It is amazing...

Humans and technology never cease to amaze me. I remember back when my high school first got the internet. It was the slowest, dial up connection that you could imagine, but I thought it was amazing when I loaded up Netscape, typed in a search query, and 20 minutes later I had 10 pages with information on that subject. What's the first thing that every pubescent boy in that computer lab searched for when the teacher wasn't looking? Are you kidding me? We couldn't type in "nude women" fast enough... at least those of us who hadn't taken keyboarding class yet couldn't. Anyway, now we have broadband internet. With a few keystrokes we can have any information, from some very reliable (and some not very reliable) resources, on any topic you can imagine. We also have devices that can hold every song you have ever heard and every song you have yet to hear. On top of that, these things fit in your pocket... anybody want their cassette Walkman back? We have cars that run on electricity and fuels other than gasoline that are filtering onto the market. We have Tivo. We have televisions that rival the movie theater experience. There are refrigerators that can order groceries for you! My cell phone can call anywhere in the world, from just about anywhere in the world, surf the internet, play old Nintendo games, has a built in gps, plays mp3s, AND it is made of metal so if my clumsy ass drops it, I'm not going to the store to buy a new one. That would have blown my mind 10 years ago... With all this great technology and these great advancements, the question that comes to my mind is "How much is too much?" I think I have found the answer:

 

Meet Roxxxy: True Companion, a $7000 sex robot that was recently unveiled by a German manufacturer. According to what I have read, she is fully programmable, "has a personality," and of course C-cups. She (it) is a fully functioning skeleton beneath "real feeling flesh." Oh f#$k this... I am making myself sick writing about it. Read for yourselves here. 

Seriously, this is too far people! This thing is hideous, and even if it was pretty; still unacceptable. The geniuses behind this couldn't have designed a prettier face? 

Human communication in general, has already taken a beating. We communicate more through email and social networking sites than in face to face conversations, or on the phone, or (GASP) a letter on paper. And we use emoticons and shorthand (LOL) to convey feelings... we ALL do it. It has just become so impersonal and some people are losing their ability to communicate with other people without a keyboard in front of them. Now this friggin' thing comes along to give men an alternative to dating? Goddammit! People aren't meant to have sex with robots! Even when I was a lonely (desperate for interaction with a female) teenager, I would not have wanted a fully programmable woman as a companion. Differences are what make people interesting... and awkwardness is what made dating fun. If this trend continues and people buy in, 20 years from now we will all be living in bubbles, eating our favorite foods for every meal, listening to our favorite music all the time, and having all of our needs met by a robot that never disagrees with us on anything... THAT is scary!