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Re:Meet Q, a Genderless Voice by thraway-burnout on Thursday March 28, 2019 @05:54AM (#19510684)
I rather a female assistant voice, because mothers in human societies are women, and we're hard-wired to find motherly voices more soothing.

This is getting out of hand, it's unnatural, fits strictly in the uncanny valley, and is borderline disgusting; both in terms of sound and in terms of politico-cultural values and intentions.

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Re:Meet Q, a Genderless Voice by stdbrouw on Thursday March 28, 2019 @05:58AM (#19510713)
It's just a voice. You can dislike it without having to get worked up about it.
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Re:Meet Q, a Genderless Voice by thraway-burnout on Thursday March 28, 2019 @06:10AM (#19510768)
But it isn't "just a voice", isn't it?

It's part of a socio-cultural Zeitgeist which actively combats values which I think are worth defending.

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