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| Theme type | Theme | Description | Example | US | JP | Total |
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| Semantic | Exercise | A desire to be active physically with the body, including exercise but also walking, running, strolling, sports, and so on. | “Set up an exercise menu” (P80-JP) | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Entertainment | A desire for entertainment and leisure activities, including cooking, singing, reading, and playing games. | “Rickroll, spam text/call, prank call” (P60-US) | 20 | 6 | 26 |
| Conversation | A desire for conversation. | “A casual chat” (P88-JP) | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Serious pursuits | A desire for more serious interactions, including advice giving and receiving, feedback sessions, studying, and researching. | “Learn how to get the job done!” (P121-JP) | 11 | 17 | 28 |
| Going out | A desire for going out and doing something outside of the home, such as going to an event, seeing a movie, and going to a park. | “Go for a swim” (P24-US) | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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| Orientational | Radical | A desire for unusual, atypical activities: outliers and radical, possibly futuristic ideas. | “Prank call” (P54-US) | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| Typical | A desire for typical VA interactions as per previous research, e.g., [15, 63]. | “Search … songs while driving” (P75-US) | 19 | 12 | 31 |
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| Latent | Caretaker | A desire to offload self-labour onto others, such as asking to be reminded or doing tasks on their behalf, in line with gendered VA stereotypes [78, 79]. | “To help a child with definitions of words” (P60-US) | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| Emotional labour | A desire to have others fulfill emotional needs or offload emotion, in line with gendered VA stereotypes [78, 79]. | “Drown out the loneliness!” (P95-JP) | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Transactional | A goal-oriented exchange focused on the purpose of the transaction. | “Work with it on … complicated procedures” (P97-JP) | 13 | 19 | 32 |
| Relational | A relationship-oriented interaction focused on building and/or maintaining a positive social relationship. | “Having another voice can help one not feel alone” (P68-US) | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Embodied | An activity requiring embodied interaction, or a body that can move and go places and do things with others and interact with the environment. | “I want to go running with it” (P85-JP) | 1 | 6 | 7 |
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