You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 - eviltoast
  • FireTower@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s a trap for the stupid you can get an actual dog and a flamethrower for much less.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    That seems surprisingly cheap

    for remote control through a smartphone.

    Whilst this was probably an inevitable feature, it inadvertently allows the pilot to appear relatively innocuous

    I feel like this is going to result in something bad

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    8 months ago

    It fucking astounds me as an Australian that Americans can just… buy shit like this. Anything fun gets immediately banned here.

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        8 months ago

        Americans can’t even tell people what gender their kid will be without setting a forrest on fire, now they want flamethrower dogs?

      • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        I couldn’t give a shit nor be bothered to worry any some imaginary scenario that’s going to happen less often than a lightning strike.

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            8 months ago

            Roofing flame throwers have been a thing for 40 years. We not suddenly going to see a bunch of new accesses to these tools. They said the same exact shit about the not a flamethrower and here we are not burning alive from fires started by them.

    • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Just pop over to Bunnings and make your own. Don’t forget the snag going in and out. Gotta support those local charities and sport teams.

    • saltesc@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Eh. It’s the kind of thing I’d play with for an afternoon and then it’d live in the shed because it’s too much effort lol

      I have a few of those things in the shed… None quite $10K and flame throwing, though.

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    8 months ago

    would rather something like spot that could help my wife get in and out of bed or assist her while moving around.

  • mydude@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Will the owner-class use these to kill desperate people on their property, or will the poor suddenly have capital to buy these for fun? What will our future be? Stay tuned.