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This forum is for any mature and sensible Tamagotchi discussions.
Tamagotchis are only real in the sense that they exist as a tangible object, something you can touch and hold. They do not live, breathe, eat, or suffer. They are nothing more than little electronic circuit boards that over time drain their batteries and eventually end up in the dumpster or eBay.
Tamagotchis
do not Die. They were never alive in the first place. They do not evolve. In a hundred years from now, will say a Version 1 be any different? Could it somehow evolve it's pathetic little lcd screen into a beautiful color screen on it's own? Could it suddenly play an instrument? Does it even reproduce, produce more egg-shaped Tamagotchis from itself? Obviously you all know the answer to these questions. Tamagotchis are nothing more than programs that take input, decide from a very limited set of "options" based on certain conditions, then give an output based on those. Your little Nintendo DS has more brains than that Tamagotchi, but you don't consider that alive.
Others defend it saying that caring for these pets teaches one responsibilities. The only one I can really think of is maybe time management. Just when I thought there was a speck of sanity, I then read that you could take the experience that you learn from your Tamagotchi as if you were raising a child! I had to face palm myself when I read that... Are you serious? Child rearing? RAISING CHILDREN? This game teaches you that? I'll hand you a 4 month old baby and we'll see if having that pet reach Generation 99 actually gives you the knowledge to raise a child. No amount of care you spend on your Tamagotchi will ever amount to a real pet, like a dog, cat, hampster, whatever. Let alone an actual human being. I'm pretty sure your "allowance" could pay for diapers, bottles, milk, doctor's visits, and everything else you could need for the baby. Yeah... right.
I went and touched on most everything and everyone that I deemed delusional. I realize this is a bunch of kids talking. They don't know these things. They obviously are confusing reality with their imagination and maybe some of them are just "special" that way. I'm not going to say sorry for offending anyone. What I speak of is not an "opinion", it is a FACT. I don't just "feel" that tamagotchis are not real. They Really Are Not Real! I don't just "feel" that you are not able to raise a real pet, or a child with the experience you get from the game. You really cannot compare a circuit board to real flesh and blood! I'm terrified to think that the future I'll be seeing is a bunch of kids that confuse a little, colorful, plastic egg that obviously isn't alive, yet..... they're talking to it, cuddle with it at night, cry for hours when it dies, and then at the end of the day, they just push the reset button when they don't get the pet that they want. As time passes, the truth reveals itself, just like how Santa Claus and his reindeers disappeared from our imagination.