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minus-squaremortemtyrannis@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·5 months agoCuriosity isn’t a little robot. It’s the size of a small car…
minus-squareMoops@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoThat’s what you took from this?
minus-squaremortemtyrannis@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·5 months agoIt’s annoying me because that commenter is using a diminutive to try and anthropomorphise a robot. You can anthropomorphise it but at least have a basic understanding of the dimensions of the thing you’re trying to make cute.
minus-squareWorkIsSlow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoYour mom is the size of a small car, but I still think she’s cute.
minus-squareMoops@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI mean, on the cosmic scale that’s the context for the story, both cars and robots are tiny ;) I’m sure the black hole will think they’re cute before gobbling them up.
Curiosity isn’t a little robot.
It’s the size of a small car…
That’s what you took from this?
It’s annoying me because that commenter is using a diminutive to try and anthropomorphise a robot.
You can anthropomorphise it but at least have a basic understanding of the dimensions of the thing you’re trying to make cute.
Your mom is the size of a small car, but I still think she’s cute.
I mean, on the cosmic scale that’s the context for the story, both cars and robots are tiny ;) I’m sure the black hole will think they’re cute before gobbling them up.