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Russian version of the Siri app was accused of homophobia
LNR Media ^ | 04/14/2015

Posted on 04/14/2015 3:02:07 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior

Owners of smartphones and tablets from Apple complained about homophobia in the Russian version of personal assistant Siri. This was reported by one of the users of the video hosting site YouTube. According to him, those interested in the topic of homosexuality are called 'rude' by the Siri.

[...]In a video (in Russian) posted on YouTube, the user talks with a smartphone. "I'd blush if I could," replied Siri in the video to the request "gay clubs around me". On the request to talk about same-sex marriage, Siri remained at first silent, then said: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that." The third question on the same topic Siri responded: "You are rude!"

Version of this app in other languages to inquiries about nearby gay clubs just give the address, the website Lesbiru.com says.

[...]Apple CEO Tim Cook in fall 2014 admitted that he was homosexual. At the end of the March 2015 Cook criticized a series of bills in several U.S. States which, according to his opinion, were discriminatory, including to gays. For example, the Apple CEO opposed the Texas's adoption of a law on deprivation of wages and pensions clerks who register same-sex marriages.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: apple; gay; russia; siri

1 posted on 04/14/2015 3:02:08 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior
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To: Freelance Warrior

Seems like apps have more sense than some people!


2 posted on 04/14/2015 3:38:36 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Uh, oh, someone at Apple is going to be fired.


3 posted on 04/14/2015 3:41:46 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Not to be pedantic ...

“Apps” don’t have sense.

“Apps” do what programmers tell them to do.

Given that this is the Russian version of “siri”, I find it not unreasonable to believe that the programmer is himself Russian.

I am given to understand that the sodomite jihad has not been as successful in Russia as it has been in these United States.


4 posted on 04/14/2015 3:44:56 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: Freelance Warrior

This makes perfect sense to me. There are no homosexuals in Russia.


5 posted on 04/14/2015 3:48:46 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Freelance Warrior
Too funny!

Food for thought for Tim "Indiana Lavender" Cook!

Stick to running the company!

6 posted on 04/14/2015 3:57:53 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Freelance Warrior

It’s funny to see Tim Cook riding in on his civil rights high horse to lecture us about homosexuality, and on the way, he speeds past all the abuses at Apple’s overseas factories.


7 posted on 04/14/2015 5:40:18 AM PDT by TheGipperWasRight
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To: NorthMountain
I am given to understand that the sodomite jihad has not been as successful in Russia as it has been in these United States.

They are having a birth rate crises. They don't have sufficient new population to replace existing aging population and their nation is in Demographic decline.

Homosexuality is the enemy of Population increase. It is the enemy of anything natural.

8 posted on 04/14/2015 7:20:17 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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To: Cowboy Bob

Agreed...


9 posted on 04/14/2015 10:54:13 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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