Technology
My Robot Vacuum is So Needy
It’s more like a pet than an appliance, really
Humans are hard-wired to find anything cute. Even things that don’t have a face can light up those centers of our brains that go “Awww.” My Roomba is a black disk that makes an unreasonable amount of noise as it shimmies across my floor, missing every visible dirty area. But I love her anyway.