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1.8sand earn some extra cash?
2.67sNo, thanks, Dad. I'd rather make out with my Monroebot.
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3.94sBilly, do you wanna come over tonight? We can make out together.
2.47sGee, Mavis, your house is across the street.
2.54sThat's an awfully long way to go for makin' out.
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2.47sDid you notice what went wrong in that scene?
2sOrdinarily, Billy would work hard...
1.94sto make money with his paper route.
2.57sThen he'd use the money to buy dinner for Mavis,
3.94sthus earning a slim chance to perform the reproductive act.
3.92sBut in a world where teens can date robots, why should he bother?
2.13sWhy should anyone bother?
3.04sLet's take a look at Billy's planet a year later.
2.54sWhere are all the football stars?
2.6sAnd where are the biochemists?
4.74sThey're trapped, trapped in the soft, viselike grip of robot lips.
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