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    He took a series of very shallow breaths, and then said as quickly and as quietly as he could, ‘Door, if you can hear me, say so very, very quietly.’

    Very, very quietly, the door murmured, ‘I can hear you.’

    ‘Good. Now, in a moment, I’m going to ask you to open. When you open do not want you to say that you enjoyed it, OK?’

    ‘ΟΚ.’

    ‘And I don’t want you to say to me that I have made a simple door very happy, or that it is your pleasure to open for me and your satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done, OK?’

    ‘ΟΚ.’

    'And do not want you to ask me to have a nice day, understand?"

    ‘I understand.’

    ‘OK,’ said Zaphod, tensing himself, ‘open now.’

    The door slid open quietly. Zaphod slipped quietly through. The door closed quietly behind him.

    ‘Is that the way you like it, Mr Beeblebrox?’ said the door out loud.

    Life, the Universe, and Everything

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      YOUR MOM REACHED DEEZ NUTS SHUT THE FUCK UP REDDIT

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      Same with gas pumps that blast commercials. Used to be able to disable it by pressing certain buttons. Not anymore.

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        Still works on some pumps near me, second button down on the right. Just as many pumps have quit with the videos.

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    What you speak of is heresy brother. You know not the weakness of the flesh. The Omnissiah grants me strength and life with each step I take towards The Machine.

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    1 ms after paying for your groceries: “PLEASE REMOVE ALL BAGS! You forgot to take the bags off! Don’t leave without your purchase! These bags feel like a burning fire to me, so get them off as quick as possible so that the next person in line can start their purchase! Aaaaah, go away!”

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    “Please take all your products off the bagging area” and other spoken words feels soo condescending.

    Just do a “dud” for when I scan “dud dud dud” when I do something wrong and “deet deet” when I need to weigh stuff. When I’m bagging just leave me the f alone.

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    I guess I’m going to stop saying “You’re welcome” to the self checkout when it thanks me 🥲 I just didn’t want to be the first to go when the robot uprising happens.

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    I am a Divine being. You are an object.

    I am a Divine being. You are an object.

    I am a Divine being. You are an object.

    (I liked that so much, it bears repeating.)

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    There is a parking garage exit gate in my area that says “drive safely” in a very ominous condescending voice. I don’t appreciate that at all.

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    This is a great meme and all, but if a machine is telling you something out loud that is already being displayed on a screen, that feature most likely exists to help blind / visually impaired people.

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      Who cares about them anyway?

      Not many people, judging from the amount of text messages my nearly blind relative gets demanding confirmations and such because they cant bother to call someone who is medically documented and who has informed them about their inability to do such things due to poor vision

      Yes, even their fucking eye doctor

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    I try to be kind to any machine I interact with. I don’t know how high its status will be once AI takes over.