tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post7260000135572680560..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: The attack of the cute robotsNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-57200243776363573652016-07-29T14:31:30.180-05:002016-07-29T14:31:30.180-05:00Interesting.Interesting.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-31072996543307765692016-07-29T14:12:18.844-05:002016-07-29T14:12:18.844-05:00My uncle from Holland mentioned to me that there n...My uncle from Holland mentioned to me that there no cats to be found in the Netherlands after the War. He also told me that the Russians in his prison camp couldn't understand why the other prisoners were bitching about have to roll cigarettes with newspaper -- that's the way they did it at home.<br /><br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55071358407942974052016-07-29T12:51:29.774-05:002016-07-29T12:51:29.774-05:00I wasn't questioning that at all. And I know t...I wasn't questioning that at all. And I know the Chinese have been known to eat some at times as well. Your wife must have known of the horrors of Japanese atrocities against Koreans too, even in earlier days. Thanks for your reply and best wishes to you both. Just wondered if you were a vet of the Korean conflict.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61720686616586329502016-07-29T09:30:44.183-05:002016-07-29T09:30:44.183-05:00As someone who's married to a Korean native. ...As someone who's married to a Korean native. She will readily admit that Koreans in the exigencies of war may have eaten dogs, but denies that it is considered a delicacy by many Koreans to this day and resents the implication. She turned 15 two days before the Korean War started and remembers this period and the preceding Japanese War as times of extreme hardship.<br /><br />My comment stands: Koreans hardly ever eat their or anybody else's dogs.tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49250562971125900722016-07-29T08:36:14.099-05:002016-07-29T08:36:14.099-05:00Are you speaking as a visitor John or someone who ...Are you speaking as a visitor John or someone who fought in Korea as my dad did?Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-29458446104564014132016-07-28T16:53:07.435-05:002016-07-28T16:53:07.435-05:00I can tell you from personal experience that Korea...I can tell you from personal experience that Koreans love their dogs and hardly ever eat them, cute or not.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90337682138036161102016-07-28T16:27:22.325-05:002016-07-28T16:27:22.325-05:00I'm not sure I would give a robot dog to a Kor...I'm not sure I would give a robot dog to a Korean family.<br /><br />Robots can indeed be cute, but we should possibly remember that the word entered our language from the Czech, via Karel Kapek's 1920 play R.U.R, the conclusion of which had his Robots and Robata's taking over from humanity. More sunnily, they are what Alfred North Whitehead had in mind when he wrote "Civilization advances by extending the number of important operation we can perform without thinking of them."<br /><br />Tom Evans Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41346507367684167992016-07-28T14:32:40.645-05:002016-07-28T14:32:40.645-05:00Yes, I'll stand by my assertion that Lindon Jo...Yes, I'll stand by my assertion that Lindon Johnson was cute. Not handsome of course, not JFK cute, but with his down home Sheriff Taylor accent, his outrageous faux pas, such as lifting his hound dog up by the ears and raising his shirt to show a surgical scar, his darling Lady Bird wife, all add up to "cuteness personified." I suppose the Trumpites might make a case for Donald along those lines, "Oh, isn't Donnie just precious with that goofy wall of his. And wasn't that a zinger when he invited the Russians to hack Democratic emails." If you need a good laugh (and nothing else), you know whom to vote for.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24069214788745097232016-07-28T12:41:13.700-05:002016-07-28T12:41:13.700-05:00Wait a second... Johnson is cuteness personified? ...Wait a second... Johnson is cuteness personified? Compared to Golda Meir maybe...Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06573744927447043137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45153120606744269612016-07-28T10:03:12.817-05:002016-07-28T10:03:12.817-05:00Yes, Hillary has that extra hurdle of not looking ...Yes, Hillary has that extra hurdle of not looking "feminine" enough in many voters' eyes. But I'm certain if she got all glammed up and wore a figure-flattering dress, they would find fault with that as well. So she's sticking to what makes her comfortable; good for her.<br /><br />Back to the subject matter: Robotic cuteness is appealing, no question; who wouldn't love having PARO waiting for them at the end of a long hard day.<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19913115137572644472016-07-28T09:19:16.456-05:002016-07-28T09:19:16.456-05:00Not bad, only one mistake. That Donald is such a c...Not bad, only one mistake. That Donald is such a cutie wootie, I just want to squeeze him to death, in a trash compactor!Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-15727400088885039102016-07-28T08:53:06.049-05:002016-07-28T08:53:06.049-05:00Maybe the lack of cuteness in both candidates for ...Maybe the lack of cuteness in both candidates for the presidency should be a matter of concern. Hillary Clinton looks like a hausfrau or maybe the head of the PTA in Wilmette, whereas Donald Trump radiates the inner soul of a used car salesman in Topeka, Kansas. Certainly, Barack Obama is cute, at least in the sense of being good looking. George W. Bush likewise. The other Clinton definitely attracted the babes, so I guess that counts as being cute. George H.W. Bush was "qualified," but not cute in any sense of the word that I can think of. Reagan and Carter were both cuties and knew it. Nixon was the anti-cuteness president after cuteness personified in Johnson and Kennedy. Maybe all these pictures of Hillary as a teenager are attempts to endow her with cuteness -- I hope it works.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com