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You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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[–] Onii-Chan@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It fucking astounds me as an Australian that Americans can just... buy shit like this. Anything fun gets immediately banned here.

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It might be fun but I also wouldn't want this in the hands of stupid people.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago

Americans can't even tell people what gender their kid will be without setting a forrest on fire, now they want flamethrower dogs?

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I couldn't give a shit nor be bothered to worry any some imaginary scenario that's going to happen less often than a lightning strike.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

People dumb enough to buy flamethrower dogs setting a whole state on fire is an imaginary scenario?

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Roofing flame throwers have been a thing for 40 years. We not suddenly going to see a bunch of new accesses to these tools. They said the same exact shit about the not a flamethrower and here we are not burning alive from fires started by them.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Just pop over to Bunnings and make your own. Don't forget the snag going in and out. Gotta support those local charities and sport teams.