Theory The rise of surrogate things and activities a.k.a “copes” as said by inkwells

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Discussion - Found my wife

Soon. Now you might think, robo waifus like this will be out of your financial reach. And they will indeed command a high price. But I bet when you do the math, it'll probably come out cheaper than a real woman. And think of the improvements to your life. It'll just make no economic sense not to...

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Look at this shit, technology has become a thing that enslaves humans by providing surrogate activities and things that we were doing irl before the industrial revolution.

Hunting and gathering = playing games

A wife and children = AI gf and whatnot

Socialising and gossiping among villagers = Social media like twitter

What else can you think of? Those are just basic examples