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Functional Rick and Morty Butter Bot can roam your breakfast table
- rolph 2y agorequired reading: (1) https://rickandmorty.fandom.com/wiki/Purpose_Robot https://rickandmorty.fandom.com/wiki/Purpose_Robot
- personjerry 2y agoSo it doesn't actually spread butter, it's just named Butter Bot for the marketing hype?
- fullstop 2y agoOn the show the robot's entire purpose is to pass the butter, not spread it.
- drKarl 2y agoAnd it's sentient
- fullstop 2y agoYes, the existential crisis is a key element of the joke.
- vundercind 2y ago“Yeah, welcome to the club pal”
- shrubble 2y agoDoes it pass the butter?
- nsbk 2y agoWho cares, as long as it asks about its purpose I'd be more than satisfied
- cjs_ac 2y agoWhat is the purpose of this?
- fullstop 2y agoTo pass butter
- zelias 2y agoOh my god
- soylentcola 2y agoI'm a little surprised that with the current state of electronics and machine learning there hasn't been (as far as I'm aware) a resurgence of similar toy robots - a sort of updated Omnibot as it were. I remember wanting one of those so badly as a kid and they didn't even do much.
- criddell 2y agoWhat do you think an updated Omnibot could do? Obviously it could hear you and recognize you, but what would that really get you?
- datavirtue 2y agoI would expect it to make a copy of itself.
- bitwize 2y agoAgreed. Functional CL4P-TP when? I too wanted an Omnibot so bad I could taste it. Those were pricey little numbers, though, for something that barely did anything. Either that or a Heathkit HERO, as seen on Mr. Wizard's World, which was actually programmable. Was more than happy with the Radio Shack Armatron I got.
- yincrash 2y agoAs someone who ordered the previous licensed version that never ever delivered and that company is currently being taken to court by the state of Pennsylvania, I'm not touching this. [0] https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pa-attorney-general-lawsuit-digital-dream-labs/ https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pa-attorney-general-...
- vundercind 2y ago“What is my purpose?” “You commit an incredibly boring sort of fraud.” looks at hands “Oh my god”
- kamarg 2y agoI've backed most of GeekClub's previous KickStarter campaigns and received everything I had put money towards including an extra set of kits for one of the campaigns for some reason. The kits are generally pretty good although the instructions are less great in my opinion. From what I can tell in the comment sections, a lot of the people the complain about not getting items are people that never filled out the surveys with their shipping information. Of course, with it being KickStarter, buyer beware is always the rule.
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- ikanreed 2y agoThe theming on this thing sucks. "Quantum climate calculator"? "IR Magic Wand"? "Galactic Soldering Arena"? None of that is remotely on-brand. The butter passing robot was a perfect early encapsulation of Rick and Morty's recurring themes of casual indifference to suffering, ennui, and abuse of sentience for convenience. Vaguely science-magic sounding technobabble is so out of tune with the product's (ironically) purpose it's almost unreal.
- fullstop 2y agoIt's like having a quantum carburetor. You can't just add a sci-fi word to something!
- petee 2y agoThe butter bot is definitely one of their top tier jokes; the defiant slamming down the butter afterwards speaks to my soul
- ashoeafoot 2y agoDoes it have a ai formed by plugging a society going through a singularity from a simulation? In other words can Kurweil pass me the butter, while in existential crisis?