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You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I need it for personal protection.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

It's my "emotional support dog".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Whatever happened to all the people that bought the Boring Company flamethrower?

They'd be a good customer base for this, but strangely I never hear how they're getting on now

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Can I just get a robot dog armed with a super soaker? That would be hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I'm holding out for a fully-autonomous flamethrower robotic monkey.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

HANS! Bring ze Flemmenwerfherhund!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Now if i just had an extra 10k lying around collecting dust..

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You might be obligated to call it a "hell-hound", though...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I, for one, welcome our new overlords.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The whole article listing the various uses of flamethrowers, like environmental conservation, then mentioning concerns that flamethrowers can double as weapons is just... I don't even know what to do with that.

it even lists napalm as an intended use. gonna conserve the hell out of that commie rainforest, I guess?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I have $10k and a list.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

suprised this wasn't elon musk

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I want it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Completely useless for firefighting. Putting a drip torch on its ass and letting it walk a line, maybe. But it's not going to cut down the trees to make a firebreak, who what's the point.