• Presents [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I realize the whole point of this article is to dogpile on and ridicule this man, but all I feel is a profound sadness at a man who was unable to bond with a real living human being. Let the public shaming commence!

    • PZK [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It reminded me of Blade Runner 2049, which I found profoundly sad. At the end of the day, it's his happiness that is gone. I don't see any harm he was causing.

      Yeah, it is probably severe mental illness, but whatever makes him happy I guess.

      • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Also that hologram was the realest and most human, she faced her death and risked stuff even though she was just a hologram and a tiny electronics tube. K became fairly human by the end of the story, and Leto was just out to lunch even though I'm pretty sure he was homegrown biologically human. The most human character was the hologram love program.

        • PZK [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          One of my favorite Sci-Fi movies ever. I had the best experience possible because I saw it in IMAX alone. Incredibly sad movie the more you examine it, with K's intense desire to be loved is what made him more human. This Japanese guy immediately reminded me of K when he was seeing the giant ad hologram of her after

          spoiler

          Joi dies/was destroyed

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          2 years ago

          They did a good job with that. The most artificial person was far and away the most humane, while the humans were the most robotic and cold.

    • ElGosso [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Guy managed to figure out how to squeak out a little bit of happiness in this mean ol world and wasn't hurting anyone only to have it ripped away by the whims of capital. :kitty-cri:

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      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        By the end of this century someone is going to get committed because they couldn't make payments on their dog and it got bricked remotely.

        • D3FNC [any]
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          2 years ago

          Mafia is way ahead of you on this one bud

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    • CTHlurker [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Wasn't there famously a cybernetic eye-company that went bust and suddenly stopped supporting the eye-replacements almost overnight? Which left thousands unable to see until Capitalist Efficiency had managed to convince the company to tell the IP rights and server-hardware.

    • D3FNC [any]
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      2 years ago

      IT nerds have been ragging on the massive gaping flaws in internet of things bullshit for at least the last twenty years, probably longer but the stupidity was formally covered in the curriculum when I got my CCNE.

      Google just now pulled all support for their IoT crap despite years of swearing they wouldn't.

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  • Gamer_time [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    :purge-1: I love my hologram!

    :purge-2: Defunct time!

    :sadness-abysmal: Where did my hologram go...