Ten Reasons Why Monkeys Are Better than Robots

by scottwesterfeld on Jan.17, 2011, under Holly Black and Scott Westerfeld

Hey, it’s been fun guest blogging here at Babel Clash. But it’s time to say goodnight.

For our last trick, Holly and I are debating the next great issue of our times: Monkeys Versus Robots! Here’s her attempt at making the cold, metal-skinned half of that equation sound superior.

But now for the true facts:

1. Unless TV and movies have lied, the robot uprising will be painful and cruel. But the monkey uprising will be delightful and exuberant, clearly involving monkeyshines.

2. Monkey see, monkey do. Robot see, robot judge with a cool and distant intelligence, plotting the downfall of humanity. (See 1.)

3. Monkeys are way cuter:

very small monkey Ten Reasons Why Monkeys Are Better than Robots We’re number one! Ganked from so many places, I can’t find the source.

4. Bananas are brain food. Robot grease, less so.

5. With infinite monkeys, you get Shakespeare. With infinite robots, you get robot war.

6. Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen had no monkeys in it.

7. Monkeys live in the rainforest, and other happy places. Robots live in the uncanny valley.

200px repliee q2 Ten Reasons Why Monkeys Are Better than Robots Uncanny robot is uncanny. From Wikipedia.

8. Monkeys evolved from lemurs. Enough said.

9. Monkey wrenches robot. I haz proof:

Ten Reasons Why Monkeys Are Better than Robots

Apparently from Swirlee.

10. WE ARE THE MONKEYS. And we like us.

11. As Holly demonstrates here, robots only go to ten. But monkeys go to eleven! HAH, I WIN!

And that’s a wrap. It’s been fun blogging here, thanks to Babel Clash for having us.

Hope to see you at my site or Holly’s one day soon.

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9 Comments for this entry

Renee Pace
January 17th, 2011 on 8:04 pm
Someday those monkeys will finally get us humans to understand them and tell us how primative we really are. Great funny blog.
Pamela Freeman
January 17th, 2011 on 11:29 pm
Also, monkeys can be cuddled up to on a cold night - robots will give you frostbite!
Aron
January 23rd, 2011 on 4:14 am
10)I don’t like me.
Emily
January 27th, 2011 on 7:01 pm
It’s almost like Clankers verses Darwinists!

Darwinists are way cooler so by relation so are monkeys
Raymond
March 19th, 2011 on 5:49 pm
what kind of monkey is that i need to know that.
Mike
July 5th, 2011 on 3:24 pm
That really looks like a very very VERY you Ring Tailed Lemur to me, which is technically NOT a monkey! Lemurs are primates, but there’s 3 kinds of primate categories prosimians (Which is what Lemurs are), monkeys and apes. Ring Tailed Lemurs are prosimians which you can tell by the fact that their thumbs are not fully opposable thumbs but only pseudo-opposable, also their fingers are very long and can wrap fully around branches for quite a nice grip!

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_a_lemur_a_monkey#ixzz1RGBgLoA8
Big Daddy
September 13th, 2011 on 3:09 pm
Awwwweeee Cuuuuute ! (: What kind of Monkey is this ?
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