Do you think uplifted bears are offended by them? Or are they basically just considered dolls for uplifted cubs?
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I mean, I’m not sure how offensive a teddy bear would be given that, as you said, stuffed animal humans exist in the form of things like rag dolls or cabbage patch kids and stuff like that. In my games at least, stuffed versions of types of aliens aren’t inherently offensive unless they appear to be deliberate caricatures rather than cartoonish versions of a living model (so, you know, a toy).
Are humans offended by vaguely humanlike dolls?
I doubt that there is any unique answer to that question.
Whenever I saw that this was about teddy bears, I was really hoping for a junk jet discussion.. lol
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Teddy Bears promote an unrealistic body image!
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Are humans offended by vaguely humanlike dolls?
I doubt that there is any unique answer to that question.
Yes. There are people who believe that dolls like Barbie are sexist and demeaning to women. People will be offended by anything.
Whether or not that is just something native to our species is up for you to decide.
I don't think any reasonable person could read about some of the more controversial Barbies produced and argue that there wasn't sexism and various other "isms" involved. They literally made a Babysitter barbie complete with a small pretend diet book that said "don't eat", a person of colour barbie called "Oreo barbie", and a "computer science barbie" book in which she was portrayed as insultingly incompetent compared to her male colleagues. Barbie dolls are also literally the most famous/archetypal example of negative influences on body image and gender roles for girls.
Funnily enough for the teddy bear thing, there are real world examples we can pull from; the golliwog doll is an example of a doll made primarily by one race depicting a caricature of another race (and historically mostly given to children), which are pretty universally considered a very racist thing to make or own - people aren't offended by dolls made to represent people in general, because people make the dolls of people. If aliens made dolls of humans that represented stereotypes about humans, we might disapprove of that
I don't think the question is whether it exists or not but whether such a view would be law/the norm/a divisive issue/a minority opinion or/ hell I'm an uplifted bear and i didn't even know being offended by teddybears that was a thing.
I'm leaning to the last one.
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If aliens made dolls of humans that represented stereotypes about humans, we might disapprove of that
*wavey imagination lines*
Vesk would make High tail it and Hide Human, a wheeled toy that you run along the ground a few times and watch it run away!
Ysoki would make Haughty the Human. Ooo look the universe owes me an empire. With real crying action over their lost planet.
Elves would make Housefly the Human. Love it for a decade and then it decomposes. 100% biodegradable.
Dwarves would make Nightblind nate. You have to lead him around in the dark.
Grays human doll would be a 3 d operation game
Shirren doll would be a speak and learn. Since you can't mind think at them you have to practice talking and listening. Manufacturers make a fortune off of the infinite outfits and accessories shirren can buy.
Androids would have an overly emotional and random tamagachi that complains about random pointless things like open space and oxygen.
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If aliens made dolls of humans that represented stereotypes about humans, we might disapprove of that*wavey imagination lines*
Androids would have an overly emotional and random tamagachi that complains about random pointless things like open space and oxygen.
BEST PART OF THIS!
Grays human doll would be a 3 d operation game
3D operation is probably accurate, but I don't think it would be a doll per se.
3D operation is probably accurate, but I don't think it would be a doll per se.
Grays human doll would be a 3 d operation game
Would it count if they were made of spam?
