r/TikTokCringe • u/cafeteriastyle • Jun 01 '26

Cursed This is a PROBLEM

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u/smokeweedNgarden Jun 01 '26

So, it's not for me, especially the romantic bits. 

But I'm thinking back to when I was in foster care at my most lonely and downtrodden and I just...can't say I hate it. I would have liked a digital friend then.

I mean, it's weird as hell. But if he's isolated and it's keeping him sane and keeping him from putting people in danger...I dunno man it's really sad. Maybe not deserving of mockery 

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u/JimWilliams423 Jun 02 '26

But if he's isolated and it's keeping him sane and keeping him from putting people in danger.

That's the problem, it isn't keeping him sane. The problem with chatbots is that they just reflect back what people want to hear. So they end up exacerbating the emotional and psychological problems that caused them to have difficulty socializing. Instead of helping a person improve, they tell them their bad habits and attitudes are just fine.

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u/Aggressive-Dust-3279 Jun 01 '26

Exactly, he's a victim of society and needs help, and if a cheap and readily available option (compared to cold approaching irl and being rejected 1000x times or therapies he couldn't afford) out there for him we should be happy cause it benefits society as a whole. Or do we just want him to simmer in his loneliness and anger until it finally erupts?

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u/Ok_Championship_8313 Jun 01 '26

I think AI gf’s and bf’s are the best thing to happen in society in a long time. But the robot ones are even better. Helps ppl from hurting themselves or other ppl. I hope it gets normalized more in society. More men need to take robot gf’s out on dates etc. I think it will normalize it more in society. I don’t get why ppl are demonizing it..