The world is full of lonely people looking for sex, love and companionship. If you are craving human company, I am not sure technology is the answer but that hasn’t stopped the geeks from trying. Pillow Talk is a pillow (surprise, surprise!) that mimics a heartbeat to recreate the feeling of lying in bed next to another person. I can imagine that this may be comforting to the recently bereaved but I can’t think who would really get any joy from the app FakeGirlfriend. FakeGirlfriend allows men to create their own virtual girlfriend and receive computer generated text messages from her. I guess if you really need to fool someone into thinking you are all loved-up, it might be useful, but if you are lonely, I can’t imagine how fake messages would do anything but remind you of the fact.
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That’s really quite sad. Maybe I’m emotionally broken or something but I usually just get a new sex toy if I’m feeling that lonely. Might not be quite the same but I’d rather something to simply get me off than something that’s creating a false sense of companionship….
Well nothing wrong with using a toy to get you off, but I think if you are using technology to try and beat loneliness it can only make you feel worse. Human companionship, or failing that, a pet, is the only way to deal with loneliness. Obviously I don’t mean sexually (esp with a pet!) but simply that all connections, whether platonic or sexual, alleviate loneliness much better than anything technological.