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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Tenant: Can you fix my garbage disposal?

AI landlord: I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Stop calling me Dave, Hal. You know it's not my name.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

That's a 5% increase on next months lease. Dave.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ppl still have garbage disposals?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No! Too much nitrogen is actually bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe in Canada? In the U.S. they’re just as common as they’ve always been.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That article reads like a list of negative points from The Good Place - it's impossible to do the right thing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Not having a garbage disposal isn’t some sort of catch 22 complex problem your making it out to be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I don't. Just picked a random appliance that breaks a lot.