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"I'm sorry, Dave, but I can't do that."

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At this rate I'm assuming I die this year and the best I can hope for is spitting out a few last monents of advice before something or other guns me down, starves me, or prices my life-sustaining meds out of my financial reach.

At least getting aired out by a robo dog would be quick. 'Murica!

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There’s an episode of Black Mirror (Netflix) that highlights this. Absolutely terrifying.

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Too depressing for words: Fascism AND Skynet, both at the same time!

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It’s the Hound from Fahrenheit 451 come to “life”.

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Beware! Not all robots are helpful like Robby (youg’uns, google it). TBH, I don’t even like the small ones that deliver meals to students. They look like little ankle biters.

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Danger, danger Will Robinson!!

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They lull you into complacency with the cute rolling ice chests, then they release the armies of robot dogs.

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I’ve seen that Black Mirror episode and evidently so did they. Ah, those were the days, when I could watch Black Mirror as dark humor and not frightening prophecy.

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When could you ever watch Black Mirror that way?

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The monster in the bedroom, but not under the bed.

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California sends 5 times the $ it receives from the federal government. And has for decades sent more in than it gets.

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Your point being...?

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Sorry, I'm a cat person myself.

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Hard pass on this and all its ilk!!

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We have one in Boston. Gave me the creeps. Grandson thought it was cool..... https://youtu.be/vDRsDaz6r5I?feature=shared

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Too late. The genie is out of the bottle and in a silicon wafer.

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Very frightening. I had no idea anything this advanced existed. There is definitely a creepy and an evil feeling in that promo.

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Exceptionalism is the perception or belief that a species, country, society, institution, movement, individual, or time period is "exceptional" (i.e., unusual or extraordinary). The term carries the implication, whether or not specified, that the referent is superior in some way.

The USA is currently setting a definition of exceptionalism but it appears that it is not superior in any moral or intellectual sense.

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California sends 5 times the $ it receives from the federal government. And has for decades sent more in than it gets.

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Your point being...?

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