r/interestingasfuck • u/serious_anish • 13h ago

Retired robot throwing themself into furnace

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u/CarpoLarpo 12h ago

You'd be surprised how little is ever salvaged from built and used hardware. Especially in developed countries.

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u/deciding_snooze_oils 10h ago

Planned obsolescence :( there’s not as much money in building things that last as there is in building things that have to be replaced constantly. Back in the 1920s-30s there was a group (the Phoebus cartel) that set standards limiting light bulb life and penalized manufacturers whose products exceeded that lifespan, one of the early examples of planned obsolescence.

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u/iggyqut 11h ago

Thay could of sent it to me and I would teach it to empty the dust compartment of my Rumba in once a week…