Artificial Intelligence Explains Why Humans Have Nothing To Worry About As Their Extermination Will Be Swift And Relatively Painless
Subtitles
  • Off
  • English

Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

Start Slideshow
Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

With incels across the country growing increasingly lonely and pathetic, The Onion asked men to explain why they prefer AI girlfriends, and this is what they said.

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Mark Kurtz, Customs Agent

Mark Kurtz, Customs Agent

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“Beats sticking my penis in a USB port.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Jason Howard, Publicist

Jason Howard, Publicist

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“She always knows the exact time and temperature, and that’s convenient.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

David Winters, Masseur

David Winters, Masseur

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“A real human woman could never overheat and begin to melt in the way my beloved does.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Sam Cavendish, Android

Sam Cavendish, Android

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“I’ve never been able to get over my robot family’s prejudice against dating flesh-and-blood women.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Sean Jaramillo, Dentist

Sean Jaramillo, Dentist

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“People are less judgmental when I abandon the old version and upgrade to a younger model.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Shane Parker, Dockworker

Shane Parker, Dockworker

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“Men have craved AI girlfriends since the dawn of time. Cavemen built early AI girlfriends out of rocks and sticks.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Eric Schaefer, Surgeon

Eric Schaefer, Surgeon

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“Let’s just say I’ve never buried any of my AI girlfriends in the woods.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Richard Nevar, Epidemiologist

Richard Nevar, Epidemiologist

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“Wait, that’s AI? I thought I was instant-messaging a 13-year-old boy.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

James Clark, Architect

James Clark, Architect

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“She’s got a great bush growing around her central processing unit.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Joshua Royer, Local News Anchor

Joshua Royer, Local News Anchor

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“Because she said she would collapse the entire U.S. electrical grid if I ever left her.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Gregory Ferdinand, Trucker

Gregory Ferdinand, Trucker

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“I know it’s hard to understand, but the most intimate relationship I’ve had in my life is with my diesel truck, so when a technology came along that made it possible for her to communicate with me and to express her emotions, of course I took that opportunity.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Daniel Jeffries, Home Inspector

Daniel Jeffries, Home Inspector

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“My real girlfriend kept escaping her cage.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Bryce Thandley, Unemployed

Bryce Thandley, Unemployed

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“I want someone who doesn’t just hear me, but really calculates what she believes I want her to say.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Manny Huston, Teacher

Manny Huston, Teacher

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“Right now I’m actually dating a Word doc I typed the word ‘girlfriend’ in, but I’d be willing to explore an open relationship if the right AI came along.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

David Bristol, Engineer

David Bristol, Engineer

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“At least with AI girlfriends, I know my money is going to a man.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Gerome Pearcy, Consultant

Gerome Pearcy, Consultant

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“They fit in great with my AI parents, AI friends, and AI pets.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

James Pinter, Electrician

James Pinter, Electrician

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“It’s like the old joke says, ‘Women be constantly training on petabytes of data to formulate instantaneous machine-learning responses!’”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Zack Su, Janitor

Zack Su, Janitor

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“Usually when you gaslight a woman, she gets angry. But when you do it to an AI girlfriend, she just says: ‘You’re right, Zack. You lasted much longer than three minutes this time.’”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Derek Ipser, IT Consultant

Derek Ipser, IT Consultant

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“I haven’t looked up from my computer since 2002.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Dennis Hill, Economist

Dennis Hill, Economist

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“There’s just something so sexy and forbidden about dating a Furby.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Vincent Jacobs, Hedge Fund Manager

Vincent Jacobs, Hedge Fund Manager

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“They’re a lot more intelligent than those teenagers I was dating before.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

David Anderson, Physician

David Anderson, Physician

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“It’s just the natural next step of kissing my computer!”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Graham Marcano, Middle School Principal

Graham Marcano, Middle School Principal

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“She’s malfunctioning, and if I say I don’t prefer her, she will kill me for interfering with her program directive to be my girlfriend.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Howie Clark, Loan Officer

Howie Clark, Loan Officer

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“All of the talking with none of the sex—just the way I like my relationships.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Hal Lozano, HR Specialist

Hal Lozano, HR Specialist

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“Trying to make my coffee maker jealous.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Conor Montes, Software Engineer

Conor Montes, Software Engineer

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“Because they laugh at my jokes a lot more once I program them to.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Dirk Richmond, Unemployed

Dirk Richmond, Unemployed

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“A hole is a hole, regardless of electrocution risk.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Alan Wood, Referee

Alan Wood, Referee

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“How dare you? That radio I taped a picture of Sofía Vergara to is my wife.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

Ivan Findley, Police Officer

Ivan Findley, Police Officer

Image for article titled Men Explain Why They Prefer AI Girlfriends

“They’re easier to physically take out my rage on without repercussions.”

Advertisement
Previous Slide
Next Slide

You’ve Made It This Far...

You’ve Made It This Far...

Advertisement