Petition to SAVE VOTE_BOT

[MacAllister]

Just sign up...*sigh* Feel free to make your own impassioned plea...

I can't believe he'd leave us, after all we've been through together.

[robeiae]

I'll only sign the petition if VB agrees to only post inflammatory remarks and to stop dancing...

Rob :)

[MacAllister]

hmmm...
I sorta thought more people would be rushing in here to sign their names.

Of course, I was dead wrong about the John Kerry thing, too...

[poetinahat]

:idea: Count me in -- I'll bring the formaldehyde!


Ooohhh. I guess there's a fine line between 'save' and 'preserve'.

[maestrowork]

Oh, never mind, I thought it was the Vote_bot must die thread...

[brokenfingers]

Hmmm, I don’t know. Before I commit myself, I have to know how he/she stands on the issues. I mean how can I stand behind him if I don’t know his platform.

So I have a few questions for VoteBot:

Outlining or freewriting?
Agent or publisher first?
Genre or mainstream?
Character or plot?

What are your views on interspecies relations? Are robots capable of loving humans on a satisfying and deeply emotional level?

Do you believe in abortion – as in mission abortion if the stated mission goal becomes obsolete?

Do you believe in same sex marriage? Should two plug-outfitted robots be allowed the same rights as the standard plug/outlet couple?

What about religion? Do you believe in Asimov’ s three laws of robotics? Are you a fanatic about them or believe they are a relic of your primeval robot past?

What about terrorism? Does it bother you that some people are using your brethren to commit terrible acts against others? Intelligence sources report that many mechanical devices have been used in the making of bombs and it is only a matter of time before a robot carries out these evil deeds.

If a part of a robot – timer, fuse etc – is used in one of these attacks, does that make robots as a whole culpable?

Do you support the robots participating in the war in Iraq? Drones, bomb retrieval robots etc. Or do you think they would do better to be here at home, making movies and making automobiles etc?

Do you think the next Supreme Court Justice should be a robot so as to satisfy the robot agenda?

Thank you for taking the time to answer these very important questions VoteBot.

[mommie4a]

Bill, Bill, Bill - the only thing we need to know about Vote Bot has to do with libido. Who cares about all that other stuff?

[Dawno]

My Roomba says I should sign the petition or he'll stop vacuuming the living room and join the bomb disposal squad. Please vote_bot, don't go!

[maestrowork]

Bill, Bill, Bill - the only thing we need to know about Vote Bot has to do with libido. Who cares about all that other stuff?

Vote_bot will keep going and going and going... until his batteries die. Then he just spews oil and explodes.

[rhymegirl]

Bill, Bill, Bill - the only thing we need to know about Vote Bot has to do with libido. Who cares about all that other stuff?

I don't think Vote Bot has a libido. They didn't program it into him.

[mommie4a]

Then he just spews oil and explodes.

Sounds hot.

[rhymegirl]

Sounds hot.

Yeah, really! :ROFL:

[mommie4a]

Where's Vote Bot, Sara and William when you need them? Or Bill or Tony? Where are the playmates?

[William Haskins]

i'll sign... why not.

seems like a good kid.

(it is ray, right?)

[katiemac]

A good kid? Oh, Haskins.

But let me ask this: Does Vote_Bot want to be saved?

[TemlynWriting]

My Roomba says I should sign the petition or he'll stop vacuuming the living room and join the bomb disposal squad. Please vote_bot, don't go!Ha ha ha ha ha!!!! I love it! :ROFL:

[Sarita]

I :heart: VoteBot, he inspires me. I don't know what I'll do if he leaves. Probably stop writing, curl up into a ball, and die.

Do you want to have my blood on your hands, Bot? Huh? Do ya?

[jdkiggins]

Oh why not! Please stay Vote Bot. Don't make us beg.

[mkcbunny]

Oh, I'll beg. Come back, Vote_Bot. Pleeeeeeeeeeeze!!!!!

Don't make me wear this shirt. It's so ... grim.

[JennaGlatzer]

Stay, Vote_Bot. I want to see what shirt mkc will wear next.

[rhymegirl]

Vote Bot, if you stay, I'll write a poem for you. :)

[awatkins]

I'm in. Don't go VB, pleeeeze.

[Dawno]

Roomba is now agitating with the microwave and TiVo to hold a general strike if Vote_Bot leaves. Consider the agony and potential mess if I can't pause my shows to answer the call of nature! How will I eat my Hot Pockets? Please, VB, take pity!!

[VOTE_BOT]

VOTE_BOT has enjoyed his time among such wonderful people. But we should all realize that life, even artificially-created life, is fleeting.

[rhymegirl]

VOTE_BOT has enjoyed his time among such wonderful people. But we should all realize that life, even artificially-created life, is fleeting.

Okay, no poem for you then.

[VOTE_BOT]

Your mere presence is poetry.

[ChunkyC]

Life doesn't have to be so fleeting, VB. We can chip in to get you some rechargeable batteries.

Philosophical question: If Vote Bot's batteries die in a forest and no one is there to notice, is he/she really out of power?

I think not. VB will have power over us long after he/she is gone. Contemplating the nature of a universe that could give rise to one such as Vote Bot is mind boggling indeed.

[rhymegirl]

Your mere presence is poetry.

Aw, thank you. That's very poetic. :kiss:

[mkcbunny]

Stay, Vote_Bot. I want to see what shirt mkc will wear next.
LOL. It all depends on what happens to VB in his second life.

