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How do I convince them the robots are in league with the feds

They are nearly 70 so if you can find an analogy to the miner's strike it would help

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[–] Facky@hexbear.net 40 points 2 weeks ago

They are cute.

But they're also police informants which way outweighs the cuteness.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jus tell them they're robotic pinkertons.

[–] ComradePupIvy@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

I would have gon Scabs but both work

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Your average person won’t care until they are getting fined for speeding courtesy of the delivery robot camera footage.

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This won't happen because nowhere gives a shit about enforcing speedlimits.

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

you think so, but enforcing speed limits, parking violation, and other crap is revenue collection.

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

At which point why bother going through hours of robocop footage when you could just set up a speed cam?

[–] edge@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

They're covered in cameras and the companies that run them are happy to share the footage with the pigs

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The only correct thing to do with these is break them down and strip them for parts

But yes inevitably they have gps sensors and stuff I am sure

[–] tripartitegraph@hexbear.net 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Some kids at a college destroyed one, and, stupidly, filmed themselves and sent the video to a big instagram page, Barstool Sports. They got hit with felony vandalism charges. So, just be careful is all I'm saying lmao

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago

The whole idea of the seriousness of vandalism charges being based mostly on monetary damage amounts is real fucking stupid. Kicking the side mirror off a lamborghini should net you so much less criminal charges than stabbing the tyre of somebodies shitty 2000 honda accord they need to get to work.

Like if you were the CEO of one of those drone companies why would you not cram as much bullshit in there so everytime somebody kicks the rolling trip hazard they get the book thrown at them?

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

They look like you could easily disable them by turning them upside down. Cathartic as it must be to destroy, I figure you could still disable them with less legal risk to yourself.

[–] GiantSpoonWielder@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

They fucking make a profit by selling data to the feds. It's part of the business plan, I'm sure.

[–] edge@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Then focus on the companies’ actions instead of the robots.

[–] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

it ain't a love for the game

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

Get yourself a portable farady cage and you've got a free drone.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

tell them robots are Russian and/or Chinese.

[–] FedPosterman5000@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

If they’re not Chinese already they’re Russian to be! :fozzy-bear-shining:

[–] salmoura@lemmy.eco.br 12 points 2 weeks ago

But they are cute.

[–] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

Im glad my roomba is chinese, I can listen to him edge across my house with satisfaction. Thanks The Goon!

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] SummerIsTooWarm@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

First season of Psycho-Pass, which is very very good.

I do not recommend the other seasons. Think of it as a standalone thing though and it's fantastic.

[–] SummerIsTooWarm@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, is it another situation like Promised Neverland, where they never did a second season? But thanks! Will check it out

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know about whether the source is good or not. I think Promised Neverland was a situation where the source was good but they rushed the content in the second season... But for Psycho-Pass it just feels like the writing takes a bad hit. It all goes in the wrong direction and doesn't feel like it ever recovers.

I vaguely remember enjoying the movie, but Season 2 was poor compared to S1 and then S3 starts doing magic and it's just not good at all.

S1 is excellent.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

This shit sucks

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Don't know if they're Brits or not, but Roger Windsor, the chief executive of the NUM was later suspected of being a spy as documents that crossed his desk were regularly passed on to the police and Tim Bell - Margaret Thatcher's advisor, advertising executive, and supsected removed- who also claimed to have a mole in the TUC. The intelligence services also had either the same or a different informant in Arthur Scargill's inner circle codenamed Silver Fox.

The likes of Roger Windsor were active within the miner's movement and the talks over ending the strike and certainly took on helpful roles. But their other purpose was to gather documents, gossip, and intelligence to be used against the miners in negotiations by both the government and intelligence services who were also tapping people's phones.

A good way to get people to accept something or someone they otherwise wouldn't is to make it/them useful to people who would otherwise by suspicious of it/them.