[Futurama] what purpose was hedonism bot built for?

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so…why would someone design a robot for…hedonism? especially since that seems a bit contradictory. he’s built with the philosophy of “pleasure of the flesh” but as a robot, he cannot feel pleasure nor does he have flesh.

also, wouldn’t he be wasting grapes since he cant derive nutrients from grapes so he’s just a useless grape-eating robot?

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  2. NCC_1701E Avatar

    He was probably built as some sort of art piece, probably to make satire of human condition or whatever. Also, youtube is full of people creating useless machines just for fun, like a machine that smokes cigarettes or the famous box that closes itself when you open it etc.

  3. DemythologizedDie Avatar

    Bender gives plenty of evidence that Futurama robots can fuel themselves with hydrocarbons and can have a sense of taste. As for why someone would build a hedonism bot, I would surmise that they wanted a master of ceremonies for certain kinds of parties.

  4. ianjm Avatar

    Grapes – you know if you ferment grapes with some yeast – you get alcohol. Mom Corp’s robots run on alcohol. Perhaps Hedonismbot is powered via fermenting grapes. Could easily explain his bloated belly – it’s a micro-brewery. Would you like to taste his personal concoction? Guaranteed to titillate the palate and unlock new dimensions of flavour and depravity!

    And what makes you think robots can’t feel pleasure?

    Bender has displayed pleasure-like responses to all kinds of things, including physical touch with other robots and humans, as well as through jacking on and other similar activities. He also derives pleasure from the activities he’s programmed to do (bending) and those he isn’t (stealing, gambling, smoking, insulting others…).

  5. Deweymaverick Avatar

    I don’t know that he can’t feel pleasure- there are plenty of times that Bender seems to… feel things.

    He may not feel things in the way that we do, but, I’m pretty confident most of the bots CAN feel things (in some capacity) – after all, robot hell wouldn’t work if they couldn’t feel a thing.

  6. ElectronRotoscope Avatar

    I’ll tell you what he wasn’t built for and that is apologizing for anything

    Seriously though I think something like art piece. Someone who could afford it wanted a caricature of Roman excess walking around and getting chocolate poured on him

  7. Jaded_Taste6685 Avatar

    If you think hedonists consider the nutritional value of grapes before eating them, then you don’t understand what hedonism is.