogrammed herself for sex. I know... splittin hairs.


    However, you did forget to mention the Japanese classic Robotrix, which featured Amy Yip. But then now that I think about it, she was also not programmed for sex, but I'm not sure what she was programmed for. I just remember she looked sexiful.

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/20/09

    @Barrie Corp: I certainly have never forgotten Robotrix... posted a clip from it a while back: [io9.com]
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    Image of neolex neolex
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    I am, somewhat dissappointedly, surprised there are no killy android sexbots on the list, only killy gynoid sexbots...


    And then I stopped to realise, I can't think of any instances of such. Anyone else know of any?

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/20/09

    @neolex: There are like three or four male sexbots on the list actually.
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    It's only a matter of time before Lady GaGa's programing goes haywire and she goes on a brutal killing spree. Is no one else concerned about this?
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    There are also killer sexbots (Boomers in this case) in the anime Parasite Dolls.


    It's only an ok anime, so if you haven't seen it don't sweat it. The art's decent though.


    And, of course, anime seems to just love sexbots and sexbots that go rogue.

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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    05/20/09

    @Belabras: Truer words have never been spoken.
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