People prefer chatbots when buying embarrassing stuff
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from Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 05 Sep 04:47
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from Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 05 Sep 04:47
https://programming.dev/post/36903384
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36882952
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my emberassing stuff is too expensive to risk a chatbot fucking up my order
… What are they?
At this stage I need to ask a chatbot about what is expensive, but emberassing to buy.
I would imagine that a Godzilla sized sexdoll, in Godzilla’s likeness would be pretty expensive.
a specific style of a fem biology steel chastity belt comes to mind first
it’s hard to find fem biology chastity belts in the first place, and if you want one that isn’t clunky? either pay an actual fortune for one from a western online store (probably a german one) or gamble your money and try to get one from a chinese retailer with 0 reviews and little media presence but significantly cheaper. another actually valid alternative is using that money to sign up for a blacksmithing course and just forge one yourself because fuck €400 is the cheapest price for like 8 pieces of metal and some wires??? (a shady chinese retailer will [probably] get you one for €100, or they might take the money and disappear forever)
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as i said, steel belt, not leather
Hmm. Get the major parts made by one of those places that does on-demand laser sintering 3D prints in metal, then wire them together yourself? I doubt the parts in isolation look anything like the end product, so the laser sintering firm would most likely have no idea what you wanted them for. No idea how much it would cost, though, and you’d have to do some 3D modeling.
both this and learning how to smith sounds like a lot of work. i gambled my money and thankfully it paid off as i got what i wanted for a fraction of the price it’d cost me to buy from a safe website, lol
At that amount of work you’ve moved into the separate hobby of making your own kink equipment
It’s funny because that data is not lost.
I suspect most people had rather not engage with anything when shopping for products they’re embarrassed to be seen buying. If they’re in a position where they have no choice but to have interactive contact (can’t imagine why, unless dealing with some unusual allergies and needing to confirm what’s in the product), they probably think the chatbot is less likely to judge them, which is . . . not entirely untrue. It just leaves out the issue of a human possibly reading the chat transcript afterwards.
But how can you know it’s chatbot and not just a human pretending to be a bot?
As long as the illusion is there I don’t think it makes a difference
I’m a very anxious person and I kinda liked the Taco Bell AI drive thru thing specifically because it was way less pressure even if it was annoying. There’s plenty of other stuff I simply won’t buy because I don’t want it enough to overcome my anxiety.
If the chatbots are reliable, I’d much prefer them in most shopping scenarios. So this makes sense to me.
Oh so you were the one taking all day in front of me at that taco bell!!!
So they want to go through one more party, that will collect and sell information about their purchase?
I personally want a sales rep that has used the product. I want them to know how it felt the first time it was inserted as well as the hundredth time. How else will you know whats quality. How does it hold up when seated and how well when spanked. These are important things!
I don’t. The local sex shop workers are cool in a way Sam Altman is the antithesis of.