Toyota, please stop.

[Lumenskir]

Oh, Toyota-san. Soon we will be married, yes?

It's the natural evolution of the pop star. In twenty years pop music will be created entirely by computer algorithms, and the artists will be known only by their processors.

Ugh, Simone was such a shitty movie.

[phil_]

Originally Posted by The Sevenshot Kid

And the idea of virtual pop stars just bothers me. I mean, pop stars are artificial enough without being made of code.

The advantage to virtual idols is that, when the public gets tired of them and throws them aside like human garbage, no one actually gets hurt. Plus, they stay young and cute forever.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by phil_

The advantage to virtual idols is that, when the public gets tired of them and throws them aside like human garbage, no one actually gets hurt. Plus, they stay young and cute forever.

But what about the people that like seeing them self-destruct? Remember when Britney Spears lost her shit? That was awesome!

There's just such a big difference between what's real and what's not. I prefer real things much more than digital.

[phil_]

Originally Posted by The Sevenshot Kid

There's just such a big difference between what's real and what's not. I prefer real things much more than digital.

But reality sucks. Are you saying you haven't completely given up on the real world and fallen into the shining world of cartoons and games? What are you, a masochist?

[Loyal]

I'm not certain the idea of wanting flesh-and-blood pop stars just so that we can see them descend into madness and wreck their flesh-and-blood lives is an entirely commendable position to take.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by The Sevenshot Kid

There's just such a big difference between what's real and what's not. I prefer real things much more than digital.

You're on an internet forum for a comedy fanfic about an NES video game. On this forum, you talk to a lot of people purely through digital means. Most of these people you will never meet in your life and your only concept of who they are is based on a fake name and an image that they've likely ripped from some game, anime, movie, or comic. Among the main discussion points at this forum are talks of anime and video games.

[Marc v4.0]

Originally Posted by The Sevenshot Kid

I hate that whole artificial pop star shit.

ditto, completely

[phil_]

Isn't Sithdarth a rogue A.I.? Maybe he should see about getting a sponsorship deal with Subaru or something. Can he sing?

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Marc v1.0

ditto, completely

Really?

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by NonCon

You're on an internet forum for a comedy fanfic about an NES video game. On this forum, you talk to a lot of people purely through digital means. Most of these people you will never meet in your life and your only concept of who they are is based on a fake name and an image that they've likely ripped from some game, anime, movie, or comic. Among the main discussion points at this forum are talks of anime and video games.

I meant I prefer real people to artificial. I'll take a real person over a digital one any day because one's real and the other isn't.

Edit:

Originally Posted by Loyal

I'm not certain the idea of wanting flesh-and-blood pop stars just so that we can see them descend into madness and wreck their flesh-and-blood lives is an entirely commendable position to take.

What can I say? I'm kind of a dick.

Originally Posted by phil_

But reality sucks. Are you saying you haven't completely given up on the real world and fallen into the shining world of cartoons and games? What are you, a masochist?

Yep. I still find joy in the real world.