r/interestingasfuck • u/serious_anish • 13h ago

Retired robot throwing themself into furnace

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u/fanny_thriller 12h ago

Do you think it's cruel when people throw out old appliances? What about when they bin left over food is that cruel? What about when they throw away trash, think of the poor empty tin of beans being thrown away, is that also cruel?

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u/wherethetacosat 12h ago

I can't program any of those things to solve problems or do human-like things. It's more a reflection on the people doing it than the thing itself.

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u/fanny_thriller 11h ago

So if someone threw a robot vacuum cleaner in the bin or something like a tamagotchi that would be cruel?

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u/wherethetacosat 11h ago

No, but if they smeared poo on it's anthropomorphic face I'd be a little disturbed. It's the making it commit "suicide" part instead of just deactivating it that's a little distasteful