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Robert Strupp
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In 'Machines Like Me' the protagonist's girlfriend's best friend, Mariam, an 'immigrant' was raaped. The author isn't fluent in the tenants of the M.E. religion this immigrant family followed. For the fiction Mariam kept the rpe secret, (fatally), since she greatly feared what her kin would have done in seeking out the perpetrator. In real life U.K., she would've been the only person in peril of losing her life...
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Robert Strupp
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The "machine" referred to is Adam, an alt-history's 1980s $70K A.I. proto-human, complete with male danglers. During the pages of preference programing mandated, Charlie allowed Miranda, his upstairs neighbor, to fill-in several pages of tic-boxes. Soon enuf, Adam was boning Miranda. Later, when Charlie confronted Adam, he admitted Miranda had programmed him to fall in love with her. Then refused being turned off!
— Aug 06, 2026 10:09AM
Robert Strupp
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Not much going on. Well, some ne'r do well dropped his kid off at their apartments, but, since Adam on his own, contacted the authorities, the London welfare gals came and took the boy. The male protagonist is still struggling to understand where he fits in, possibly literally, in this unlikely ménage à trois involving two homo sapiens, one female and one male, and a hung, humanoid robot.
— Aug 04, 2026 02:24PM
Robert Strupp
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'Machines Like Me' is a U.K. based alternate history SyFy. In the 1980's extremely advanced A.I. humanoid robots, in very limited quantities, are available for 70,000, English pounds. Charlie, who is in love with the upstairs gal Miranda, purchases one. I've just read the situation where, by listening from his downstairs room, Charlie has learned that Adam (his robot), has slipped the screaming Miranda the meat...
— Jul 28, 2026 05:02PM