I don't see anything too wrong with it, or as a way (even irl) to get stuff straight in your head. Sometimes talking out loud helps you get through an issue vs grappling with it only mentally.
Was it a bit rough at times? Sure, but it doesn't make it bad for them doing it imo.
It's easier if the appliance is anthropomorphized enough. I found myself thanking my roommate's smart lights for a while, just because I was used to thanking people for doing stuff for me. And that was just a voice.
When I'm upstairs and my oven timer beeps at me constantly as I go down to turn it off, I often say "Yeah, yeah, I hear you, I hear you! Shut up.". I don't think it's terribly unusual, humans are social animals.
Well, I viewed it as a sort of 'journal'.
I don't see anything too wrong with it, or as a way (even irl) to get stuff straight in your head. Sometimes talking out loud helps you get through an issue vs grappling with it only mentally.
Was it a bit rough at times? Sure, but it doesn't make it bad for them doing it imo.
It's easier if the appliance is anthropomorphized enough. I found myself thanking my roommate's smart lights for a while, just because I was used to thanking people for doing stuff for me. And that was just a voice.
Alexa, what is the CIA?
[The CIA is a federal agency of the United States government.]
Alexa, are you connected to the CIA?
[...]
Alexa?
When I'm upstairs and my oven timer beeps at me constantly as I go down to turn it off, I often say "Yeah, yeah, I hear you, I hear you! Shut up.". I don't think it's terribly unusual, humans are social animals.
What got me turned onto Bob's Burgers was seeing Bob talking like an ass to stuff in his kitchen, too.