what about a robot with a display screen for a face but the emotion on the screen can only be changed with a handheld remote. so the robot has to pause the conversation to get out it’s remote to change its face to “laughter setting” when it gets told a joke

glumshoe:

That is so stupid. I love it.

“Jeez dude, what’s wrong? I haven’t seen you so mad since… ever, actually.”

“Oh, I’m fine.”

“You don’t look fine. You’re making an angry face.”

“Yeah ha ha, last week I marched over to my neighbor’s house to tell him to turn the music down or I’d slash his tires. I accidentally dropped my Emote Remote™️ into a puddle on the way over… I’ve got it sitting in a bag of dry rice but I think it’s really broken this time.”

“Aw, shit, I’m sorry.”

“Yeah. I’vd got resting murder face until I get a new one.”