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Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri are SEXIST

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When I got my iPhone I had the option of choosing a female or male voice for Siri and I picked a male voice. I think you
can even pick from various accents, too. I don't think my guy Siri has a noticeable accent--just a kind of generic male voice.
 

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Must have been a slow time for the UN. If the voices would be male, then there were be complaints as well.
As KarenG said, on my iPhones Siri’s voice can male or female voice and can be American, Australian, British, Irish or South African. I am sure other brands are the same. I just do not see the problem.
 

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My Siri has a very sexy male voice of some British persuasion (maybe Aussie?). Same reason I loved to call SFX and be on hold in the old days - that dude's voice could melt butter! One of the reps later told me that was the owner....
 

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A new high in wasting money exercises.

Cheers
 

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At least the voice isn't giving us reminders in German:
Achtung! Achtung!
 

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My husband will ask Alexa a question and after she answers, he will say thank you sweetheart? What's up with that? Doesn't say thank you sweetheart to me when I tell him something he doesn't know.
 

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My husband will ask Alexa a question and after she answers, he will say thank you sweetheart? What's up with that? Doesn't say thank you sweetheart to me when I tell him something he doesn't know.

And what does he say when she answers: "I don't know that."
Or when she lies about the weather.
I've called her names when she was clearly wrong, and she wouldn't admit it.
 

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I love alexa, she plays tunes for me. Sometimes I will be thinking of something and she knows the answer. I'm edging on the senility lists
What's funny is when she just starts taking and no one Is talking to her. That happens to me when shopping with my husband. I start talking to my husband and he's not there. People look at me funny.
 

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Have you ever asked her why fire trucks are red? Siri’s answer is hilarious, not sure if Alexa’s is the same.
 

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"Fire trucks are red in the face from all the rushing around."

BTW, the best selling pickup truck is the Brooderman 2500.
It sells for $46.90 on Amazon.
 
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