Everyone knows you can’t be in love with a robot
January 30, 2015 11:37 AM Subscribe
HOW TO BECOME A ROBOT IN 12 EASY STEPS by A. Merc Rustad. (short story)
I should have added, found via LadyBusiness where the comparison to "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" was made. I was sure that story got a mention here on the blue last year, but a search isn't turning it up, so I'd recommend you try it too.
posted by Fence at 12:12 PM on January 30, 2015
posted by Fence at 12:12 PM on January 30, 2015
Geez how sad. Ouch ouch ouch very painful
posted by Poppa Bear at 12:27 PM on January 30, 2015
posted by Poppa Bear at 12:27 PM on January 30, 2015
I... I have to cache some feelings right now.
posted by mikurski at 12:54 PM on January 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by mikurski at 12:54 PM on January 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
3. Robots are not held to unattainable standards and then criticized when they fail.
....I might hold my computers to unnattainable standards and then curse them when they fail. I've never felt guilty for this before. :(
posted by muddgirl at 1:10 PM on January 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
....I might hold my computers to unnattainable standards and then curse them when they fail. I've never felt guilty for this before. :(
posted by muddgirl at 1:10 PM on January 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Well I related to that entirely too much.
posted by curious nu at 1:32 PM on January 30, 2015
posted by curious nu at 1:32 PM on January 30, 2015
Sigh. I tried to buy this for Escape Pod a while back. But I'm not the head editor. :-P
posted by Scattercat at 5:12 PM on January 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Scattercat at 5:12 PM on January 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
Man, I thought about this story on the drive home from work and it made me tear up all over again.
posted by muddgirl at 7:49 PM on January 30, 2015
posted by muddgirl at 7:49 PM on January 30, 2015
This hit me on many, many levels.
posted by andreaazure at 8:38 PM on January 30, 2015
posted by andreaazure at 8:38 PM on January 30, 2015
I liked it, a lot, but thought it would have been more effective if it hadn't been so on the nose allegorically regarding transgender, autism, etc.
Still liked it, though.
posted by signal at 4:39 AM on January 31, 2015
Still liked it, though.
posted by signal at 4:39 AM on January 31, 2015
That's true " He won’t be jealous." That was great, thank you for posting!
posted by shilimukh at 5:05 AM on January 31, 2015
posted by shilimukh at 5:05 AM on January 31, 2015
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posted by lepus at 11:56 AM on January 30, 2015