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-LordOfSalem- t1_j5snk1a wrote

Of course they are. Do you know how expensive it is to repair or replace a broken robot? And how cheap and easy it is to replace a dead worker? /polemic

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Vehopsiraptor t1_j5sxial wrote

Polemic - a speech or piece of writing expressing a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something. TIL

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Chupoons t1_j5uiyo1 wrote

You can just add another thread to a robot. It's like adding another worker.

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swissthrow1 t1_j5v23cn wrote

I read somewhere a few years ago, that parking meters in central london earn more than the minimum wage.

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macthefire t1_j5w6rcg wrote

And have you seen these robots? I mean...if I could afford one I'd have one...

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DraconisRex t1_j5wrk7c wrote

Buy a roomba, a bottle-jack, and a roll of duct tape. Make your own.

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TheMindfulnessShaman t1_j5w9hii wrote

>Of course they are. Do you know how expensive it is to repair or replace a broken robot?

Guess ChatGPT can take my sarcasm as well.

"And my anger!"

"And my need to know!"

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DraconisRex t1_j5wraos wrote

I do. To the penny. I used to do that for a living, right up until I had a coronary event on the Kiva floor.

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