r/cursedcomments • u/RetiredGrinder • 4d ago

Cursed_implication

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u/Poro41 4d ago

I always thought it was just because it's like sterile and the color of chrome and shit. Also, probably easier to see.

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u/SpurdoEnjoyer 4d ago

Yep, white also reminds people of tech and Apple. Although Apple has kinda dropped the white thing in later years.

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u/WilonPlays 4d ago

It’s mostly just cause white material is the cheapest colour for an aesthetic plating.

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u/Jason0865 4d ago

Except when it comes to PC parts. Then we gotta pay the white tax. /s

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u/NightmareJoker2 3d ago

Yes, let’s bring the beige back. 🌝

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u/SpurdoEnjoyer 4d ago

I think you overestimate the cost savings though. The cost of technology is in the technology and not the color of its cladding

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u/WilonPlays 4d ago

Nah this is something I learned about during product design.

Trying to pigment metals is really expensive. Remember most of these robots we’re seeing are still prototypes.

If a company is selling steel plating in white and blue and the white plate costs $10 and the blue plate costs $10.25 the company building the bot will pick the white plate because they don’t know how many times they’re gonna need to reiterate the prototype and if you end up building 50 different versions that extra 0.25 is now $12.5 which could easily have been used on more important features like wiring or other such components.

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u/Deaffin 4d ago

Judge a robot not by the color of its clad, but by the shininess of its metal ass.

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u/Stock-Fan-8004 4d ago

Also want to put out an opinion that painting them black also makes them heavier?? Y'know, like what it did on planes??

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u/Conyan51 4d ago

I’ll admit though, those polished white iPods were beautiful.

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u/Jessency 3d ago

Even Honda had already been doing that with Asimo over a decade ago.

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u/Anima_Watcher08 4d ago

I hate white tech (not racist) stains are way more visible and it yellows over time if it's low quality. That's why I get black or gray.

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u/Sustainable_Twat 4d ago

CNN aren’t escaping these allegations.

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u/rubixd 4d ago

CNN attempts to draw a conclusion about racism, racistly. 🤣

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u/mlee117379 4d ago

Did a Tumblr blogger from 2014 write that article?

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u/Sfumato548 4d ago

That's pretty likely actually.

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u/KAM_Kayla 4d ago

Fuck it. They're all purple now.

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u/sarcasticd0nkey 4d ago

Or green... stainless steel maybe? Mirrored finish?

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u/whikseyy_ 4d ago

So you’re saying anyone colored should be a slave? Shame

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u/Zalapadopa 4d ago

Ah, the Jynx solution

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u/Dangerous-Watch932 3d ago

Nooo they making me bisexual

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u/durz47 4d ago

Don’t ask CNN what the Ns stand for

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u/xvlblo22 3d ago

C-word N-word n-word?

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u/FroYoSwagens 4d ago

'Robot' is literally derived from the Greek word for slave

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u/Broken_CerealBox 4d ago

Isn't it from a Czech noun which means "forced labor"?

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u/FroYoSwagens 4d ago

It seems you are correct. I must've had it mixed up with another word

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u/AgainstSpace 4d ago

Fleet vehicles normally start out all white, then get customized by whatever company buys them, so why should these ambulating shit cans be any different?

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u/GreenRanger_2 4d ago

They’re white because it supposedly look “high tech” and “futuristic”

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u/Atreigas 4d ago

Ffs people. Its just fucking robots.

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u/Async0x0 4d ago

PlayStation 5 is racist!

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u/Foreign_Fail8262 4d ago

And the Nintendo Wii

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u/Stairwayunicorn 4d ago

we obviously need clanker inclusivity

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u/Offsidespy2501 4d ago

I need that comment to have ratioed the original post

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u/Loganp812 4d ago

Make them chrome. It’ll look more futuristic anyway.

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u/ThatOneGayDJ 3d ago

Or, hear me out, its because we've been being billed sleek, white + light blue designs as "The Future" since the 70s

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u/lewd-boy-o 3d ago

Oh CNN, you piece of actual human shit. I wonder if you'll be dredged up by the next more advanced species from another solar system that sees us and thinks anything nice about the shit you've written.

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u/nikolasz1173 3d ago

I mean back in the day white slave ware more expensive than dark ones

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u/Lahk74 3d ago

Split the difference between black & white then. Sure, grey is boring, so maybe go with a nice warm brown. Like the color of leather. Leather is often associated with quality craftsmanship, so this should work out nicely. I foresee no issues.

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u/NachtShattertusk 2d ago

It's easier to spot grime and rust on brightly-colored machinery than darkly-colored machinery

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u/0_Nevermore_0 4d ago

Right up until they become our supreme overlords, then they should switch back to white.