But it IS.
It provides warmth, and maybe even makes the body generate Oxytocin! Who doesn't like Oxytocin?
You know what else provides warmth, without invading people's personal space? A sweater.
You know what else generates Oxytocin? Recognizable social status, social recognition, social inclusion, social success. You wont get there with a pillow pet.
I wasn't expecting this kind of response, until I remembered that this was BLF.
Yes, the BLF. A group of strikingly normal teenagers. You somehow don't fit into this group.