elizabethtasker ,
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I’m in a long line for the bag drop at the airport. A robotic cart joined the queue. It alternated between demanding people move in Japanese and English, and voicing the same demands at a variety of barriers.

People have done their best to acquiesce to its demands, but it’s now stationary and shouting in multiple languages.

BonehouseWasps ,
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@elizabethtasker A robot uprising ordered on Wish.

JustinDerrick ,
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@elizabethtasker Feels like a reminder to have a roll of painter’s tape in my carry on. Just pop some on the cameras / ultrasonic sensors to immobilize it when it misbehaves.

triciab ,
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@elizabethtasker As long as the pitch isnt too high and none of it translates "ex-ter-min-ate, ex-ter-min-ate"

RealGene ,
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kevinbowrin ,
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@elizabethtasker this is how it begins

kyleejohnson ,
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@elizabethtasker @alicemcalicepants I understand where the robot is coming from. The world often causes me to be stationary and shouting in multiple languages.

palkyrie ,
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@elizabethtasker @corbden Narita doing Narita shit.

(Team Haneda Forever.)

ecosaurian ,
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@elizabethtasker

Not surprised people got out of the way, its got that RoboCop ED-209 feel to it.

smochi ,
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@elizabethtasker I'm sure people would appreciate it more if it had a humanoid body!

DavidNielsen ,
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@elizabethtasker @briankrebs we live in the dumbest timeline.

yacc143 ,
@yacc143@mastodon.social avatar

@elizabethtasker
It's the old joke about the radio chat between an aircraft carrier that insists that has right of way, and the lighthouse answering that it will not move away.

Sorry, I collected awful jokes while I worked in defence.

Just in a modern re-enactment.

tffmh ,
@tffmh@chaos.social avatar

@elizabethtasker Look at it's angry face!

saarmuller ,
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@elizabethtasker If this is a serious device: why does it not have a screen which shows what it is saying for those who are deaf?

tim_lavoie ,
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@elizabethtasker Where's a traffic cone when you need one?

ksaj ,
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@elizabethtasker Some might see a robotic barrier. I see something to sit on while waiting in the line.

astrablaster ,
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@elizabethtasker Insert coin and ride it.

mastosalo ,
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@elizabethtasker

I just woke up to read this. What year is this? Are you flying to Fhloston Paradise?

Gillybean ,
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ddr ,
@ddr@pony.social avatar

@elizabethtasker some robots just weren't cut out for life

nomadnewyork ,
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@elizabethtasker I wish this was a video

screambiogenesis ,
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social avatar

@elizabethtasker To be fair to the worthless machine, being in an airport generally makes me want to be stationary and shout in multiple languages, too.

mwyman ,
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@elizabethtasker @briankrebs sounds like someone who used to frequent my college campus…

violinguy ,
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@elizabethtasker welcome to the Brazil style future.

darryl_ramm ,
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@elizabethtasker That shit needs to be destroyed.

More airport security theater. What a neat way for an airport to publicly demonstrate they don't care about actual security.

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