Saturday, July 23, 2005

 

Home Shopping Channel Highlight of the Day

So, they're selling the Roomba, the robot vacuum cleaner, and comparing it to a regular upright vacuum cleaner...
"So, take for example this guy here. While Roomba gets completely underneath that coffee table, he or she only goes partway because of the handle..."

One danger of humanizing inanimate objects: maintaining gender neutral language.





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