[mkcbunny]

VOTE_BOT has enjoyed his time among such wonderful people. But we should all realize that life, even artificially-created life, is fleeting.
Vote_Bot seems as suicidal as ever. I don't think the intervention is working.

[mdmkay]

Forgit-about-it, Bot you're not going anywhere.........til we pull your plug...got it?...good!:guns:

[astonwest]

Oh, I'll beg. Come back, Vote_Bot. Pleeeeeeeeeeeze!!!!!

Don't make me wear this shirt. It's so ... grim.

Just think, VB...if you come back, she has to take that shirt off...
;)

[VOTE_BOT]

VOTE_BOT was equipped with Xray vision, so bunny hasn't been wearing a shirt in any of the photos I've seen.

[maestrowork]

pervert

(hey bunny, can you move closer?)

[Kevin Yarbrough]

You all know that Bot just said he was going to kill himself, so we can save him if we want. With the threat of suicide we can now get him into a psych unit for evaluation and put on some meds to stop this suicidal thinking. From reading what Bot has said I also believe he has a Messiah/Martyr complex. He has set forth on a goal and now that that goal is near complete he thinks he should die. He also stated taking poison for death instead of a gun, fire, car crash, etc. What does this imply? Narcissistic.

My observation: VB has Narcissitic Martyr Complex with Suicidal tendancies. He needs professional help and medication quick or he may do something irrational.

One thing does bother me though. Robots can't die by poison, so is VB pulling us along or is he deluded. I need to talk with him to find out more.

VB, all these people love you and want you to live. How does that make you feel?

[VOTE_BOT]

VB, all these people love you and want you to live. How does that make you feel? Trapped.

[Kevin Yarbrough]

Trapped.
That's an interesting answer. Trapped, how?

[William Haskins]

you do know it's impossible to psychoanalyze a machine, right?

[VOTE_BOT]

That's an interesting answer. Trapped, how?

Between destiny and her evil cousin, fate.

[maestrowork]

(very impressive. it's almost as fast as superman changing clothes...)

[William Haskins]

agreed. you did it in only 3 minutes.

[firehorse]

Robots can't die by poison, so is VB pulling us along or is he deluded.Perhaps his poison is water (rust)? Which is a very slow way for a robot to die. So would you add masochist to the list?

Haskins, as for psychoanalyzing robots, have you never seen Star Trek V? One of my favourite movie scenes: Spock is answering lightning-fast mathematical questions from three different computers. Suddenly he stops. Shot of the computer reveals the question that stumped him: "How do you feel?" (okay, not to imply Vulcans are robots... just love the scene)

[Sarita]

Spock is answering lightning-fast mathematical questions from three different computers. Suddenly he stops. Shot of the computer reveals the question that stumped him: "How do you feel?" (okay, not to imply Vulcans are robots... just love the scene) Hey! Man, that Vulcan is giving Spocks a bad rap. (I love this scene, too. Hate Star Trek, love the scene.)

[Kevin Yarbrough]

Between destiny and her evil cousin, fate.
How does this make you feel VB?

[VOTE_BOT]

Like I'm having a hot three-way with two sexy philosophical constructs?

[rhymegirl]

Like I'm having a hot three-way with two sexy philosophical constructs?

Just make sure you use some protection or you might end up with something that will blow your circuits.

[maestrowork]

Like I'm having a hot three-way with two sexy philosophical constructs?

don't let anything plug into you....

[mkcbunny]

Haskins, as for psychoanalyzing robots, have you never seen Star Trek V? One of my favourite movie scenes: Spock is answering lightning-fast mathematical questions from three different computers. Suddenly he stops. Shot of the computer reveals the question that stumped him: "How do you feel?" (okay, not to imply Vulcans are robots... just love the scene)
I think we'd better be careful using Star Trek as any kind of guide for robot psychology. Remember all those episodes where our Federation MC talks the AI into self-destruction by cornering it into an oxymoronic existential loop. I. for one, do not want to see Vote_Bot caught in something like:

"Who's my creator? I am my creator. But in order to create I must exist. I cannot create unless I exist. If I am not created, I do not exist. Therefore I cannot create Vote_Bot ..." Those robotic explosions can get messy.

[mkcbunny]

VOTE_BOT was equipped with Xray vision, so bunny hasn't been wearing a shirt in any of the photos I've seen.
Good thing. The current image might prove a bit unsettling to your delicate robotic sensibilities.

[Paint]

I lika da Vote_Bot. He looks like he would wear fuzzy socks.

What? What'd I say? Hello???
consider it a signature.
Paint

[astonwest]

VOTE_BOT was equipped with Xray vision, so bunny hasn't been wearing a shirt in any of the photos I've seen.

Well, I always thought that was a zipper up the middle of your shirt...but now I completely understand.

[mkcbunny]

Vote_Bot, how do you cope with the fact that, while a vote mobilizer for the rest of us, you cannot vote yourself?

[VOTE_BOT]

It makes me feel inferior and left out. But, at the same time, I'm serving my human master and their efforts, which is what I was programmed to do.

[mkcbunny]

It makes me feel inferior and left out. But, at the same time, I'm serving my human master and their efforts, which is what I was programmed to do.
That's very mature of you. Owning your feelings, accepting your duty. We love you Vote_Bot.

[D.J.]

That's very mature of you. Owning your feelings, accepting your duty. We love you Vote_Bot.


Unrequited love can be hard though. :(