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jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000

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You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000

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jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Thermonator, the first "flamethrower-wielding robot dog," is completely legal in 48 US states.
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    Well now I’m definitely going to have to save up $10,000 for a flame-throwing robot dog.

    How else am I going to protect myself from all the flame-throwing robot dogs?

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      The only defense against a bad guy with a flame throwing robot dog, is a good guy with a flame throwing robot dog

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        What about a neutral girl with a flame throwing robot dog?

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          Believe it or not, a chaotic neutral or lawful good girl with a flame throwing robot dog. There are some nuances if you’re using Pathfinder.

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            I’ll take all the nuance if it means more flamethrower robot dog gladiator battles.

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          I’ll take those odds!

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      How else am I going to protect myself from all the flame-throwing robot dogs?

      Build a tesla coil for $100.

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        What if their flame thrower range is longer than the range of my Tesla coil?

        Also, how will I get my revenge?

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          Also, how will I get my revenge?

          With a fire-extinguisher robot dog?

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            I can’t kill my neighbor who sent the flamethrower robot dog to my house with a fire extinguisher robot dog! Not without plausible deniability anyway.

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            Not quite doable: https://youtu.be/Ry5YEknaxBk

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              Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

              https://piped.video/Ry5YEknaxBk

              Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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              A 5 minute thing blown up to a 50 minutes action sequence with cars drawing circles in the desert and a helicopter filming infrared and tüdelü, all in 10x repeat, is a sad new high for me.

              But of course someone tested that already.

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                Well…That’s TV shows for you.
                But even better: Between each repeat would be an ad break. :)
                At least we don’t have that (premium and/or ad blocker) on youtube…

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                  Didn’t notice the ads. Newpipe with sponsorblock i guess?

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          What if their flame thrower range is longer than the range of my Tesla coil?

          Put your Tesla coil on a long boom. Worked for pikemen.

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          Make use of the only good usefully informative scene in Small Soldiers, and use a power transformer to create a city block radius EMP

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          The nice part of that is that the fire conducts along the electricity

          Edit: this was like two weeks ago but it was the other way around I am dumb

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      You gotta fight fire with fire

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