Posted on 11/19/2015 1:57:37 PM PST by C19fan
If a real cat isn't an option for you, this could be a way around that.
Toy company Hasbro is offering a new adult toy, Companion Pets, targeted specifically for seniors. The "Joy for All" pets are robotic cats that "look, feel and sound like real cats," Hasbro says.
There are three different-colored cats to choose from on the website. All are priced at $99.99.
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Japanese Sexbot Piing!
Robotic cat. Yeah....uh, no.
BAH! Just another toy my wife will want batteries for...
Do you suppose they do crazy running through the house at odd times? Can they sit on you so as to put weight on your bladder at 3 a.m.? I wonder if they “answer” when you talk to them, like our Bob does?
Does the “I” in “AI” stand for “instinct”?
Does it jump when it sees a cucumber?
Perhaps if my neighbors would switch to robot cats, their real cats wouldn’t keep coming over to kill the birds at my feeder as well as pissing on everything. I think I’m all for robot cats. Good invention!
We have become an asylum of a nation.
Ask your doctor if D cells are right for you ;)
Well yea but this has nothing to do with it.
Eventually, assuming we survive the GOP, we will get to that sci-fi place where artificial cats are very real in most ways rather than a toy. This is a great idea for older folks/companion animals. It’s just the first step.
Perception is reality.
Oh well, at least a robot cat won’t piss on my stuff.
I’m sure they’d appreciate an electronic pussy.
Well I hear they are easier to clean up after since the crap batteries.
Kidding aside, exactly.
That alone keeps pets out of old folks homes. Then there’s the allergy thing, general health concerns etc.
If you make something real enough, it won’t matter. People are just as attached to TV shows as they ever could be to a robocat. But we don’t think it odd that people reschedule their lives around the sunday game.
Freaking Hilarious!
Men never wonder why their wives are always buying cucumbers, but there are never any in the salad ...
Its not even real! They`re going to become emotionally attached to a toy? What are we talking about here, two year olds!?!
I take it you never lived around anyone with Alzheimer/Dementia. Yes. We are talking about people mentally regresses in many cases.
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