If typists were robots (1935)

(via Weird Universe and Wishbook's Flickr)

• [Conan Librarian]

  It appears that even in the 30′s, the geeks of the day were trying to make robotic girlfriends. 

• [Lexicat]

  Mmmm . . . metal robot boobies . . .

  • [Brainspore]

    Sexual harassment in workplace confirmed. Initiating lawsuit mode.

    • [Mark Dow]

      Eliza http://nlp-addiction.com/eliza/ responds:
      > Ahh. Please continue…

• [Crispinus211]

  A Stunning Saga of Alternate Reality!

• [IronEdithKidd]

  …they’d look like chickens?

  • [Brainspore]

    I guess they use the “hunt-and-peck” method then.

    • [IronEdithKidd]

      ::groan::

• [jandrese]

  I note that this artist’s ideal form of a robotic woman has no mouth.

• [Paul Renault]

  Wouldn’t a robot-typist look like Myrtle Devenish?

• [RedShirt77]

   Robo-Sexism….   I bet they wouldn’t have even considered hiring a black or gay robot back in those days.

  • [Halloween_Jack]

     Even in the future, discrimination against robosexuals will be a problem.

  • [Felton / Moderator]

    Robot.  The very word stems from oppression.

• [jeligula]

  This particular sexist stereotype, which this ad illustrates well enough, was still in place as late as 1989.  In the Marine Corps, a Gunny asked for a typist out of a work pool of casuals on their way to somewhere else.  I raised my hand.  He wouldn’t consider it because only female Marines knew how to type.  ?????  wtf?  Since when?

• [oasisob1]

  They sucked at Photoshop back then, too. The reflections are all crazy.

• [Eark_the_Bunny]

  Define: STEREOTYPE

  To type on two separate typewriters at the same time.

• [Nadreck]

  Yeah, a lot of the old typewriters had a lever to adjust the force required to push a key down so you could customise it for your hand strength.  Yet another way in which modern interfaces look ergonomically sad in comparison to their ancestors.

• [fredh]

  Then only robots would have typewriters.