Death of a Cyborg

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/29/premier-deuil.html

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Apparently, someone got caught up at the Flesh Fair.

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OK, now do a version of La Pieta:
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Welp! This is one way to create attention for a 21st Century painting done in a realistic style.

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I can’t lie to you about your chances, but…you have my sympathies.

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Wow, speaking as an art historian and art critic, that is really good! Going to try my own copy!

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Shouldn’t Adam or Eve be, like, a Newcomen steam engine?

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Looks more like “Death of an Android” to me.

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Can’t they just repair it?

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“Corpus Hypercubus” seems appropriate.

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Thanks for reminding me of “Streets of Fire”.

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Even though I really like that movie, the way it was marketed as a kids’ film was so underhanded. I was shaking my head walking out of the theater, but it was very moving.

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Looks like a DivaDroid 9000-series MK II or early MK IIs.

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Did you ever see see that overly emotive camel 'droid, the Dramadary?

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Rotwang could repair that.

Why did Bougereau paint a smoking tower in the background?

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I guess that, like most of the Bible, it is set in the Middle East. That is probably a burning oil field or other local infrastructure. Android Able is probably listed as “collateral damage” on the mission report.

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“You and me we’re goin’ nowhere slowly
And we’ve gotta get away from the past
There’s nothin’ wrong with goin’ nowhere, baby
But we should be goin’ nowhere fast”

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Just don’t let Dr. Goldfoot near it. He’s such a perv

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And Dr Durand Durand is no better.

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But what happens in Sogo stays in Sogo.

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