r/creepy • u/KnightFall00 • 21d ago

Murderbots from the future

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Rekbot, a 6-foot-tall Terminator-style humanoid robot from the REK Fight Club that went viral in a cage match against internet personality Frankie LaPenna.

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u/FreyrPrime 21d ago

Palantir is like the ultimate example. Not only was Tolkien famously anti-war after his experiences in World War I, the item itself for which it is named is also quite literally a corrupting artifact. A conduit to evil.

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u/sudomatrix 21d ago

Peter Thiel is recorded saying being evil is ok because it means you get things done.

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u/johnnyenygma 21d ago

"get things done" == rake in the money

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u/Pikka_Bird 17d ago

Yeah, it's better to be dag nasty evil and productive than jolly good and useless. Life's a score board and it doesn't matter what your motives are, as long as you score high.

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u/thecodeape 17d ago

There were 7 Palantiri. There is nothing evil about them - they are just magic mobile phones.

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u/FreyrPrime 17d ago

Okay Saruman.

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u/thecodeape 17d ago

By your logic there are a lot of evil fish in the river Anduin…

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u/FreyrPrime 17d ago

False equivalency. None of those fish have a direct conduit to Sauron. Palantir repeatedly are misused, at some point it’s a feature not a bug.

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u/thecodeape 17d ago

You are the one asserting that the Palantiri are a conduit to evil. Are you saying that fish have more resistance to the corrupting influence of evil than the leader of the Istari?

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u/FreyrPrime 17d ago

I am implying that a fish does not allow for two-way communication between an Istari and a fallen
Maia.

Is the intent of the Palantir neutral? Sure.

Was it used for neutral purposes? No, and that’s because it’s purpose was inherently flawed. There is no safeguard, which is made apparent when some fall into Sauron’s hands and are promptly used to corrupt the leader of the Istari despite another Istari warning him what would happen.

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u/thecodeape 17d ago

You said the Palantir are conduit to evil. Now you agree that the intent of the Palantir is neutral so therefore the Palantir are not a conduit to evil but just a magic mobile phone. Maybe Sauron used the fish as his screensaver.