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AnthroPC's for rich people?

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giant_bug:
Marten has an Anthro PC because he's a lonely nerd.
Marigold has one because she's a lonely nerd.
Hannelore has one because she's a lonely obsessive who needs a friend who doesn't object to being sprayed down with disinfectant every 20 minutes.

Dora has a pussy for company.
Sven has pussy for company.  Oh and he has a cat, too.

Faye is under a consent decree based on the Androids Rights Act of 1978 not to own/destroy any more than she already has.
Steve wouldn't see the point of one unless it was an 'H' model and why bother when there's plenty of free tail out there for the asking.

jwhouk:
AnthroPC's were probably originally marketed as a "high-end" Tamagoutchi. They were popular for maybe a few years or so, then their "issues" started coming to the forefront (occasional disregard for the Three Laws of Robotics and all).

Then, when one of the first showcase models of the Apple version nearly lopped off Steve Jobs' ear, things went downhill from there. It didn't help when an AnthroPC nearly burned down Bill Gates' summer home in the Hamptons.

I think in the most recent version of the Patriot Act, which made the further sale of AnthroPC's illegal in the US and its possessions. That's where the "illegal to sell on eBay" thing came about.

Blackjoker:
My actual guess is that the really expensive ones might not be allowed out (fear of them being stolen and dismantled for parts). Most of the time they, more or less, they act as companions and annoyances to their owners. I figure they're also relatively new technology, Marten probably bought one in the first place because he felt lonely when he moved out here and his girlfriend dumped him. He figured the Anthro-PC could keep him company and also work as a computer, he was proven wrong but it might explain why he has pintsize in the first place. I am also wondering how durable the anthro-pcs are since it seems a big part of Pintsize's survivability is based entirely around that military chasis he has.

Is it cold in here?:
Rich people have servants to play with their AnthroPCs just as they hire people to walk their dogs.

MrMonk:
Rich people have considered AnthroPC's to be hopelessly bourgeois since their early, canine forms, which were once the rage in Trenton, NJ.

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